Community Education
We Are Talking Trash not only strives to keep a clean and safe environment for our residents but to empower members to take action. By providing helpful information on community clean-ups, hotlines, and contacts, we know we can make an impact. We must begin to care about our own environment starting with ourselves.
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We Are Talking Trash follows the motto "change first begins within ourselves".
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"
- Nelson Mandela
How Can We Keep Our City Clean?
“What we learned is, cleaning up’s not enough. Going to vacant lots and cleaning them up, over, and over, and over again… It doesn’t work"
-Mike DiBerardinis
New research shows the power of cleaning/greening neighborhoods in reducing depression
"Researcher and social scientist Michelle Kondo and her co-authors (including lead author Eugenia C. South of the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine) have contributed to a growing body of research showing the correlation between deteriorating neighborhood conditions and depression".
RESOURCES AND HOTLINES
The Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (PMBC) works with registered block captains to keep City blocks clean and green.
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PMBC:
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Promotes and organizes clean-up events.
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Provides block captains with cleaning tools, information, and guidance.
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Supports and celebrates volunteer block captains.
2601 W. Glenwood Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19121
Would you like to become a block captain?
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