You did your part for Earth Day by picking up trash at a beach cleanup and now you’re done, right? Not so fast. Cash Daniels wants you to do a bit more. The 12-year-old from Chattanooga, Tenn., has personally organized cleanups and removed thousands of pounds of garbage over the last five years from a stretch of the Tennessee River near his home. The Tennessee is one of the most microplastics-polluted rivers in the world. “I’m making a difference on the environment,” he said in a recent phone call. “I don’t like seeing plastic lying around anywhere.” His efforts have led to partnerships with nonprofit organizations such as Tennessee Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful. Daniels, a finalist for Time magazine’s Kid of the Year 2022, also co-founded a group called the Cleanup Kids to motivate others to follow his example. Now he’s challenging young people around the world (or anyone, really) to collectively pick up 1 million pounds of litter in 2022. How will he measure their progress? Through trash-tracking apps like Litterati, which encourages people to pick up trash and share photos online to create a global cleanup community. How much trash is there in the U.S.? Keep America Beautiful’s 2020 National Litter Study estimates there are 50 billion pieces of litter or “152 pieces of litter for every U.S. resident.” That means if each person picked up their share, the country could be litter-free. Start by joining the 24th Great American Cleanup, which is underway now through June 22. It’s hosted by Keep America Beautiful, which started in 1953 when litter was mostly found alongside America’s highways. The organization offers free cleanup kits to help you get started. Other things to do: In Southern California, join year-round cleanup groups and turn out for these events: Other things to do: In Southern California, join year-round cleanup groups and turn out for these events:
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Endless Summer has now surpassed the University of Florida as the top selling specialty license plate in Florida, notwithstanding generating slightly less revenue this year compared to 2019, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Showing that specialty license plates continue to generate revenue for worthy causes, despite the pandemic - raising over $32 million in 2020.
Miami Heat and Tampa Bay Bucs both increased their sales and revenue in 2020, the only two specialty plates to do so in the Top 10. So far in the 2021 Florida State Legislative Session, 7 new specialty plates have been proposed and bills have been filed for the following: Explore our State Parks - Rep Allison Tant (D-Leon County) / Senator Dennis Baxley R-Lady Lake Inter Miami CF - Senator Manny Diaz (R-Hialeah Gardens) Toastmasters - Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) Gopher Tortoise - Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) Orlando United - Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) Protect Wild Dolphins Alliance - Rep Jim Mooney (R-Florida Keys) Honor Flight - Rep Brett Thomas Gage (R-Sumter County) The state is also in the process of completing presale voucher requirements for 32 new plates, which commenced in October, 2019. |
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