On April 16, 2005, in the city of Lutsk, young reformers held an environmental protection action dedicated to Environment Day. \n \n Back on March 31, 2005, the public organization "Association of Young Reformers" (AMoRe) declared to the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council its desire to help organize and conduct environmental protection measures on Environment Day 2005. \nMeeting this initiative halfway, the nature management department of the city executive committee, within the framework of the citywide cleanup campaign, assigned to the young reformers the water protection zone of the small Zhyduvka River, which flows in the area of the Lutsk Bearing Plant. \nTo help themselves, the young reformers invited ecology students from Lutsk State Technical University. The student trade union committee of LSTU also readily responded to the proposal to hold a joint action. Financial support for the action, namely funds for the purchase of plastic garbage bags and disposable gloves, was provided by the Lutsk Bearing Plant. \nSo, on Saturday morning, about 140 young people, representatives of the public organization "Association of Young Reformers" (AMoRe) and ecology students of LSTU, cleaned the territory around the Zhyduvka River. \nUnfortunately, due to the negligence of some Lutsk residents and the low level of their environmental culture, this small river is in an extremely polluted state. The water is littered with household waste, and a lot of garbage is scattered around the river. Illegally seized household plots on which residents of nearby houses grow agricultural products also have a negative impact on the river's ecosystem. This causes the destruction of the topsoil layer, which leads to the silting of the riverbed and the destruction of the water artery. \nDuring the two hours of the action, the young people were able to significantly clean this territory. About 200 plastic bags of garbage were collected, which barely fit on a Kamaz provided by the local housing office for removing what was collected. Thus, the young people marked Environment Day by making their small contribution to cleaning their native city. Of course, it was not possible to collect all the garbage, but even the work carried out had a noticeable effect – the territory around the river became cleaner and more pleasant to look at. And the future of this small patch of nature will depend on the further actions of the residents of neighboring houses. After all, if this territory continues to be subjected to negative human impact, then no one-time actions will help it. And therefore, people, take care of nature. While there is still something to take care of... \n