Is it possible I haven’t updated the world (er, my blog world) on my Coastal Cleanup event?
Oi!
A brief reminder: I am sponsoring a coastal cleanup event, a la The Ocean Conservancy‘s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) event, in central Massachusetts.
The original plan was for a small group of my family and friends to walk the shores of Indian Lake, collect trash, and record what we found. Our results would be reported to the Massachusetts ICC organizing group, COASTSWEEP, and combined with trash data from similar cleanups across the state. Those numbers, in turn, would be combined with trash data from the forty-nine other United States and then with data from the ninety-plus countries that participate in this massive effort to protect the world ocean.
The new plan is similar, except for the “small group of my family and friends” part. The cleanup has turned into a grand community extravaganza, thanks to the Indian Lake Watershed Association, the Worcester Department of Public Works & Parks, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, the Bancroft School and several local school and scouting groups. In addition to collecting and recording debris, we will be stenciling storm drains, brush clipping, mud scouring, sand raking, and performing a myriad of other lake maintenance activities. An entire community of people who live, work, or play in the Indian Lake neighborhood have committed to a day of caring for it … how cool is that?
In case you are in the area and cannot resist a party, here are the details:
Indian Lake Cleanup Event
Indian Lake
Worcester, Massachusetts
Sunday, October 28, 2007
10am to 2pm
Checkin at the corner of Shore Drive and Holden Street
Dress for MUD!
Participants in any COASTSWEEP cleanup event this year, including the Indian Lake event, are eligible for my TRACKING TRASH drawings, you can find more details here.
And you can find a formal press release describing the event here.