"I think it's something that we can just easily do as a community. I would really love to start a monthly cleanup where I come out with other people, because it's much easier to do a quick sweep than obviously what I've been doing over the past few weeks, which is painstaking."
"I was walking across the bridge and I remember reading the news that morning and feeling really defeated about the state of of just everything. It was one of those moments where I was like, you know, on a very micro level, I can effect change and do good things."
"She noticed a cacophony of trash building up over the last few months, as she walked the bridge to commute to work and meet friends in Manhattan. One day this winter, she decided to take matters into her own hands."
Ellen Baum, a 37-year-old tech worker from Brooklyn Heights, spent February removing trash stuck to chain-link fences along the Brooklyn Bridge walkway. Using basic tools like a wine-opener blade and gloves, she documented her monthlong effort on social media, receiving community support. Motivated by feeling defeated about global conditions, Baum decided to take personal action on a micro level. After successfully clearing significant amounts of detritus, she now aims to organize regular monthly community cleanups to sustain the bridge's cleanliness rather than relying on individual sporadic efforts.
Read at Gothamist
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