{"id":8400,"date":"2018-01-09T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asf-estrie.org\/nettoyage-de-cours-deau\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:33:13","slug":"nettoyage-de-cours-deau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asf-estrie.org\/en\/nettoyage-de-cours-deau\/","title":{"rendered":"Water and Shore Cleanups"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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WATER AND SHORE CLEANUPS<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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THERE IS WATER IN EVERY LIFE FORM!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Water is everywhere: in our bodies, in the air and earth, in deserts, and in the eyes reading these words! Life depends on water and exists along with it. Water is an absolute necessity for all living beings. It is worth more than all the riches in the world. We must take great care of our waters, and every action counts. Everything we do will eventually ripple down.<\/p><\/div>

Several years ago, Action Saint-Fran\u00e7ois<\/strong> vowed to look after, clean, and protect waters in the Eastern\u00a0Townships. To achieve this goal, we count on all people of good will! Therefore, we encourage you to take part in our watercourse cleanup activities.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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WATERCOURSE CLEANUP ACTIVITIES (Introduction)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Since the dawn of the industrial era, in the 19th<\/sup> century, human beings have manufactured and consumed various new products. These new consumer goods generated a lot of excitement, and countless objects of all sorts began to fill the homes of those who could afford them.<\/p>

As new models were put on the market, consumers disposed of their old belongings, not quite aware of the right way of doing it. They dumped their unwanted belongings in nature, without a care for environmental impacts. Tonnes of garbage were thrown right into nature, which created deposits of waste materials commonly referred to as rubbish dumps.<\/p>

Action Saint-Fran\u00e7ois took on the mission to make a change by educating the population on the issue and by organizing watercourse cleanups to eliminate those \u201csavage\u201d dumps from nature. Tonnes of waste materials, i.e. garbage, were removed from watercourses since our cleanup activities began in 1993. These waste materials were sent to recycling plants and scrap metal dealers in the Eastern Townships, and approximately 80\u00a0% of them were recovered.<\/p>

Individuals who take part in a cleanup activity can see for themselves the state nature is in, which helps create a positive change in how they see our environment. At least, we hope so.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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CLEANUP MENU<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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