In the morning of May 3rd 2008, more than 50 000 estonians came out of their homes to clean their country. Together in 5 hours they collected more than 10 000 tons of garbage from the roadsides and forests. Whole country and many visitors from all over the world were watching closely as the biggest civic initiative born from a bold dream, became a reality.
The Idea spread rapidly and the closest who were touched, were two other beautiful baltic countries – Latvia and Lithuania. On 3rd of May thousands of Lithuanians were working to collect garbage around the biggest cities, on 13th of september 2008 more than 40 000 Latvians came out to clean their country of illegal garbage. This year, 2009, the movement has gained force – on 18th of April 2009 altogether 150 000 people were cleaning their country in Latvia and Lithuania.
But this is just the beginning. The world is changing and people around the world feel it. We have been contacted by many activists all over the world, who dream of cleaning their own countries the same way. From this an idea was born – what if we do it all together?! Let’s Do It! World wants to bring all the active people in all the countries together. If we join our forces we can make a difference, not just in a country, in the world!
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"Because of interconnectedness of all minds, affirming a positive vision may be about the most sophisticated action any one of us can take."
- Willis Harman
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Groups we are in contact with
Portugal Cleanup:
http://limparportugal.ning.com/
Clean Bengaluru in one day!