Do you care for the river? Do you think that it is important for OUR health? Well, recently a river clean-up was done to promote the awareness of Calgary’s Bow and Elbow Rivers and how it’s the citizen’s duty to help clean up the litter and protect OUR river. Apparently, in our own river, volunteers found a rubber pig, needles, knives and plenty of other hazardous materials.
For me, I always thought that the Bow River and the Elbow River were clean. Things change when citizens lose interest in helping our environment. It’s sad that people treat our river like this, but we can make a difference! The great thing about being in Calgary is how there are plenty of opportunities for us to join or even start to help raise awareness for a cause.
If you are an environmentalist and disappointed that people think it’s “okay” to just throw away a dirty needle near the river, then this is your chance to SPEAK OUT! If you didn’t participate in this river clean-up, you can definitely gather a group of people to plan another one. Unfortunately, pollution happens every second, minute, hour and day and so our river ALWAYS needs a clean-up.
If you are one of those individuals that don’t think that the environment is important, IT IS! I personally didn’t think so until I went on a RiverWatch Field Trip where I learnt all about the sewage system and where it starts and how these toxins in our river get removed. Trust me, this is a long process and if you start being more aware of the waste that gets put in our river, imagine how BIG of an impact that will make! One person can make a change; you just have to believe it.
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