Phew...Earth day was a lot of work!

[yewberry]

Today my team and I worked hard and I am pooped!

We met at a park in Seattle's International District (aka Chinatown) at 8:30 this morning--LOTS of people showed up. Super-nice. We had coffee and did some tai chi, then set to work. It was an absolutely beautiful day, too.

I was on litter detail on the streets under I-5 (oh, how unutterably disgusting--and the smell!) but we also did blackberry removal, grafitti covering, weeding, and replanting. The neighborhood folks were so nice--several elder residents came out and thanked us for our work. (Hey, I'm a "good, nice lady!":D)

Lunch was provided (YAY! Vietnamese tofu sandwich for me!) and there was bingo for the older folks and a scavenger hunt for the local kids. What a great day.

So, hey, if you're a Seattleite, be sure to give the ID a little extra love. The community really came together today--how can you not love that?


Did anyone else do any kind of Earth Day work today?

[qnr]

1. Yay you! :) n/t

[yewberry]

2. Hey, thanks!

Yay, us! (Really lived the "teamwork" thing today.)

[qnr]

3. Yes, I know, but 'you' was more personal, and kind of included everyone

in an offhand way :)

[yewberry]

4. Ooo

I was being goofy.

(Don't be shocked. :blush:)

[qnr]

6. ahhhh now that's the attitude! n/t

[Random_Australian]

5. Is earth day an American or global day?

We have a 'Clean up Australia Day' here anyway, at some entirely different date.

[qnr]

7. Not 'global' per se, but international - you can see some of the

activities in various countries at this page:

http://earthday.envirolink.org/