Sweep+(Wake+County)+October+14

Wake County Big Sweep Isabella Behrend 2A

The Big Sweep program is an ongoing project to help clean up the environment in our community today. On October 14 I went to Marsh Creek to help pick up trash and clean the surrounding area. While there I picked up a wide variety of object from candy wrappers and bottles to car doors, glass, and giant tires. The amount of garbage that we found during our two-hour project was disgusting. It made me realize that, as humans, we need to take better care of our environment. After this experience, I honestly felt ashamed of the effect our species has been having on the world and this was just a minuscule pixel of a much larger picture. This event relates to our class as it was going out and trying to make a small difference in how people treat our environment as well as trying to fix what has already been damaged.