The Way to
Happiness Association of Tennessee had a community cleanup for World
Environment Day on June 5, 2017 and successfully cleaned up the Edgehill
Community Garden.
According to Nashville.gov, $11
million in taxpayer dollars are spent picking up the trash that Tennesseans
throw on the ground. To help keep Nashville beautiful, The Way to Happiness
Association of Tennessee (TWTH-TN) had a neighborhood cleanup event for World
Environment Day on June 5, 2017. The cleanup was dubbed “Green It Up,” as part
of an ongoing campaign by the organization to make the city of Nashville
greener with less litter.
In 2016, TWTH-TN invited
environmental activists and leaders to a roundtable discussion in observance of
World Environment Day under the heading “It’s Your City – Green It Up.” This
year, organizers went to the streets with this message, holding a cleanup event
in the Edgehill Community Garden.
Youth from TWTH Kids Club met
in the Church of Scientology’s Public Information Center to learn why it is
important to safeguard and improve the environment. This is a precept from the
book The Way to Happiness, the inspiration for the organization which was
founded with the same name.
The Way To Happiness book was
written by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard and has a total of twenty-one precepts
based on the fact that one’s survival depends on the survival of others.
World Environment Day occurs
each year on June 5th and is celebrated by the United Nations. According to
unep.org, World Environment Day “…has grown to be a broad, global platform for
public outreach that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100
countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive
for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power
that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.”
For more information on “Green
It Up,” or if you would like to participate in future events, visit twthtn.org.
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