This week marks our 7th annual River Cleanup, and in my opinion it couldn’t have come at a better time. Living in Vermont, you grow used to the Spring Thaw, the inevitable mud season and roaring brooks that go along with the snow melt (and it always is a lot of snow that is melting). This year’s Spring Thaw turned into Spring floods though, and devastated many parts of our state. Not only were people’s everyday lives affected by these events, but our fragile ecosystem was as well. From dumpsters disappearing in Barre, to entire docks floating into the depths of Lake Champlain, our waterways have become more polluted than ever.
This week marks our 7th annual River Cleanup, and in my opinion it couldn’t have come at a better time. Living in Vermont, you grow used to the Spring Thaw, the inevitable mud season and roaring brooks that go along with the snow melt (and it always is a lot of snow that is melting). This year’s Spring Thaw turned into Spring floods though, and devastated many parts of our state. Not only were people’s everyday lives affected by these events, but our fragile ecosystem was as well. From dumpsters disappearing in Barre, to entire docks floating into the depths of Lake Champlain, our waterways have become more polluted than ever.
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All this week, Green Mountain Coffee Roaster’s employees will be helping to clean parts of the Winooski River as a sponsor and participate in American River’s National River Cleanup™, a nationwide effort to help keep America’s waterways clean. For the last seven years, employees have dedicated a portion of their work week through our CAFE Time volunteer program to clean up our local waterways, pulling things such as bikes and loveseats out of the Winooski.
For further information: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/Its-River-Cleanup-Week/1044.html
