Many of you have heard of Leave No Trace which is program that helps teach people how to minimize their impact when they are camping and using other recreational parks. It is a great program that helps maintain our natural resources.
While most of us want to live in a cleaner world we rarely do anything about it except when we to organized clean ups of parks or neighborhoods. What if we all just did a little bit every day?
A few years ago I read about a cyclist who on every ride he picked up one piece of litter. The sad thing is he said it wasn't much of a challenge to find something to pick up and put in his jersey.
While that may not seem like a big deal this person rode almost every day so over the course of a year he would pick up 2-300 pieces of trash. What I have done as a goal for this year is to do the same. While I ride only about 125 times a year if each of us when ever we go for a walk, take a jog or ride our bikes were to do that the numbers get pretty big pretty fast. Imagine how much cleaner our neighborhoods, parks and roads would be. It would also reduce the amount of money spent by our local governments which could be used for other services.
My challenge to all my friends who exercise outside is to pick up one piece of litter each time you work out. This way you can leave the world better than you found it. Check out www.lnt.org for more on leave no trace.
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