Less than a week had passed since our lavish speech, when fifty volunteers gathered under one open roof, watched the introduction video and promised to take pictures of trash to map the problem point in town. We drew lines on the map and off they went, each of us with our mobile phones.
One has to mention that all sorts of people came to help us with the garbadge issue. The ones who threw their fag-ends between the trees and the ones who packed banana leaves into plastic bags instead of throwing them in bushes. And also those who returned with pictures of hay stating it to be litter.
I also went to take some pics. Crawled in the shadows of banana trees of river sides that formerly seemed so tropic but now blinded my exotic eye for ever. In stead of water there streamed plastic bags and worn-out clothes, bottles and cans, sickening remnants of irresponsible consumption. The banks of river now became archeological points of interest, as below a riverhouse and visible trace back to decades could be found.
There, standing between those crying trees, nauseating, the shivers of fear struck me. Did I really decided to go through with this?
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Well, while taking pics I fortunately also saw some weird and funny stuff like this:
(sorry for the poor quality of mobile pics)
** Read how it really works: http://www.letsdoitworld.org and do not get discouraged by my subjective blog posts about leading the project. The stories are intended to be entertaining, therefore I will mostly describe the conflicts instead of successful moments, which there were plenty as well. How ever it all sounds to you, I still believe this one one truly amazing project and should be carried out in all parts of the world. Hopefully, with your help.
You guys are brilliant! sorry, I meant to leave a comment on your last post but I read it ‘on the hoof’ so to speak and of course by the time i was sat in front of a computer a couple of days later…whoops, I forgot! Anyway, what you are doing is amazing and all credit to you and those who are investing their time and energy in this way Jeez, this rubbish shit is probably my biggest bete noir here.
Gosh, yes, this rubbish thing is so intolerable in Indonesia. We did this project from October 2011 – May 2012 and it is only now that I’m able to write about it, faaaaar away from Indonesia and its problems. You will see, it was a real pain in the ass to go through all of this and almost made me hate the country.
I’m still recovering in Europe, damn it’s good with no litter scattered around and fresh city air with parks and walks.
I bet! I could do with some fresh air, parks and walks……I struggle between loving this country and loathing it. And, you are right, you have to be faaaarrrr away to be able to speak the truth and I find that very hard sometimes! Enjoy your Estonian summer, the best pork chops in the world, and don’t let the mosquitos get you down!