How Crocodiles Inspired An Earth Day Challenge

You know I don’t like clutter. But do you know what I dislike even more than clutter? Litter.

I’ve always been committed to the philosophy of leaving your “campground” cleaner than you found it. If I’m out for a walk and see a stray plastic bag, I’ll start filling it with trash I find along the way. If I see someone throw trash on the ground, I will pick it up and hand it back to the offender saying, “Excuse me, but you just dropped this!”

Litter in paradise

My husband and I just got back from a vacation in Belize. He wrote about our travels here. We went to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye. This once sleepy fishing village is now the number one tourist destination in all of Belize. It was our first visit to Belize and as you can see from the photos in Mike’s blog posts, it’s quite beautiful.

Except for all the litter.

I was sickened to see trash along the shoreline in town and all along the road north to the resort where we stayed. From the road signs I saw, I got the impression that the country is trying to educate its residents (and tourists) to put trash in its place and to recycle when possible.

We had a wonderful time in Belize, but visions of litter are etched in my memory.

Let’s commit to one act of green

Back in the U.S.A and with Earth Day 2019 upon us, I am challenging myself (and you) to commit to at least one earth-friendly act. It could be making a donation to the Keep America Beautiful organization. Or opting to replace plastic food wrap with beeswax food wrap, that you can wash and re-use. Or maybe fixing something instead of trashing it and buying new.

For more ideas, check out these Earth Day tips.

I had a reusable water bottle that recently started leaking. So I just ordered one of these. What will you do as your earth-friendly act?

 

 

 

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