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Earthly Discoveries
“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.” – Marshall McLuhan It would be remiss for this Summer Creek SOLV volunteer to not pick up some trash on Earth Day. It would be even worse...
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Occasionally You Get Rear-Ended
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald It’s not unusual to see an errant shopping cart, just not on a quiet suburban street. It wasn’t surprising then that we...
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Some Things Change. Some Things Don’t.
“Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I’d like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I...
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If The Streets Could Talk
“People say I’m extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?” – Imelda Marcos If the streets could talk, what would they say after you...
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Green Running
“Don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find.” – Quoted in Time Inspired by this news report out of Des Moines, I became a Green Runner today. Fifteen hundred miles away from Iowa, in Tigard,...
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The Reason I Pick Up Litter
I pickup this … So I can see more of this … That’s the reason I pickup litter. Yesterday’s gift of time … Did another ‘green run‘ and picked up trash while I was running through my neighborhood.
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Better View
“People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped.” – Author Unknown The irony of picking up trash is that the view is pretty good. Cattail alley. Yesterday,...
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No Ruts About It
“New roads; new ruts.” – G.K. Chesterton It doesn’t take much to create a rut. While my family was fortunate to enjoy some holiday downtime at the beach, it created a bit of a dilemma. Though I looked...
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Which Problem?
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” – Mother Teresa Everyday, we read about tragedies and wish we could help. Many of these are...
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To Those Who Pickup The Trash
“The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man’s litter has more permanence.” – John Steinbeck Rubbish. photo credit: ‘Ajnagraphy’ via photopin cc...
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