This fall, Karen Jørgensen is joining the GSA team as a volunteer and we're so happy to have her on board. From time to time, she'll be sharing her experiences of her work with us and our coast as a guest blogger.
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On September
28th I took part in the Great
Canadian Shoreline cleanup for the first time. Despite the wet and cold
weather, I joined around 25 volunteers who showed up to clean the shores along
Burrard Inlet by Portside Park.
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| Photo: Karen Jørgensen |
Even though
the shore looked fairly clean at first glance, once we were done, our recording
sheets and our collecting bags showed things were not as they seemed. We were
divided into groups of three or four people and in my group alone we collected
3000 cigarette butts, several plastic bags, a couple of needles and a few
batteries. All of this and much more causes great harm to our beautiful coast,
which should be there for all of us to enjoy without having to look at all this
garbage. I find it very unfortunate that people litter in such a gorgeous place.
One thing is
certain - this Shore Cleanup will certainly not be my last. I felt really thankful
for being part of the event as spending time along the coast, breathing in the
fresh air - and even removing trash from coast - was a great feeling - as Portside
Park became a cleaner shore after the cleanup. Despite the sadness I
felt at all the litter left behind, it was rewarding to be a part of the cleanup as our work showed off immediately.
Also, seeing the difference volunteers of all ages can make for our shores was
great and I felt wonderful being a part of it. I would definitely recommend that
you join the shore Cleanup next year – you won’t regret it!
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