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Community Clean-Up Initiatives

Volunteers actively cleaning natural environments, collecting garbage, and participating in communal efforts to restore parks and forests.

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volunteering, charity, cleaning, people and ecology concept - group of happy volunteers with garbage bags cleaning area in park
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Volunteers from Bank of America pick up trash on the beach during the International Coastal Clean Up effort at North Ave. Beach in downtown Chicago.
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African american volunteer presents a vegetation seedling with organic soil, preserving nature and fighting pollution. Proud young girl doing voluntary work to grow trees, save the planet.
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Diverse environmentalists team planting a tree in the woods, digging holes to cultivate life and increase forest vegetation. Volunteers fighting ecological justice, environmental preservation.
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Recycling volunteer, eco friendly and activism group for charity tidying or cleaning messy trash waste , plastic and rubbish. Sustainability and ecology conscious social activist team covid greeting
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Volunteer, hands and bottle or happy while cleaning park, support and recycle for climate change or earth day project. People, charity or dirt with eco friendly action, service and sustainability
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Fourth and fifth grade students from Priest Elementary School sow native plant seeds in a meadow in River Rouge Park that had been purposely burned before to eliminate invasive species and to facilitate restoration of a native prairie habitat, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America
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Volunteer, community service and people cleaning plastic in park with garbage bag. Happy woman and man team help with trash for eco friendly lifestyle and recycling in nature for a clean enviroment
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U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, participate in the Earth Day scavenger hunt as part of the stations Earth Day celebration event at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, April 22, 2022. Marines stationed on MCAS Miramar came together to celebrate and spread awareness of environmental causes during the Earth Day celebration and competed in a base-wide scavenger hunt that helped to clean the base.
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Washington State, USA. Female Master Gardener adding plants to a compost bin. (MR)
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Mid adult activist with garbage bags in forest
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Little girl among eco activists picking up litter in nature, environmental pollution, eco activism and plogging concept. Young girl among eco activists picking up litter in nature, environmental pollution, eco activism and plogging concept. model released
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Diverse people are planting a small tree in the forest environment, contributing to wildlife and nature preservation. Activists doing voluntary work by increasing the vegetation.
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Team of people doing voluntary work to grow trees in the forest, covering holes in the ground with more vegetation for reforestation. Contributing to nature conservation mission.
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Plastic bag being held open filled with plastic litter
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People supporting cleanup of the natural environment by grabbing recyclables and trash objects from the woods, collecting in a garbage bag. Using utensils to pick up rubbish. Close up. Camera B.
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AmeriCorps Member Provides Direction to other Volunteers. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Let's Clean Up the World, Legambiente, Milan, Italy
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Drone shot of volunteers group planting trees and preserving nature, growing seedlings together and cleaning the environment. Ecological activists gardening, habitat cultivation. Camera A.
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Volunteers collecting recycling and trash garbage on remote grassy beach
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Portrait of a couple volunteering to plant trees and collect garbage from the forest, showing devotion for ecological justice. Environmental volunteers fight nature preservation.
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Collecting plastic waste at river or lake coast
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Family with garbage bags doing cleanup in park
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USA, Louisiana. Venice, Lower Mississippi River Basin, Gulf Coast, Mississippi River Delta, Island Road causeway to Isle de Jean Charles
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African american man looks at mockup screen on laptop while he participates in collecting rubbish from the forest area. Environmental activist works to protect the ecosystem. Camera A.
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Let's Clean Up the World, Legambiente, Milan, Italy
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Fort Riley Sergeant Audie Murphy Club candidates clean up trash during a community cleanup event on August 20, 2022, at Junction City, Kansas. By volunteering their time to make a positive impact in areas surrounding Fort Riley, 1st Infantry Division Soldiers show the public they can do more for their communities.
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Detroit, Michigan, Volunteers from the Morningside Community Organization clean litter from a street in their neighborhood
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Couple posing with child and recycling objects next to bin, Alicante, Spain,
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Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Stefon Whitley, assigned to the aircraft carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), volunteers at Newport News Park in honor of Earth Day. Sailors assigned to John F. Kennedy routinely volunteer within the local community. John F. Kennedy, the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, is under construction at HIIs Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.
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Minnesota flooding DR1717.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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People holding garbage bags on grass
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GANGTOK, INDIA, MAY 29: Students collects trash during The Himalayan Cleanup campaign, ahead of world environment day, on May 29, 2023 in Gangtok, India. The Himalayan Cleanup 2023' has been supported by the Education Department with schools of Sikkim. The Himalayan Cleanup (THC) is a movement to raise voices against plastic pollution
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SILVERDALE, Wash. (April 22, 2022) - Glenda Sippel (left), a program analyst at Trident Refit Facility, Bangor (TRFB), and Kimberly Perdue, a resource manager at TRFB, participate in a cleanup at TRFB in celebration of Earth Day 2022. The Earth Day 2022 cleanup was hosted as an effort to help protect the environment and foster stewardship in the local area. TRFB supports the nations strategic deterrence mission by repairing, incrementally overhauling, and modernizing Pacific Fleet strategic ballistic missile submarines during refits.
