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Model Environment loves a good before and after.
Slide through some of our favorite makeover pics to see how far a little effort goes towards creating a world we can all be proud of.
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Normal Branch / Huntsville Alabama
Christy Beck, Jim Spagnola, Ben Gutherie and Shanna Kendall-Bocchino
4.18.2020
We cleared three tunnels yesterday + about 1800 feet of creek. The amount of litter at this location wasn’t bad but the debris blocking the waterway was a bitch to move. Jim and Ben helped with the tree trunk and mound of dirt. We put the trunk next to an eroding bank. After the pickup we explored new areas. There’s a homeless camp nearby that really needs some love. We’re not sure how to handle it. On one hand we want to clear the litter. On the other hand we don’t want to bring unwanted attention to their peaceful community. But they r e a l l y need sanitation services. As we move through the cities waterways we are finding this consistent issue. And from experience cleaning areas in Los Angeles the issue of homeless and litter is a consistent one. Yesterday was the start of our Earth Advocate program. Through our staffing partner Spur we paid our first worker to pick up litter. Possibly that’s part of the solution with the homeless. We are able to onboard a worker within an hour then put them to work. If we can solve the issue in Huntsville we hope to help in other locations.
To be continued…
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Los Angeles, CAlifornia
Kela Brousard, Ryan Kirk, Paul Stanton, Christy Beck and Oscar Sanchez
Kela noticed this area needed a little TLC on her morning jogs. The area is North Figueroa St. at Temple in downtown LA. The LA Department of Water and Power is just up the slope and the LA County Department of Health across the street. The first phase was to clean up the litter. Second, with help from Tree Care LA, we cleared away the dead leaves and natural debris. We were all very proud of the transformation.
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Huntsville, Alabama
Matt Wheeler, Steven, Megan and Christy
Pinhook Creek is a waterway that passes through Huntsville near downtown. It runs into Indian Creek which runs into the Tennessee River. It is a perfect example of what flows from upstream will end up downstream. That is why it is so important to clean all waterways to prevent it from dumping into larger bodies of water. This is phase one of our efforts to restore Pinkook Creek.
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Hollywood, CAlifornia
Carla Houston
Carla cleaned several drains on Hollywood Blvd. Did you know that storm drains in Los Angeles dump into the ocean without being filtered? Yeah, all the drips of oil, tire soot, cigarette butts, along with littered items get washed into the ocean.
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Huntsville, Alabama
Katie & Courtney
This pile of litter was just twenty-five meters away from the Tennessee River. It took Katie and Courtney about twenty minutes to create this positive impact!
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Huntsville, ALabama
Ella Grace
The drain had caked on litter. It took Ella Grace about thirty minutes to clean it up.
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Huntsville, ALabama
Barbara, Evan, Kim, Harper, Hunter, Isaac, Ella Grace & Christy
It took less than two hours of work to clean about a quarter of a mile near UAH on
Sparkman Drive. The ditch had accumulated quite a bit of debris.
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Venice, CAlifornia
Jasmina Hdagha
Drains lead to the ocean in Los Angeles. Please do what you can to keep litter from entering storm drains.
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Los Angeles, CAlifornia
Kela, Ryan, Paul, Christy and Oscar
One of our favorite transformations downtown. When this cleanup was completed we had collected about forty bags of litter!
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beverly Hills, California
Christy Beck
Three minute transformation.
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Beverly Hills, California
Christy Beck
On a neighborhood walk Christy came across this messy alleyway just west of Robertson Blvd. It took Christy about twenty minutes to transform the area.
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Venice, California
Ella
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El segundo, CAlifornia
Jennifer Herron
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Mar Vista, CAlifornia
Jasmina Hdagha
Tired of seeing this littered area while walking her dog Jasmina took forty minutes out of her day to pick it up.
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Beverly Hills, CAlifornia
Mel Judson
It took Mel about twenty minutes to clean this parking lot near Wilshire & La Cienega in East Beverly Hills.
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Huntsville, Alabama
Cole and Melissa Lawson
Look what a little effort and an hours worth of work will do. Thank you Cole and Melissa for cleaning a ditch before the litter has a chance to wash into a larger waterway.
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Thank you Craig Cameron Olsen for snapping these fun pics!
