RUBBISH!
“Am I being kind to our school?” said a 5 year old student to me in the Te Uku School playground. I was on duty and had noticed him and a friend voluntarily picking up some rubbish. “You sure are,” I replied. We smiled at each other and together they ran off on their keen quest to keep our school environment tidy.
Our short interaction reminded me of the times I used to organise rubbish pick ups on the streets around Hamilton Boys’ High School. The last time I organised this activity, only one student came with me and no one noticed us as we filled a couple of rubbish bags. It didn’t matter, as we returned to the school happy knowing the local Hamilton East community was better off for our efforts.
In our local community of Raglan Val and I regularly see a woman picking up rubbish in the gardens, footpaths, road and parking areas leading down to the old Coastguard building and boat ramp. We always thank her as such action helps to keep our community tidy and safe. Another benefit is that rubbish doesn’t end up in the sea and add to the microplastics that end up in sea animals stomachs and our own.
POINTS TO PONDER
Being kind to our environment is important. Don’t wait for someone else or an organisation to do the picking up. The need is now.
Kindness takes many forms. Your example of ‘doing the right thing’ is worthwhile in the bigger picture of looking after each other and our planet.
Being kind to our environment is important. Don’t wait for someone else or an organisation to do the picking up. The need is now.
Kindness takes many forms. Your example of ‘doing the right thing’ is worthwhile in the bigger picture of looking after each other and our planet.
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