Naturalist Notes: Doing the right thing

I was sitting on the corner yesterday evening, enjoy the cool breezes that soothes my soul. Then I noticed a young man in school uniform walking by, I’m guessing he wasn’t more than about 13 or 14 years old. In his hand was a small empty soft drink bottle, which he attempted to dunk (as if playing basketball) into a medium sized dumpster that was at the side of a wall. Unfortunately for him, he missed his target and the bottle ended up in the drain.  I must say that I was surprised at what happened next! Even though there were several other pieces of trash on the ground.  This young man stopped, got down into the drain to retrieve his bottle and then placed it where it rightly belonged. I felt so proud of him, I smiled and said loudly, you did the right thing young man!

 There are serious consequences to littering e.g., flooding, causing harm to wildlife…