Completely Trashed
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- Опубликовано: 19 фев 2022
- We should definitely try solving this issue for the long term, but in the short term, I've realized I do have some control over the situation (even if it's only a small bit)... And I guess with that control comes responsibility... And with that responsibility comes a choice...
This was completely inspired by Edgar McGregor: n.pr/3JFc0RH
And also the Echo Park Trash Club: bit.ly/3s2M8JC
DAY 25 of daily videos! :)
"What we can do now, in the moment" is such a great mentality. We can't change everything at once, but we can start with what frustrates us now. I love this!
There's a little creek that passes by my apartment in the city I live in, and sometimes it dries up completely. Last summer one day it was dry, so I decided to finally go in and pick up the trash that had been annoying me for so long. So I did, I went in and started picking up trash. And the cool part is, a guy who lived across the creek in another apartment saw me doing it and came out and joined in. 10/10 experience, I strongly recommend picking up trash to anyone. Super satisfying in every way.
I am from Western Siberia, Russia. My grandparents lived in the village, literally in the middle of nowhere, near the small lake and huge forest. Every time when I went for a walk in the forest with my grandfather we brought some trash with us: plastic bags, packaging from candies, plastic bottles... It was between 1995-2002. I remember that for my granddad it was a huge problem to accept all the changes in the world where suddenly people stopped carrying about things. Because of the economical problems in Soviet Union people had to recycle a lot of things, especially glass bottles, and after in 1990s everything has changed and trash appeared everywhere.
Ah, that's so sad... but I'll bet it's a great memory with him. 🙂
Да, иной раз живу даёшься, как этот мусор попал в лес - полчаса вглубь леса идешь, и видишь бутылки пивные. Зачем было их нести так глубоко в лес? Почему в принципе не выпить пиво дома? Почему полную бутылку им было нести нетрудно, а пустую вынести сил не было?
"... but I'm also trying to keep the environment in which I live clean" Love that second thought, best way of reflecting without claiming and blaming.
Been doing this for two years in my Chicago suburb durring the summer months,grabbing arm and all! Was inspired by “Plogging” in a Sweden where joggers picked up trash. To keep my walks enjoyable I use a black binder clasp to attach the bag to my waist/belt loop. Hope you keep doing it! And don’t feel guilty if you don’t do it every walk either - sometimes ahoy just need the you time!
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Urgh! I hate typing on my phone... saw all the errors I left! Wanted to edit them, but always feels wrong editing previous posts as you never know what was really changed. >_
When i remember I often take a pickup trash bag to the beach or the wild life park thats close buy - I recommend a good pair of old gloves (or at least one) also be careful with things like syringe needles etc they are something that need to be handled with the upmost care.... cats are great and don't create much in the way of trash - also very clean!
>cats are great and don't create much in the way of trash - also very clean!
We see what you did there, Steve. 🤣🤣🤣
The cat at the end hahaha
@@sonipitts LOL 😺
I always go with the phrase "leave the place better than you found it". This seems applicable to what you are doing now. Wish there were more people like you!
Very nice, when I drive to work, a lady is walking by the rock reek picking up small trash, and I can see her facial expression how happy makes her know the environment is clean. She is probably in her 70s or 80s.
From someone who used to run a monthly community cleanup in my city… get the grabber, it’s much safer and better on your back.
Also, springing for the metal over the plastic is a good idea. So is a 5gal bucket you can dump instead of disposable plastic bags.
Also also: *thunderous applause* YOU ROCK!
And gardening gloves
You can also email your representatives. It doesn't always make things happen, but I've done it before and have gotten direct email responses back from them. Pictures about the problem would help, along with suggesting solutions. Sometimes the representatives are not actually aware of certain problems and if you tell them, some are more than willing to put effort in and make a change.
Great idea!
Totally agree. I have been doing the same, since I live with ones who like to litter here and there in our back garden. I think complaining is not solving. So I keep collecting trash and any broken stuffs and taking them to the nearest temporary dumpsite (also parts of my decluttering plan)
Waste/trash management is still unfinished in many parts of my country. Yes it is awful and irritating to me as a clean freak. I just try to do what I can do to make environment clean
Watching this video is really encouraging. Thanks!
