Every day is Earth Day on the West Side.
4/19 Grant Street Clean up 4/16 16th Street Clean up 4/20 Urban Roots / Rhode Island & 5 Corners Clean up 4/23 200 D'Youville students and faculty will be cleaning up York Street 5/3 Cottage Street District clean up etc.
Come join us on 4/23 and 5/3
Harvey
A once a year clean up is not enough. Let's focus on making every day Earth Day.
Shoshone Park was the site of our effort again this year. The second great weather weekend in a row. The softball and baseball diamonds buzzing with bats and balls. The swings and jungle gyms in heavy use. only one or two trash containers available for use. Trash against the perimeter fencing, tennis courts, picnic areas. Deposit bottles, recyclable sport drink bottles, fast food wrappers, packages of condoms, drink cups. The green tip and totes(about 20 of them) laying in a pile by the playground. Empty. Who is in charge of overseeing this park. Perhaps the dude cutting the infield grass could have placed the receptacles early in the day before he rode around on his mower. Perhaps the sport teams enjoying these diamonds could police their benches before they depart Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps. We'll be back next year. Too bad we have to. Too bad the users of this park couldn't take part in their cleanup. Have a great summer.
I was at the Scajaquada Creek cleaning up trash with two of my children and I was equally impressed with how quickly the area was cleaned. But, I am not sure organizing monthly cleanups is the answer. It is a lot of work and there aren't enough resources. I think if people who use the bike path simply pick up trash when they see it, it will stay clean. Whenever I go for a hike in the Niagara Gorge or the Alleghenys, etc I bring a bag and pick up trash to pack out. I'll just have to do the same when I am on the bike path, Delaware Park, etc.
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