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Environmentalists dancing by plastic bags at beach
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Let's Clean Up the World, Legambiente, Milan, Italy
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environment, volunteering and charity concept - woman in protective mask pointing finger to camera over group of volunteers working at park on background. volunteer woman in mask pointing finger to camera
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Team Of Volunteers Picking Up Litter In Suburban Street
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Detroit, Michigan, Volunteers from the Morningside Community Organization clean litter from a street in their neighborhood
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Team Of Volunteers Picking Up Litter In Suburban Street
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volunteers standing woods
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220929-N-AH609-1003-GR NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Sept. 29, 2022) Sailors from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile destroyer USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), homeported in Norfolk, Va., participate in a community outreach event in Chania, Crete, Sept. 29. 2022. The volunteers collected a large amount of trash from Kalathas Beach and their efforts greatly contributed to the local authorities' continued efforts to preserve the scenic environment. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore installation which enables and supports U.S., Allied, Coalition, and Partner nation forces to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.
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Young child using tongs tool to grab and pick up trash from the woods, collecting rubbish from a natural habitat. Little girl growing up with environmental care and recycling plastic waste. Camera B.
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Smiling environmentalists gesturing OK sign while holding plastic garbage in forest
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Man holding recycling box.
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Unrecognizable girl showing the garbage she has collected. Plogging concept. Unrecognizable girl showing garbage
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Friends collecting plastic garbage in forest
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Activists picking rubbish grove
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GANGTOK, INDIA, MAY 29: Students collects trash during The Himalayan Cleanup campaign, ahead of world environment day, on May 29, 2023 in Gangtok, India. The Himalayan Cleanup 2023' has been supported by the Education Department with schools of Sikkim. The Himalayan Cleanup (THC) is a movement to raise voices against plastic pollution
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220924-N-WF272-1197 DUNDALK, Md. (Sept. 24, 2022) Cmdr. Todd Winn, a native of Aurora, Colo., commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Group Philadelphia, carries collected waste during a Bear Creek Park cleanup and beautification project in Dundalk, Maryland. NTAG Philadelphia encompasses regions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia, providing recruiting services from more than 30 talent acquisition sites with the overall goal of attracting the highest quality candidates to ensure the ongoing success of Americas Navy.
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Environmental workers banding Mourning Doves
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Helpful Senior Couple Collecting Litter In Countryside
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About 50 participants led by NASA Kennedy Space Center's Employee Resource Groups picked up about 20 bags of trash and other large debris along the center's shoreline before turtle-nesting season as a community service. Sea turtle-nesting season begins in about one month. Unlike what might be found along a public beach, all of the debris that litters Kennedys restricted beaches washes ashore after being discarded at sea. Of the 72 miles of beach that form the eastern boundary of Brevard County, Florida, about six of those miles line Kennedy.
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A volunteer drinks water during a weed warriors event hosted by the Environmental Compliance and Protection Division, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 8, 2023. The ECPD held the event in an effort to remove invasive plant species and debris from the Nuupia Ponds wetlands wildlife management area.
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AIEA, Hawaii (April 4, 2022) Larry Powell, a Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command contractor, labels water samples from a granular activated carbon filter as a part of real-time monitoring at Red Hill Well. The U.S. Navy continues to work with federal, state and local organizations to support families and residents, conduct long-term monitoring of the Navy water system, and work toward remediating Red Hill Well and the surrounding area. For detailed information, go to: www.navy.mil/jointbasewater.
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FRA - SOCIETY - GARDEN SHARED. The shared gardens propose to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables on plots made available by the city of Rennes. Here in the "Garden of Friendship" in the district of Villejean.FRA - SOCIETE - JARDIN PARTAGE. Les jardins partagés proposent aux habitants de produire eux-mêmes des fruits et légumes sur des parcelles mises à disposition par la ville de Rennes. Ici au " Jardin de l'Amitié " dans le quartier de Villejean.
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Smiling male activist showing garbage during sunny day
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Public School Students Work on Ecology Project, May 1972.
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Diverse people working on reforestation and litter cleanup in the forest, fighting to restore natural environment. Group of activists joining community service activity, save the planet.
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Ecycle activists standing forest
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Young woman showing garbage after plogging. Selective focus on plastics in foreground. Woman showing garbage after plogging