Is Salvaging Genetic?
June2
A few years ago I stopped carting the cumbersome bag of sand toys down to the beach as I noticed on occasion when we did not have the entourage of buckets, shovels, Frisbees & balls … the kids hunted, scavenger & discovered a wonderful world through their imagination with what nature and (unfortunately) debris had been washed ashore.
Girls organzing their fort.
Monday we enjoyed an afternoon at the beach with kids & friends … forts, recycling stations, races for the best & biggest “treasures” provided an amusing & entertaining adventure. Watching the kids fight over the tires & a big plastic lid … my husband looks over at me & remarks, “Even on your day off you can’t get away from salvaging. It must be in their blood!”
- Albeit a wonderful & imaginative afternoon … the source of our play & underlying issue is the volume of marine debris. Let’s keep Oregon and our beaches clean! A wonderful organization that provides education and opportunities for improving our environment is SOLV … check them out (www.solv.org).
Help keep our beaches clean!
Some suggestions for reducing marine debris they offer are:
~ Volunteer with SOLV & their partners.
~ Bring your own reusable water bottle, coffee cup & shopping bag (I was stunned by the amount of water bottles just in the 6 block radius we roamed).
~ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
~ Choose products with less packaging.
~ Properly dispose of all waste – it is less likely to end up in the ocean if it is recycled or put in a trash can.
