Clean Up actually begins the moment you
arrive - if you don't disturb the environment to begin with, you
don't have to clean it up later. If you pick up trash all along,
there isn't a large amount at the end.
After the last day of the Gathering, the camp is drawn inward from the perimeters to one central camp, thence to the front gate and the parking area, then out the gate and down the road.
Campsites (zulu's) and kitchens are dismantled and disappeared. Compost pits and latrines are filled and covered with a dome of dirt, to allow for settling. Logs, rocks, and branches are scattered. Campsites are strewn with grass and leaves. Firepits are drowned with water and covered over with dirt. Paths are broken up, ground packed hard is broken up with pick and shovel, and bare spots are reseeded. Potential areas of erosion are shored up. All traces of our presence are removed. The site is returned to its natural state.
Vehicles leaving the Gathering help by taking at
least one bag of trash with them, to appropriate collection
points.
Don't impact the kibbutzim, moshavim and small towns near the
Gathering.
In a few hours time, you won't be able to tell that a small city of people lived here for weeks.
Please join us for Clean Up!!!