This has to stop
As I continue
on my John Muir Conserver Award Journey, my relationship with Gartmorn Dam
deepens.
I am
falling in love more and more with her beauty, her scenery, her sense of place,
her wildness. As any good partner would do I also wish to conserve and maintain
the relationship I have with her an as part of this I have discovered wanton
dumping of rubbish in her forests, along her paths, in her very fibre which
angers me and frustrates me in equal measure.
I went on a
wee walk today with Litter picker, 2 bags, and gloves. Within the hour I had
collected 2 full bags of rubbish, crisp packets, droppings, blue bags, bottles,
cans, paper, just in a small area surrounding the ancient forest.
We are
killing our environment our flora and fauna with this pollution. Wake up and
smell the stench of waste. Stop the drop of your rubbish. Follow my example.
When you…. yes you….. Next walk around the dam….. Take a bag with you and take
your rubbish with you when you leave.
If you love
the dam as much as I do don’t just get angry get picking. Speak to the Ranger Service;
they can give you bags, litter pickers, etc. Commit to picking up a bag of
rubbish. If every visitor just did just one we would collect 100,000 bags of
rubbish. Just think about that the next time you get lazy and drop your rubbish
