I want to start my article with the previous Sulaiman Mountain clean up. It was a small public campaign, the purpose of which was to benefit the community in cleaning up the mountain. On the other hand, it may serve as the motivating activity to the members of the community in volunteering to serve the community.
Last autumn we had a successful company to clean up around and up the mountain. The company was headed by the Center for American Studies volunteer Dixie Eckford and Patrick Eckford from Mercy Corps an international organization. And of course, other volunteers of the Center for American Studies (Osh State University students, some community, and NGO members), Aarhus employees, Peace Corps Volunteers, an English Language Fellow and some Mercy Corps employees also helped out.
While cleaning, we collected a lot of plastic bottles, glass bottles, candy wrappers, ice cream wrappers, plastic bags and some children’s used nappies. I hope at least some people know that these odds not only make the place dirty, plastic bottles, candy and ice cream wrappers and plastic bags can contribute to the decreasing of the ozone layer which eventually leads to global warming.
Also nowadays there are many people who have different kinds of respiratory conditions and infections.
Many people have asthma and problems coughing. All of these are the negatively affected by a polluted environment.
Probably, no one wants to bequeath the ‘polluted land’ to his or her children or to future generations.
In addition, the clean environment gives us a good mood and people’s state of mind also depends on the environment where they stay.
Of course the mountain area employees assigned to work often clean the area. And the article does not aim to boast about what we did once as a public clean up campaign, but instead wants to inspire people and enhance other clean-up activities from time to time. Hopefully these community projects involve local citizens, especially the younger generation. Once you clean, you may think that no one cleans around the mountain. However, people do. The real question is: ‘why does the mountain often get littered?’ Unfortunately, people are not careful with their rubbish on the mountain.
The idea is that we want our community to be healthy and happy. So as the member of the campaign I suggest having The Sulaiman Mountain Clean up Action twice a year, in spring and in autumn. April and October are suitable months for clean up but it’s not limited to a bi-annual clean up by the community members. You can always pick up a little trash every time you are on the mountain!
Enjoy your environment; it’s your native land!
Posted on April 20, 2010
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