The Harsh Reality of Van Life - What You don't know
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- There really is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Beware.
Being compassionate towards others and nature means respecting and preserving the environment for ourselves and future generations.
Nature gives us so much beauty and peace, but littering ruins it for everyone. When we litter, we harm animals, pollute water, and spoil beautiful places. It’s not just bad for wildlife but also for us.
Trash can hurt animals who might eat it or get stuck in it. Dirty environments also affect our health and take away from the beauty we love. Clean nature means we can all enjoy hiking, picnicking, and just being outdoors more.
Let’s take care of our environment. Throw away trash properly, join clean-up events, and spread the word about keeping nature clean. By being kind to nature, we make it better for everyone to enjoy. Together, we can keep our world beautiful and healthy.
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just found your channel. I live out in Eagle Mountain UT. and it's a nice rural area that's pretty much in the desert. I see this up along our mountain out here, people come and camp and shoot and leave there shit everywhere and unfortunately this is how things get shut down, it sucks for everyone, stay safe look forward to your content!
Appreciate your message, Shawn! Unfortunately, some people spoil it for the rest. I just looked up Eagle Mountain - looks beautiful! Thanks for subscribing, let us know if there is anything you are curious about watching/learning!
@@zakandfal thanks! playing catch up on your vids, very informative!
Sometimes situations like that are scary because it's homeless people that drug that kind of stuff in and actually find ways to live out there. Just be careful.
That looks more like dumping sight . A homeless person would not carry a couch around a dresser and mattress .
This is more of our thought. Or perhaps a partying site. Either way locals or non-locals should care for our natural places & spaces.
That sucks. We got trashy neighbors when we went to camp to Yosemite. It fuckin suck for everyone involved, partying until 3 am with loud music, and we wake up at 5:30 am to properly enjoy the park. Then they left and full of beer cans on their camp spot. I'm guessing that this become worse over the summer.
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Gosh, I'm sorry that you had this experience. When we went to Yosemite last summer we were lucky enough to not have this happen. It's sad that we see this in national parks too.
Very discouraging that this is so common.
Agree. Just need to do our part where we can.
Some people just try to ruin it for everybody. Stay safe 🙏🏼
This is why van life people get a bad name !! They get the blame for rubbish being dumped !! Even though it mostly people that live in houses !
Yeah... just need to do what we can to help out, I suppose!
Swings and roundabouts, i guess. Yin/yang effect of life. When you are on the road, this effect becomes more obvious. Be safe out there.
Thanks, we always try to be as safe as possible, but also want to try to be good stewards of our community/land.
Did you say in this post you are moving to Iowa City ??? I am from Iowa City too glad to welcome you both abd that's a shame that people have to ruin for those of us that keep our lands clear sorry you had to endure this
That isn’t done by fellow campers….. that is illegal dumping, done by non-contributing zeros!
I live on a lake in GA. Trash everywhere. People go thru the trouble to load trash onto their boat, take it to an island and dump it. We are a pathetic species
This is why we can't have nice things. 😥
I take part in regular bush cleanups in our area, and for the most part it's homeowners who don't want to pay the tipping fees at the landfill. Or another common situation is someone pays someone else to do a dump run for them, they pay them, and instead of dumping at the landfill, they head out to dump it in the bush and keep the money. We've sometimes find people's mail with names, addresses, phone numbers mixed in with garbage, so they get reported. Can't do that with mattress and dresser though. Thanks for spreading the awareness. Leave no trace.
Forsure! Thank you for what you do.
That is disgusting! I don't understand why people just throw their trash wherever! I just don't get it
People can be disgusting...
People suck.
There are more van life people who are on board with you, not slime, so hopefully this attitude will be passed on to others.
Do your civic duty and clean it up, don't simp about it!
where do you think he can put all that garbage? His van isn't even big enough to haul all that out, plus it's probably full of bugs and gawd knows what else.
Looks pretty bad. However he’s also driving a gas powered vehicle and in some regards is polluting the environment. Some of the most wonderful people in the world have no money and are not from ‘stable’ environments or gated communities. That part of his argument I kinda didn’t get my head wrapped around. Having been a gardener for 20 years I’ve worked for some rather rich folk and have heard this argument from only to discover hypocrisy.
Absolutely understand and truly appreciate your perspective. You're absolutely correct about the environmental impact of gas-powered vans; they do contribute significantly more pollution than the alternative. When I mentioned influences earlier, I was thinking more about individuals striving to improve themselves and uplift others. Growing up in a trailer park myself, my upbringing wasn't in a gated community, nor would I aspire for that. My only contention is that I prefer to spend time with folks who share a deep appreciation for nature. Either way, appreciate your comment & mentioning that money doesn't equal quality... character does.
@@zakandfal Thanks. I’m listening but analyzing by my own experiences. All that trash dumped irresponsibly is but a small fraction of the trash produced by an affluent family. Sure it’s neatly put into bins at the transfer station but do we as a nation really repurpose and recycle? No. We don’t.
Call the park ranger may be an option.
@@JohnLaFosse Totally agree. We can all do better on that front. P.S. Gardening for a career sounds like a dream. Thanks again for the constructive convo
Gas powered vehicle lol. How do you think EVs are charged - by solar?😂
People do that down in Uwharrie. People are disgusting.
Yeah, this is really sad. We just have to do our part where we can.