For Beeds, the land and water provide comfort when she is struggling and wanting to connect with her ancestors.
So seeing garbage littered along the shoreline or throughout a waterway is unsettling for her. She provides a comparison to someone dumping garbage in a church, synagogue or mosque. That s my place of worship, that s where I go to pray. And when I go to pray and I see all of this garbage in this beautiful, beautiful landscape.I was literally brought to tears, she said.
Like-minded partners
It was a short time later after seeing the garbage dam in the creek that Beeds was visiting the Winter Market. That s when she saw a booth from the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee, which promotes activities of restoration and research for the creek.