Thanks for keeping us up to date, Emrys!
Ginger
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Emrys Treasure <emrys.treasure(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
All,
The cleanup has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 6th (same time).
Apologies for the confusion. I will provide additional details and a
reminder closer to the date. Hope a few of you can make it out.
--Emrys
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Emrys Treasure
<emrys.treasure(a)gmail.com> wrote:
All,
The student coordinating the stream cleanup for Enloe NHS alerted me
that they plan to conduct their next campaign this coming Tuesday
(2/28) shortly after school releases at 2:40pm. I am going to try to
lend a hand (if I can make my schedule work). If anyone else is
interested, this would be a great opportunity to partner with the
school and make an immediate positive impact. If you are interested,
please let me know and I will provide additional details as they
become available.
I know the weekday afternoon is not ideal for those who work set/
regular schedules, but there will be future opportunities at more
convenient times.
Thanks.
--Emrys
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:09 AM, <slcassidy(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> Karen,
>
> this is awesome! We should definitely plan to take advantage of these
> resources for the creek cleanup that is being planned.
>
> thanks for the info!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Galata
> Sent: Feb 18, 2012 10:12 AM
> To: longview-park-community-watch(a)googlegroups.com
> Cc: Stevens rd
> Subject: Re: [longview-park-community-watch] Longview Branch Stream
>
> Anti-littering Campaign for Wake Co.
>
> I just learned about this great anti-littering campaign for Wake Co.
> You can sign up to receive FREE litter bags, posters and stickers!
> (
http://www.86it.com/downloads)
>
> "This is
86it.com the concourse of Wake County’s anti-litter attack –
the
> 86it movement. Where we Wake Countians here
in North Carolina gather to
> rally ‘round our coveted county and keep us a #1 place to live, work and
> play (that’s the sort of thing magazines like Forbes and MONEY say about
> us). A place where every city and town in our community sees litter as a
> six-letter word.
>
> To stay numero uno, we have to join together as a band of 86ers and
spread
> the word – Respect the Can."
>
http://www.86it.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Emrys Treasure wrote:
>
> Sheri,
>
> Thanks for sharing your experience. Very valuable lessons learned. What
> emerges to me from your story is that the "offenders" respond positively
> when they are aware that the community cares (form of education I
suppose).
> The potential for punitive measures also
seems to be in important.
>
> I'm not sure if others use this already, but perhaps it can be a tool
in
our
> toolbox approach to this problem:
>
http://www.ncdot.org/doh/operations/dp_chief_eng/roadside/beautification/li…
>
> Submitting the form results in a standard letter from the State Highway
> Patrol to the address that the offending vehicle is registered to
describing
> what happened and that littering is illegal
(...duh). I originally
started
> using this when I was a student at NC State
to report students throwing
> cigarette butts from car windows. My theory was that the car is
registered
> to their parents and that their parents
probably didn't know that they
> smoke, not to mention litter. Perhaps the same theory applies here?
>
> As for enforcement, in addition to coordinating with the school resource
> officer/ bike patrol, maybe the Longview walking club (i.e., Ginger)
could
> make an effort to regularly walk during the
lunch period and monitor/
submit
> complaints as necessary?
>
> --Emrys
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:32 AM, <slcassidy(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello Emrys,
>>
>> thank you for initiating discussion regarding this on-going problem
with
>> Enloe student litter. Living directly
across from the high school, I
can
>> tell you that I have cleaned up more than
my share of their trash!
While I
>> agree that additional trash cans are
needed, I believe that there is
another
>> aspect to solving this problem that needs
to be considered. But
first, I
>> would like to say that I do not think it
is worth the effort to
approach the
>> Enloe NHS or the student Council. For
the past two years my daughter
was an
>> officer of the Enloe student Council and
also a member of NHS. On
several
>> occasions I suggested to her that either
of these organizations could
serve
>> the community by addressing the littering
problem. What I learned is
that
>> these organizations have a quota of
'community service' work that they
>> engage in and once the quota is met, they do not make any effort to
take
on
>> additional projects, no matter how
worthwhile or noble they may be.
>> Besides, these kids are not the perpetrators, and utilizing them to
clean
>> up the mess is not a sustainable solution
to solving the litter
problem.
