Undercover Litter-Picker Transitioning from anthropocentrism to Earth-centrism by way of a humorous photo contest
by Ann Palmer
The Litter Picker’s Creed Every item a tale to tell
how it came to be not doing so well.
An identity-shift from bright package to trash accomplished in a twinkling.
Their natural development – onward recycling – I’ll forward as best I may.
Retrieve from places they shouldn’t be items battered, broken, each day.
So every item a new tale to tell, how it’s doing better these days.
Recycled, reclaimed, the latest craze – quite sure it will do rather well!
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AN I HELP? asked 15-year-old Roxanne. ‘I like to help.’ I looked up from my litter-picking, quite sure an angel had just descended on the beach. For a teenager
to approach an adult, particularly a stranger, with such an offer, felt miraculous. About to embark on her Duke of Edin- burgh Award, awards that recognise adolescents and young adults for completing a series of self-improvement exercises, Roxanne decided to include litter-picking as part of its remit. I went to see her parents, who at first appeared to be happy with the idea, but it turned out that was not the case. This is how I learned litter-picking has a stigma attached
to it. If I wanted to involve young people in litter-picking, I needed to go much further than I had done so far. I recalled how I got into litter-picking myself. Three years ago, U.K. television presenter, Griff Rhys-Jones, had climbed Snow- don, the highest mountain in Wales, wearing a jacket with the moniker Griff the Garbage emblazoned on it. He did this in the company of Ron the Rubbish. The image of these two men taking such an upfront stance, and in a humorous way, went
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Children’s Humorously Captioned Photography Competition
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