Create your own beauty. Inspire others. Make change, one bit of trash at a time. ♥️
I do litter picking and a grab stick and hoop - that you pull your bag through to keep it open - are game changers. My local (UK) council provide branded bags to put litter in and will even pick the full bags up if you leave them on the verge. Litter is one thing - throwing used nappies out of the car window/ dog poo bags in the roadside hedges/plastic bottles filled with wee is quite the other lol!
Thank you for talking about this and doing this. I live in rural Wisconsin and also walk with a bag and pick up trash. In spring it takes several walks with bags until I get the Winter trash picked up and after that all Summer I just do some maintenance. I was always seeing things alongside the roads that people threw out of their cars or just stuff that blew there when it was windy. It bothered me..and then I realized that I was able bodied and could be the solution that ai was looking for.
This is taking action. This is caring and contributing. This is kindness. This is what making the world, the country, the state, the city, the neighborhood better looks like.
When I was in university, I took the city bus to school. The wait was often long, even over an hour sometime. So I'd pick up trash in the area while I waited.
I love this! Last holidays, the lake I was at was suffering from drought so the trash was more visible. No-one cleaned the area, so on the last day I grabbed a giant bag and put as much trash as possible there. It felt good! I always remember something I learnt at school when we went camping: "Leave the place better or just as you found it", meaning don't leave more trash 🙌🏼
This is what I do when I Go for walks. Great aproach!
Nah, i think it's a culture problem. With a bit of broken window theory.
People actually seeing you clean & it beeing clean might prevent them from throwing things.
But in the end Doing good and feeling good about it is a good thing. Keep it up.
Also I could not agree more with the message of taking things into our own hands. So many people bemoan every problem, and think the government should be solving it, while doing absolutely nothing to fix it themselves. So many problems would go away if we all just did a little bit of work to fix them on our own.
Love that you are doing this! In the city I live, I feel grateful for being generally quite a clean city. However, trash prevails. So I adopted a similar tactic with jogging! My trash runs. Leave home with a bag, and glove to pick up trash with. Usually I have more trash than I can carry rather quickly.
Cheers!
P.s. loving this daily video expression you are doing, keep doing exactly what you feel inspired to do, and that ripple of goodness will travel!
You are starting a great habit that sooner or later someone else is going to copy. Greetings from CDMX Mexico 🇲🇽
You are an example of how a minimal life can give you the time, space and freedom to do something and notice something so important. Not struggling to maintain your own space gives your mind room to think, your body time to walk and allows your character to grow. You are not bogged down on a Saturday trying to manage and clean all of your things (like me!). Instead you can give more of yourself to the things that matter to you. I'm inspired.
I live in Indonesia. There is trash everywhere and I have been thinking about doing that for a while. This video is a reminder I really should do it. Today I'll bring a bag with me and try to pick some trash in my way back to home.
applaudable!! great mentality :)
I've been doing this in Helsinki. There's a whole movement on this, and in swedish it's called plogging when you go jogging and pick up ("plocka") litter as you go. Good excercise. Taking care of the environment is everybody's responsibility. Finnish people don't usually talk to strangers, but when i'm plogging, I get many praises and thanks. It's rewarding.
I used to do this all the time pre covid. I think I will start doing it again. Thanks for the reminder!
Bravo! I do that on my school campus when I have yard duty...kids get involved also. It’s hard to think that NO-ONE is going to pick that up unless us humans do, or it randomly ends up a street sweeper. So, if we don’t want it literally to end up in the ocean, we need to pick it up! Love this vid!
My neuro atypical attention span is so grateful for this recent video format, the point is made, eloquently, but without needless filler that may cause people to click away too soon, it leaves me feeling ready to take action afterwards because I’m still in that initial motivation surge!
I started collecting trash a few months ago, it really gives you so much satisfaction and hope! Lots of love to you, miraculous person ❤
I used to know someone that would throw things out of the window and say, "it creates jobs."
Lefie is my favorite person on youtube at the moment.
Great job, gloves and buying the stick for safety, city of LA has the resources to clean the city 24/7
I love this on every level! Thanks for putting GOOD out there❤️
What a beautiful action and mindset, I love it!
Please be careful with sharps. God only knows what’s in that trash.
Fairyland Cottage does the same thing, but she lives in Ireland so it's a bit different. Good on you for being the change! 👑😍
David Sedaris walks long distances and picks up large amounts trash. He inspired me to start this practice, also.
Imagine never discovering her channel
Here in my town in Central Coast Ca. We gather up as volunteers and we pick up trash in town and river streams. Cuz We have pretty big homeless population in our area. We clean up trash once a year 😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥
Always make a difference.. each and every day.
