You may have always wondered...sure, I see those signs "drains to the ocean." Where does it go when it drains to the ocean though? Well, there is a "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a huge region in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where all of the trash eventually ends up due to a combination of winds and tides. You can read more about it here.
Also, if you want to see a documentary that was aired on Good Morning America you can watch below. Remember, be careful with your trash!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
April 25 Echo Park Wrap Up!
Just wanted to say a big thank you to everybody who came out to lend a hand to our Echo Park clean up this past Saturday. It was a great event and we got fantastic whether. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces along with a number of new ones! We are glad that we have developed such a great group of people in Echo Park and we hope that some of you will join us at other events around town!
Yeah, we are putting the cutest picture first, kids helping always makes for the best pictures!
John with George from the city...he looks very happy about the shovels...very happy:
Two of our great returning volunteers, seriously Tommy we will get you a t-shirt!
Chris and Holly showing off the immense size of the city trash bags:
John is pointing at something here...not really sure what!:
Here is a picture of our unofficial mascot "Salsa"...why is that his name? "Because people like to say Salsa"...:
A picture of the trash gathered in the back of the city truck...thanks George!:
Yeah, we are putting the cutest picture first, kids helping always makes for the best pictures!
John with George from the city...he looks very happy about the shovels...very happy:
Two of our great returning volunteers, seriously Tommy we will get you a t-shirt!
Chris and Holly showing off the immense size of the city trash bags:
John is pointing at something here...not really sure what!:
Here is a picture of our unofficial mascot "Salsa"...why is that his name? "Because people like to say Salsa"...:
A picture of the trash gathered in the back of the city truck...thanks George!:
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Reminder! Echo Park Clean Up on April 25!
Join the LA Neighborhood Clean Up Project at 10 AM on April 25 in Echo Park for a (post) Earth Day clean up!!! We know Earth Day is actually April 22, but we thought we would make it easier on everybody to take the time to show up. We are meeting at the corner of Sunset and Echo Park Blvd, in the Walgreens parking lot. As always, we will provide donuts from Tang's!
You can sign up on our USA Service website: http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/4rxyg
Check it out and sign up!
As always, you can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LANCUP
You can sign up on our USA Service website: http://www.usaservice.org/
Check it out and sign up!
As always, you can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LANCUP
Future Clean Up Projects in Los Angeles
Do you know an area that could use a clean up? Do you want to help organize a clean up in your neighborhood or with your street? Are you looking for an office volunteer project? Or do you just want to lend a helping hand?
Feel free to let us know any time as we are always willing to help out with planning and coordinating events across the city of Los Angeles! Just feel free to e-mail at lacleanup@gmail.com
Feel free to let us know any time as we are always willing to help out with planning and coordinating events across the city of Los Angeles! Just feel free to e-mail at lacleanup@gmail.com
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Silver Lake Earth Day Event
The Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce is holding an Earth Day event in Triangle Park at the corner of Griffith Park Blvd and Sunset Blvd...check it out, we are planning on stopping by!
Who: Silver Lake Chamber Green Committee
What: The Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce Green Committee will create a ball made of nearly 6,000 plastic bags--an estimate of the number of plastic bags Silver Lake stores use in a month--on Earth Day Wednesday, April 22 from 10 am to 4 pm. The plastic bags will be tied and wound into a giant ball by volunteers. The Earth Day Plastic Ball will be available to local schools and environmental groups to promote waste reduction and protecting our environment from the blight of plastic bags. Members of the public are urged to bring discarded plastic bags to the event.
When: Wednesday April 22 - 10 am to 4 pm (Earth Day)
Where: Sunset Junction Triangle Park 3700 Sunset Blvd (north side of street between Edgecliff and Maltman Ave)
Who: Silver Lake Chamber Green Committee
What: The Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce Green Committee will create a ball made of nearly 6,000 plastic bags--an estimate of the number of plastic bags Silver Lake stores use in a month--on Earth Day Wednesday, April 22 from 10 am to 4 pm. The plastic bags will be tied and wound into a giant ball by volunteers. The Earth Day Plastic Ball will be available to local schools and environmental groups to promote waste reduction and protecting our environment from the blight of plastic bags. Members of the public are urged to bring discarded plastic bags to the event.
When: Wednesday April 22 - 10 am to 4 pm (Earth Day)
Where: Sunset Junction Triangle Park 3700 Sunset Blvd (north side of street between Edgecliff and Maltman Ave)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Echo Park Earth Day Clean Up April 25!
Join the LA Neighborhood Clean Up Project at 10 AM on April 25 in Echo Park for a (post) Earth Day clean up!!! We know Earth Day is actually April 22, but we thought we would make it easier on everybody to take the time to show up. We are meeting at the corner of Sunset and Echo Park Blvd, in the Walgreens parking lot. As always, we will provide donuts from Tang's!
You can sign up on our USA Service website: http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/4rxyg
Check it out and sign up!
As always, you can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LANCUP
You can sign up on our USA Service website: http://www.usaservice.org/
Check it out and sign up!
As always, you can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LANCUP
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