Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Earth Day 2012

In honor of Earth day....

The beach at Port Townsend, WA

Camellia flower petals covering the ground


The Enchantments outside of Leavenworth, WA

We live on such a beautiful planet.  And I love that we have a day to celebrate the beauty and wonder of our Earth, and pledge to clean it up and care for it better.

Last Friday, Sophie's Jr. High school sponsored an Earth Day clean-up of our island.  Scores of students descended upon the roads and parks to pick up garbage.  As a whole, the kids managed to clean up most of the island.


Sophia, Sophie, Larissa and Ashley


Ashley finding a bottle beside the road


Sophie and Larissa finding trash along the road
The girls I chaperoned actually had a fun afternoon. Who knew that trash collecting could be fun? But walking outside in the sunshine probably beats sitting in class. I'm sure they'll never look at garbage in quite the same way again, and as we traverse the roads around our island, things do look spruced up. Job well done!!


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