Lefie -- how timely! I've been looking around Pittsburgh, and the trash and litter are appalling. I had thought about doing the same thing, and now you have inspired me to do so.
You are a nice person for even trying to help clean.
Thanks for being part of the change!
It definitely feels empowering to chip away at things instead of assigning blame. And cleaning is extra exercise, too!
I've been doing this in Oklahoma! It feels good to get multiple benefits from my walks from physical to doing my part to help beautify my city! Oklahoma is known for it's wind but people might not realize how much trash flies around and gets caught in fences, shrubs, and curbs because of the wind and litterbugs. Plus it makes the walk a little more active and interesting when you have something to do while you're walking!
Lol, I've been doing the same thing! I'm always taking plastic bags with me (And yeah, I want to go get one "thrash-grabber" too).
It really gives me sense of purpose and it actually feels good.
Great video! Thanks
YES! 🙏🏼
I just saw a guy with one of those trash tongs about an hour ago and was thinking, I gotta get me one of those.
I feel like we’re on the same wavelength. I just moved to Seattle and I’ve been wanting to buy a trash grabber for a while now. That and make sandwiches for the people living on the streets. One thing at a time
Welcome to Washington. I moved here last year 🙂
@@guidedbysunshine333 How’s it been so far?
Perfectly said
Today my 10 yr old and the neighbor kid have spontaneously decided to go out and pick up trash in the park behind our house. We live in a windy area....most trash is not from people littering, but from the wind blowing over garbage cans. I love seeing our kids (and people of any age) being so civic minded! I'm a hiker and always try to hike out some garbage if I have space in my pack.
Doing what we can with what we have where we are.
You're not the only one! David Sedaris picks up trash on his daily walk.
👏🏼 for you
Love you for doing this, Lefie
I do this 🙂
I started doing the same here in Strasbourg (my home town), even if it looks way less trashed than LA... It's kind of depressing, but i feel like it can help in the long run, even if it just makes a few people see me doing it and try to do the same 🙂🍀
I hear you.
I tend to be a litter-picker-up'er, too. Good goin', you. On another note, I caught a glimpse of your toes; are those Vivobarefoot shoes, or something like them?
Good on you, Lefie :) some gloves, small tongs and a bottle of sanitizer will be very helpful too! Also neat to be seeing you post daily now.
Hey!Lefie I am your new subscriber and I am really addicted to your videos and your videos
Hello and welcome, Mansoor Gaming! 😁
Trash baggers 'r' us 👍
Some businesses clean the sidewalk and parking lots in front of and along side their buildings. All businesses should take that kind of pride in their community.
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I love this. A note of caution though, please be super careful of drug paraphernalia among the trash you pick up. Xxx
Wow!
Why not move to Australia? It's pretty shocking to find litter here.
ive thought about doing this but i'd fear getting my head kicked in if for being a trash collecting nerd not part of any restorative justice sentence
*trigger warning: the struggle is real*
all of a sudden, i have to shovel snow and pour salt around our car because the snowplow man keeps literally burying us in...
idk if it's queer hate or if it's my abusive parents criminally stalking me. or maybe it's just a misunderstanding...
I wish i could just leave my house and walk and be free. there's no where to even go... i moved to a tiny town to escape abuse. &idk how to leave now.
Still, my life has never been better. i enjoy your attitude and i hope the neighbourhood improves!
one day, i hope my life resembles yours.
There's also good evidence that seeing people act ethically can motivate others to do the same. De-trashing your walk may well inspire others to do the same! (There's a Detrashed sub on Reddit of anyone's interested).
I hate single use plastics but this is definitely something you should use gloves for. 💛
It could also be crows and other animals leaving trashcans like this
This reminds me of the Kevin Spacy estra credit lesson Come up with a way to change the world and put it into action, in the film pay it forward.
Please do buy the picker thing or at least wear gloves or something, you never know what you might pick up.
Please wear gloves and protect yourself 🖤
Yeah LA could be a nice city if it would turn red.
Not sure how that would help, given that public trash containment and pickup - along with all the social services and other support systems that help keep even more people than there already are from becoming homeless or otherwise finding themselves living in situations where regular trash pickup just isn't a thing - are all tax-funded services and reds tend to want to cut taxes to the bone. Seems like it would only make the situation worse.