01-27-2019
05:37 PM
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12:24 PM
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A short introduction:
This post is my dream for 2020, and I think is also the dream of many others.
A dream is, of course, just a dream. For my dream, for our dream to become true, I will have to work, we will have to work together.
Dear Santa Claus,
this year I am writing to you well in advance, because I would like to ask you something special, and I think that you need time, to make everything ready before the end of the year.
For 2020, I would like a blue sky, green grass, clean and clear water, and a lot of flowers, yellow, red, blue, purple.
Something like this, a city with trees, flowers, and clear water
or like this, in natural areas and parks
And, of course, one small, small detail: I would like to have this Everywhere in the World and, just to add a last word, yes, I promise, just a last word, I would like to have it ..... Forever.
Don't worry, Santa, you will not be alone in this. Last year we already started to clean, and we did it all around the World. You can see here, we have a project (Local Guides Clean The World - A Local Guides project) and we already cleaned a lot. Please, check the map, that @DavidTito is maintaining day by day.
David is in Australia and I am in Italy. Yes of course, @RiverDefender and @br14n are in Indonesia, @HUMVILA is in Spain, @KarenVChin is in California, @KashifMisidia is in Pakistan, @Venance is in Ivory Coast, @Julien44 is in France, so? We are Local Guides, we are everywhere, and we are all friends.
Dear Local Guides, more seriously now: with a few words I wanted to look back at what we did, with #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld, in less than one year. It looks impressive, but …
Is volunteering to clean by collecting plastic and abandoned waste, the correct way to act?
Yes it is. On one side, what we are doing collectively is extremely important. But on the other side, I believe that we have to find another, more pragmatic and systematic way of making an impact.
I have been thinking for a long time, before to come with this proposal. All of us, we are volunteering for Google Maps, a wonderful tool, with a huge capacity for future, and helpful implementation. So, why not to ask an improvement, that I call:
#WasteReporting.
Is #WasteReporting replacing the actual #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld?
No, the original activities will continue, with meet-ups, education, and more. Waste reporting want to be an additional activity, something that we can do every day, in group or alone.
How can we have a “personal Maps”?
This is the easier part
Start reporting: How can we report?
Do you need help in managing it? @DavidTito will share his expertise with you, just tag him.
In this way we will start to populate the maps
Do we need to arrange a meet-up for this? Of course a meet-up is always welcome, but it is not necessary. When, in your daily life, you see abandoned trash, just take some photo, and add it on the map.
If you see something that need to be noticed, write in here
What about the future? Of course, I have a dream. You can support it, if you like: Waste reporting - on Google Maps
Thank you for reading, thank you for your feedback
UPDATE: here below the links to the Mymaps course, prepared by David Tito:
Explore Accessible Life in Google Earth - The program is now Public for Everyone to contribute
Read before posting: Need Help? - Help Us to Help You | A Reflection on "Original Content" - What if this Photo ... is Yours?
Join Us: #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld | Waste Report #onGoogleMaps
Love the Planet: A Rose for the Planet | Accessible Life at Connect Live 2019
Helping People: Maps of earthquake in Italy | Mapping in Emergency area
01-27-2019 06:00 PM
Como sugerí en el post de Exchange Ideas, la mejor forma de apoyar esto es compartir la idea por todos los,lugares que conozcamos para que el proyecto pueda entrar en cartera y sea posible realizarlo, creo que la idea es extraordinaria @ErmesT , gracias por compartirla ponerlemtantas horas de trabajo a ella.
Farid.
01-27-2019 06:04 PM
Thank you @FaridTDF
I love your photos. I am very tired in this moment. It took a long time to prepare everything, and a lot of energy. But I will respond to everyone
Explore Accessible Life in Google Earth - The program is now Public for Everyone to contribute
Read before posting: Need Help? - Help Us to Help You | A Reflection on "Original Content" - What if this Photo ... is Yours?
Join Us: #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld | Waste Report #onGoogleMaps
Love the Planet: A Rose for the Planet | Accessible Life at Connect Live 2019
Helping People: Maps of earthquake in Italy | Mapping in Emergency area
01-27-2019 06:56 PM
01-27-2019 07:00 PM
Thank you @Venance
This is an easy project, a project for everyone, for increasing individual awareness.
For the future, my dream is Waste reporting - on Google Maps
Hope you will find it interesting
Explore Accessible Life in Google Earth - The program is now Public for Everyone to contribute
Read before posting: Need Help? - Help Us to Help You | A Reflection on "Original Content" - What if this Photo ... is Yours?
Join Us: #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld | Waste Report #onGoogleMaps
Love the Planet: A Rose for the Planet | Accessible Life at Connect Live 2019
Helping People: Maps of earthquake in Italy | Mapping in Emergency area
01-27-2019 08:06 PM
Terima kasih @ErmesT sudah menandai saya dalam rantai post ini.
Dunia darat, laut dan udara yang semakin bersih adalah mimpi kita bersama. Mari kita raih bersama dengan melibatkan semakin banyak dunia usaha lokal, nasional dan global.
Terima kasih juga @DavidTito yang selalu menjaga dan menghubungkan peta relawan local guides clean the world.
Hanya satu kata, @ErmesT ... Wooww. Rencana LGCTW 2.0 akan terus berlanjut. Saya akan tambahkan Bali Local Guides ada Sandra dan Aiko di Sukabumi, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
Yang saya sepakat dengan Anda. Ada banyak nama di bagian dunia yang tergerak dengan sukacita.
Salam
FJoe
01-27-2019 08:51 PM
Dear @ErmesT
That is such a noble cause that you are working. I really admire how humble you are and how passionate you are to take everyone on-board, huge respect.
Indeed, we need such projects and I believe that the biggest reason to be a little more active on such social causes is to stay firm, heads high and tell our next generations proudly that we did everything we could to help save mother earth.
I will also work on this project here in Malaysia with my full capacity.
Cheers
01-28-2019 10:36 AM
Congrats @ErmesT for this post very detailed and full of dreams, even of a single big dream!
You have my full support so that your dream (which is also that of all of us) can be achieved even before 2020!
David
01-28-2019 02:34 PM
Thank you @ErmesT for tagging me. As a team member of our Noble project #CleanTheWorld , we all are trying to fight against pollution, and specially plastic pollution. I would like to say congratulations to you, that you started alone, but because of great thoughts now many people, who never think like that in thier life like this (I m a biggest example) are now doing thier small or big efforts for this great cause. And I wish that world will become like that soon , as you want, we want, and as we can see in your beautiful Video.
Shurkiya Ermes Toun 🙏
Gems Of the World - A Connect Travel Post Challenge
01-28-2019 06:10 PM
Thank you for your reply, @RiverDefender
Well, I think that, in some moment, the people will understand that this is the only place that we have, is our home, and we want to keep home clean.
In the meantime, my dream for the future, is to have Waste reporting - on Google Maps. What do you think?
Explore Accessible Life in Google Earth - The program is now Public for Everyone to contribute
Read before posting: Need Help? - Help Us to Help You | A Reflection on "Original Content" - What if this Photo ... is Yours?
Join Us: #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld | Waste Report #onGoogleMaps
Love the Planet: A Rose for the Planet | Accessible Life at Connect Live 2019
Helping People: Maps of earthquake in Italy | Mapping in Emergency area