My Actifit & Clean Planet Adventure: Oct 16 2023

Heya Hiva シ

Ready or not, here I come..

-> from donning a pair of shoes, only to find another 'single' - once donned as pair! If this adventure sounds intriguing.. then join me, as I place 'one foot in front of the other'.

Adventure afoot!

Every day I try to dress appropriately for the mission ahead. More often than not, however, I get something wrong in the equation. Today it was wearing a pair of tracksuit pants, and subsequently baking in the heat. That said, I never let my poor dress sense deter me from the ultimate goal - cleaning the planet, whilst getting fitter in the process!

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There's an old saying to the effect that 'practice makes perfect'. Spotting litter is no different really. The more I do this, the more heightened my senses have become in isolating what shouldn't be there. First off today was some clear plastic caught in some wild grass.. the 'crinkly kind'.

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You guessed it! Another lone shoe. I've lost count how many of these I've found so far. Well, that's one less for the environment to contend with.

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This interesting plastic bottle seemed to have housed mayonnaise. When I picked it up, I could tell that there was actualy still some left inside. Baking in the sun like that.. this was surely a major health hazard!

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Not to far from that find, I was able to pick up some cardboard takeaway bits. Wonder whether the mayonnaise had the same point of origination?

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From the look of it, these serviettes appear to have been used. I find it curious, how some may be ok to clean there face.. but at the same time, leave trash in their wake. So what does that make them?

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Check out how awesome these bright purple flowers were. Too bad the scene was being spoiled by this plastic rubbish. After I took care of it, the plants were back to showcasing their intrinsic beauty.

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I can't imagine someone living in the bush purchasing 'julienne carrots'. Hmm.. probably originated from one of the other occupants in the neighbourhood then.

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Some sort of old thick and weathered book/manual. It felt like cement when I picked it up. It was really heavy, with the pages fused.

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This brown cardboard was almost perfectly camouflaged in the grass & sand. If I were to guess, then I'd say probably an unwound inner of a toilet roll.

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Then came a debris field of paper - differing in age and source. The newspaper was pretty easy to pick up.. the other bits, however, proved more cumbersome.

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The last item for the day was an ugly shard of glass hiding adjacent to some grass. This could be a real hazard to a potential jogger. At least that's now one less danger to worry about!

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It was a tremendously successful day, with another full bag of rubbish extracted from nature! This in turn was emptied into a nearby municipal bin - ready for collection.

Till next time,

ma3str0

Special thanks to @actifit and my 'eco-citizen' friends over at @cleanplanet , @cleanyourcity & @solarisfuture - stoked to be part of the solution, whilst getting fit in the process.

My gratitude as well to each and every awesome individual, kindly supporting me on this incredible adventure - seeing solutions to the challenges of our colourful world in black & white.

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