Vlog: Coastal cleanup volunteer activity
"Legit na coastal cleanup, 'to." That was what Sun Life Foundation's Kristin Millete had to say after catching sight of the shore at the Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecosystem Area, which was the venue of the volunteer activity that morning. I cannot help but agree with, because the amount of trash we saw was quite overwhelming. Our mission was to conduct a coastal cleanup, but it was easy to see that while we can collect a good amount of trash between us volunteers and within the allocated time of one hour, it was simply impossible to clean everything up in one go.
It was disheartening to see the view. The place is actually beautiful, but the trash just ruins everything. I imagine these come from those who live in shanties on the water, those who hang out by the breakwaters, or those in the nearby shopping and entertainment complex who carelessly dispose their trash, and the waters sweep it to the shore. Like they say, "basurang itinapon mo, babalik din sa'yo." For a while there, I wondered if I did the right thing bringing Sloan with us - I didn't realize that the trash situation was this bad.
The volunteers were divided into three groups and were assigned a particular type of trash to collect. This way, we would also be segregating in one go. After a brief orientation from the WWF team, we were off.
Michael, Sloan, and I were part of the team assigned to collect rubber, metal, styro, and glass. I must say I was in awe of just how many shoes and slippers we were able to collect. Sloan was quite the trooper, eagerly spotting things in the mounds of trash - you'd think it was some sort of a treasure hunt where he gets a prize at the end lol. Seriously though, I am proud of the kid. Mike and I did our best to explain to him the importance of what we were doing, and while it's probably a little hard for him to grasp the whole concept right now, I'd like to think we're planting seeds.
At the end of the hour-long cleanup, the three of us were able to collect two sacks full of the assigned trash categories. In total, the activity yielded 16 sacks. Not much, but still better than no effort at all, right?
Here's a vlog of how that morning went:
It was disheartening to see the view. The place is actually beautiful, but the trash just ruins everything. I imagine these come from those who live in shanties on the water, those who hang out by the breakwaters, or those in the nearby shopping and entertainment complex who carelessly dispose their trash, and the waters sweep it to the shore. Like they say, "basurang itinapon mo, babalik din sa'yo." For a while there, I wondered if I did the right thing bringing Sloan with us - I didn't realize that the trash situation was this bad.
The volunteers were divided into three groups and were assigned a particular type of trash to collect. This way, we would also be segregating in one go. After a brief orientation from the WWF team, we were off.
Michael, Sloan, and I were part of the team assigned to collect rubber, metal, styro, and glass. I must say I was in awe of just how many shoes and slippers we were able to collect. Sloan was quite the trooper, eagerly spotting things in the mounds of trash - you'd think it was some sort of a treasure hunt where he gets a prize at the end lol. Seriously though, I am proud of the kid. Mike and I did our best to explain to him the importance of what we were doing, and while it's probably a little hard for him to grasp the whole concept right now, I'd like to think we're planting seeds.
At the end of the hour-long cleanup, the three of us were able to collect two sacks full of the assigned trash categories. In total, the activity yielded 16 sacks. Not much, but still better than no effort at all, right?
Here's a vlog of how that morning went:
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