>>
>> Two years ago I had a one-on-one meeting with Matt Rice to discuss the
>> student littering problem and offered my assistance to help in any way
>> possible. Needless to say, he never contacted me, so that Spring I
decided
>> to launch my own personal campaign to
fight the problem. Over the
span of
>> several weeks I picked up trash along the
street where the students
park
>> during the school lunch periods. I made
it very obvious that I was
picking
>> up their trash and I talked to many
students reminding them that
littering
>> is a $$punishable$$ offense and
encouraged them to use the trash can
>> instead. One day I actually witnessed a bag of trash being lobbed
from a
>> parked car into the stream just a few
feet from where I was standing.
There
>> were 4 boys in the car and I told the
driver that I would report him
for
>> littering unless he made sure that the
trash was picked up. After some
>> discussion within the car, boy from the back seat emerged, climbed
over
the
>> railing and down the embankment to
retrieve his trash. I held open my
>> garbage bag for him to deposit it and told him that I was 'the litter
>> police' and that I would be keeping watch on a random basis! While
this may
>> sound a bit extreme, I can tell you that
it was effective as the
volume of
>> litter was noticeable diminished during
those months.
>>
>> While it is not feasible (or safe!) for neighbors to deputize
themselves
>> as the 'litter police', my little
experiment convinced me that some
sort of
>> patrolling coupled with awareness and
personal interaction with the
students
>> is needed. Last year there was a
bike-patrol on duty during the lunch
>> periods to ensure that only students with appropriate privileges were
>> leaving the campus. If this position still exists, it seems logical
that
>> the duties could be expanded to include
litter patrol and awareness
>> communication with the students as well. Signage is another easy and
>> effective educational and preventive measure that could be taken. The
'Keep
>> America Beautiful' and 'Don't
Litter!' signs that were prevalent
during my
>> youth left and huge and lasting
impression on me and, most likely,
others as
>> well. Perhaps this is something that we
could also request through
the CAC.
>>
>> I am willing (and available) to help with any efforts that are focused
on
>> addressing the litter problem. Please
let me know how I can be of
>> assistance.
>>
>> thanks again,
>>
>> Sheri
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Emrys Treasure
>> Sent: Jan 21, 2012 1:07 PM
>> To: Stevens rd , Longview Park Community Watch
>> Subject: [longview-park-community-watch] Longview Branch Stream
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As I was walking the dogs along Bertie Dr today, I couldn't help but
>> notice the large volume of trash in the Longview Branch stream channel
and
>> buffer. In addition, there are only two
trash cans between Chatham Ln
and
>> Locke Ln. The nature of the trash also
clearly indicates the source
(Enloe
>> students discarding mainly styrofoam food
containers after lunch).
>>
>> I know this issue has been raised before at CAC meetings, but perhaps
we
>> can take this opportunity to harness our
emerging community watch and
>> establish a early success story.
>>
>> Couple of key points and actions that I submit for discussion by this
>> group:
>>
>> 1.The Enloe National Honor Society (NHS) holds the adoption rights to
>> Longview Branch. When I was in high school, our NHS was always looking
for
>> community service opportunities and we
often had funds at our disposal
to
>> conduct them (relevant to item #2).
Perhaps we can partner with the
Enloe
>> NHS to conduct a spring cleanup.
>> Proposed actions: (1) contact Enloe and the City of Raleigh
Adopt-A-Stream
>> program and determine when the last
cleanup was conducted; (2) scope
out
>> what resources the City might be willing
to contribute to help
(especially
>> with respect to item #2).
>>
>> 2. Item #1 is somewhat pointless unless we are also willing to address
the
>> source of the trash and give the students
a reasonable alternative to
>> tossing their trash in the stream.
>> Proposed actions: (1) engage Enloe to educate their students on water
>> quality issue (perhaps there is an Enloe environmental club or student
>> government body that would take this on); (2) establish a density of
trash
>> cans along Bertie Dr that makes throwing
trash in a trash can easier
than
>> throwing it in Longview Branch.
>>
>> I welcome and encourage your thoughts and suggestions.
>>
>> --
>> Emrys Treasure
>> East CAC Co-chair
>> Longview Park Resident
>>
>
>
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