OPINION: This girl scout wants more money for parks
As a kid who goes to my local park in Canarsie, Brooklyn, a lot, I’m so excited that spring is finally here. It’s almost nice enough for me to leave my winter coat at home when I go with my mom.
But sometimes when I go to other parks, I feel disappointed by the amount of litter on the ground, the overfilled garbage cans or no garbage cans at all. If the parks were cleaner, it would be so much nicer for my mom and me, and all the other people who the city’s spaces to exercise and enjoy time outside.
Since joining the Girl Scouts five years ago, I’ve learned how important our environment is, and how I can be an advocate for it. I always knew breathing clean air was good, and litter was bad, but Girl Scouts taught me how each piece of the environment connects to everything else. What goes on at my park in Canarsie has an effect on the environment as far away as the Bronx!