Three hometown guys pooled their life savings to buy a cargo boat and scoop up trash from Florida's waterways because they realized that the local governments don't take responsibility for that. The website of the nonprofit organization they formed just for that purpose is http://greenarmada.org, and I have copied below their story from the web site.
The Green Armada Foundation was born in the beautiful beaches and waterways of Tampa Bay, Florida. We are lifelong residents that grew up in and on the waters of the Florida coast. Frankly, we’ve had it with the tons of trash collecting along the coast. Rather that just complain about it we’ve come up with a solution that meets our objectives.
- We don’t want to depend or wait on governmental resources to fix the problem.
- We’re not here as politicians or scientists. We’re citizens making our community a better, cleaner place to live.
- We believe that businesses are genuinely concerned about the appearance of the community and will help sponsor cleanup.
- We know for certain that there are many ordinary people out there who really care and will pitch in to make a difference.
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So what am I driving at here? Like these amazing individuals have rightly noted, it is the ordinary people who truly make a difference! We can b**tch and complain about how the government is not performing and acting right, but until we get off our lackadaisical behinds and do the little that we can do, we really shouldn't expect miracles.
As usual, any comments and questions are very welcome. In fact, it's a request - please share your thoughts :).
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