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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: April 30th, 2007
THE GREAT
WILDERNESS CLEAN UP
Algonquin Park Canoe Route Clean Up to Inspire International
Event
Toronto:
On May 12 and 13th, the first ever Great Wilderness Clean Up
will take place in Algonquin Provincial Park. World renowned,
Algonquin Park is also the victim of one of humanity's least
desirable attributes: littering
"We
all do it. We sit around and complain about canoe route maintenance,
ramble on and on about how the government should be doing more,
question the mentality of those who leave all that garbage and
toilet-paper mounds at the campsite, or scratch our heads over
why anyone would leave just one sock at the end of the a portage",
said Kevin Callan, author and avid canoeist and key participant
in the event.
In addition
to the dozens of hikers and paddlers scouring the park for litter,
there will be a computer link-up at Sir Sandford Fleming School
in Lindsay, Ontario for those groups around North America who
are not able to attend at the venue so that they may send photos
and information about their own particular clean-up accomplishments.
There are plans to use this link-up with a projector to show
the audience, North America-wide, who's winning the challenge
to collect the most garbage.
Although
focused initially in Algonguin Park, the scope of the Clean
Up is truly North American in scale. "We're encouraging
people across North America anywhere and everywhere there that
people go to enjoy green space and wilderness", said Nancy
Maddock, event organizer. Last year's clean up of Algonquin
resulted in 125 bags of garbage being collected by a determined
group of volunteers.
Visit www.wildernesscleanup.com
for sign up details and more information.
"Our
goal with this event is to encourage people on Mother's Day
weekend to take better care of Mother Earth", added Callan.
About Kevin
Callan
Kevin Callan
is the author of eleven books, including the best selling The
Happy Camper and the incredibly popular series of paddling guides.
On a regular basis he presents across North America and has
been a key speaker at all the major canoe events for over 20
years. Callan is also a frequent quest on radio and television,
field editor for Explore, and writes on a regular basis for
ON Nature, Kanawa and Rapid Magazine. He is a winner of three
National Magazine Awards and four film awards' including "best
of" in the prestigious Waterwalker Film Festival. For the
last 15 years he has taught Environmental Issues and Sciences
at Sir Sanford Fleming College and lives in Peterborough, the
birthplace of the modern day canoe.
About Nancy
Maddock
Passionately
in love with wilderness, Nancy Maddock began to notice more
and more garbage in and around the Algonquin Park region, creating
the first Algonquin Clean Up event. With over 125 large bags
of garbage collected, Nancy was inspired to launch the first
Great North American Wilderness Clean Up.
For Further
Information, contact event organizer Nancy Maddock
wildernesscleanup@rogers.com
www.wildernesscleanup.com
For Media
Inquiries, contact: Publicist, Joey Gill
joeygill@hiconcept.ca
o.416.929.9397 c.416.556.0675
