It looks like we're in the season of event anniversaries! This month marks the fourth year of Sunday Pick Me Up!
Tag: Environmental
Sunday Pick Me Up (June 18, 2023)
Before the blistering heat of summer, residents of Japan have to endure around six weeks of rain, known as tsuyu (rainy season). This, of course, puts a 'dampener' on all of our outdoor events. Sunday Pick Me Up has been cancelled due to poor weather for the last two months, but finally this month the Eco-Heroes were able to return to the streets to clean up the city.
Sunday Pick Me Up (April 9, 2023)
We're back in Ikeda Park for Sunday Pick Me Up and yet again we picked up record amounts of trash! Holy moly, we gathered 68kg in only one hour! Thank you to the 40 of you that came out on your day off to help keep the city clean 🙂
Sunday Pick Me Up (March 12, 2023)
Hey everyone! Yesterday, we had another successful Sunday Pick Me Up event in Shirakawa Park. We had around 50 attendees, and almost all of them were new faces! It's always great to see new people join us and help make a difference in our community.
Sunday Pick Me Up (February 11, 2023)
This weekend we hosted the first Sunday Pick Me Up of 2023, returning to a location that we haven't been to in quite a while, Osu! This month, 45 Worldies gathered to clean the streets, and in one hour we picked up almost 30kg of trash!
Sunday Pick Me Up (December 11, 2022)
We've been hosting Sunday Pick Me Up every month for the last three years, and it has become one of our most successful events, with hundreds of Worldies in attendance, and over two tons of trash collected since 2019. We…
Sunday Pick Me Up (September 11, 2022)
As the crowd gathered around the statue in Shirakawa Park and I made my way to the front to introduce this month's Sunday Pick Me Up, I was reminded of the very first event, which took place in exactly the…
Sunday Pick Me Up (August 14, 2022)
This Sunday we hosted an Obon Sunday Pick Me Up with maybe the smallest group since we started this event! But you know what? It actually turned out to be one of my most memorable events - fewer attendees meant…
Sunday Pick Me Up (June 12, 2022)
This was a really eventful Sunday Pick Me Up so I gotta fill you in! On Sunday June 12, we headed back to our favourite garbage spot, the infamous Ikeda Koen and collected 78kg of trash! This time we were…
Sunday Pick Me Up (May 8, 2022)
On Sunday 8th we returned to Shirakawa Park to scrub down the city, and in just one hour we managed to collect a neat and tidy 100kg of trash! This month's Eco-Habit is something we can all relate to... Reduce…