Every Day a Day of Service
Not long ago I posted about my opportunity to clean up open desert near my sister's home. Trash of all sorts -- plastic bags and cups, newspapers and cardboard boxes -- had been strewn about a couple of acres of habitat in the western Mojave. It does not take much time or effort to make a significant difference , and two other organizations committed to clean communities and deserts have proven this. It's our community. Our public lands. Keeping the places we love in clean and pristine condition is our responsibility. One of the efforts I learned about is organized under the Facebook page called the One a Day Picker Uppers -- more of a lifestyle than an organization. Christina Lange told me about this effort, and members of the group's Facebook page pledge to pick up at least one piece of litter each day. There are already over 200 members, and photos from across the US of pieces of trash cleaned up by civic-minded folks. The idea behind this is that if each pe