Clean up, Australia!
Clean up after yourself. In fact, why not clean up after everyone else also? It’s a sad fact that people have no respect for the environment in which they live, but alas, some people just don’t care.
Today is Clean up Australia Day. In 1989 an ‘average Australian bloke’ had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard – Sydney Harbour. This simple idea has turned into an annual tradition in which ‘average Australians’ clean up their beautiful country. But why must it be just one day out of the year, in which we clean up around us? Wouldn’t it just be easier to keep it clean all year round? Probably, but unfortunately most people don’t think that way.
So what can you do?
Today, all across Australia, thousands of people are volunteering their time to clean up the land around them, but it doesn’t stop there. You can become involved in organisations that continue to do this year round and help keep this country beautiful. “Living Green” is a lifestyle that is becoming more and more common within Australia, as many Aussies realise that our carbon footprint continues to grow and continues to impact the world around us. Many have become actively involved in organisations, while others simply become more conscious of things like the amount of water we use, the amount of electricity we use, or what is thrown away or recycled. Even the smallest, environmental decision will help Australia become more environmentally friendly.
After all, it started with an ‘average Australian bloke’, Ian Kiernan. Once setting up the “Clean up Australia” campaign, he approached the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), with an idea to take his Clean Up concept global. Clean Up the World is an international campaign that encourages communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment through the Clean Up the World Membership program.
Who says one man can’t make a difference? So get out and do your part. Australia appreciates it.
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Oooh we need something like this… every day! Malaysia is terrible in terms of all that littering that goes on indiscriminately. Sometimes I wonder why I’m the abnormal one who holds on to a tissue or plastic bag until i find a rubbish bin – everyone else has no qualms about just letting it drop to the ground anywhere. Grrrr!!
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Great, important post.
I felt like making a sign to put up on the road today that read “The valley isn’t your dumping ground!”. Drives me crazy how many will throw rubbish out of the car window!! They are never far from a bin… can’t you wait people!?
Sad to think that they are doing it to “keep their car clean” – what a contradiction!!
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They should have something like that in London. I mean people could spend the entire day just picking up those cigarette butts! Not to mention all those dog poo as well.
C K
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I vote for extending this to Japan as well. From the other comments, there isn’t a place that couldn’t use this.
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