Paradise Trashed and Aloha Vanishing

[Carey]

I have been here for just under three years, the garbage & trashing has been here much longer. Some of it is the old time junk pile mentality that many farmers had in the days when glass was probably the most non-degrading item you could pitch. Times have changed, but some attitudes on waste disposal have not (this is also true in very rural areas of the mainland...)
One thing I have encouraged everyone is to get involved in cleanups. I have been the coordinator of 7 beach cleanups here (at 4 Mile Beach - NOT a tourist beach) & was involved in a Sierra Club lava tube dump the second week I was here (info was in the Trib Herald...), a couple of Southpoint marine debris (Trib Herald)cleanups & the Adopt a Highway (posted in Starbucks) cleanups along 130 close to home. Anyone can do this, and most cleanups could definately have more volunteers. (in fact most volunteer things here desparately need more volunteers PLUS it is a great way for you to get to know people, and areas, how better than scooping up glop?)
If you do not want to help with cleanups there are many other organizations that need you. If you have something you enjoy doing, have a cause you feel strongly about, or just an inkling of a care & some time, there are many organizations on this island that need you. VOLUNTEER.