My Actifit & Clean Planet Adventure: Oct 9 2023

Heya Hiva シ

Ready or not, here I come..

-> from finding myself 'between a rock and a hard place'. Stay tuned to the end to find out why..

Adventure afoot!

It was another super windy day in the South Peninsula - resulting in a constant struggle, to hold on to each piece of trash collected prior. Whenever I'd open the carrier, existing contents would race around as if in a vortex!

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The previously described tumultuous situation commenced following the safe retrieval of this sheet of newspaper - on my way to the wetlands.

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Sometimes I'm surprised by what I pick up. Not in terms of what has been discarded, but rather the misinterpretation of an article in question. The colour and size of this one for example, resembled that of an empty packet of potato crisps. To my surprize however, it was actually the plastic remnants of a one litre fruit juice.

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Look at the thickness of this glass fragment retrieved! I think it was from the bottom of a bottle.

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This piece of plastic wrapper came from a softdrink bottle.

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I was fascinated by how this blue strip of plastic, was vertically planted in the sand - alongside grass with stands of similar diameter.

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This weathered newspaper advertisement wrecked an otherwise tidy patch of wild grass and reeds.

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The biggest item collected today, was that of large plastic bottle. I'm really not sure what it's original contents may have been. I'm guessing some sort of fuel perhaps? ..or maybe even a fruit juice concentrate? I've recall seeing both those types of items in similar sorts of bottles.

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Next up was a brown paper bag from a fast food chain. No litter is good litter.. but rather paper than plastic.

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This piece of cardboard had a few snails attached. I carefully removed them before bagging it.

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A really old worn sock. It was time for it to take a walk to the bin.

Our colourful problem..

Solution in black & white!

All the trash picked up was placed in the nearby municipal bin. Great news is that it had been emptied of rubbish from yesterday! Feeling so stoked to be getting fit, whilst improving this very special piece of earth.

Final thoughts..

Allow me to elaborate with regards to the intro. With the vast area which I have been focusing on getting cleaner by the day, I have been carefully pondering in the back of my mind.. "where to next"? One idea is to proceed further to the right, which is certainly more dangerous (due to its remoteness). I'm convinced there must be loads of trash to collect; but at the same time, there is a very real element of criminal danger. I found myself staring at the difficult region today. Ironically the hard place is past these large rocks.

Till next time,

ma3str0

Special thanks to @actifit and my 'eco-citizen' friends over at @cleanplanet , @cleanyourcity & @solarisfuture - stoked to be part of the solution, whilst getting fit in the process.

My gratitude as well to each and every awesome individual, kindly supporting me on this incredible adventure - seeing solutions to the challenges of our colourful world in black & white.

Disclaimer:

The writing in 'My Actifit & Clean Planet Adventure' is 100% original and that of my own. Inspiration is drawn from my surroundings - all whilst placing one foot in front of the other. For stylistic reasons, the greeting, farewell, image labels & footer may be repeated across posts - with the actual main body of content remaining entirely unique. Any accompanying photos were taken/edited by me. Others' logos used as permitted. Nothing should be construed as any form of advice. Practice due diligence. All Rights Reserved.
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09/10/2023

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Daily Activity, Walking

Height 193 cm		Weight 79 kg		Body Fat 18.6 %
Waist 79 cm		Thighs 54 cm		Chest 98 cm