On the third of May, we took part in the “Teeme ära” campaign as 34 000 or so other volunteers did, to clean Estonia from scattered rubbish and illegal dumps. 10 000 or more sites had been marked, using a very sofisticated software (created by one of the estonian conceptors of Skype) and visible on Google Maps.
We were only a small team of 5, Amelie and I, Piia, Margus’ wife, and her two children : Madleen and Taveet, but to be part of such a big event, was very rewarding. We have to say that the site that our team had been assigned to clean up had probably already been cleaned by some people during the last week, for we found quite a lot of trash, but already in plastic bags. We still had to put it all in bigger bags, which are easier to process, and we are very proud to have managed to carry a rusted bath tub, partially full of ciment !
If you are interested, you can watch a video from the BBC, (where our friend Indrek, the judo athleet is in too) which tells more about it.
