Brooklyn C.R.A.P.

A month or two ago I started a blog called Brooklyn CRAP (Coalition of Residents Against Pollution), which I am going to cancel (the blog, not the action group!) and the posts of which I am going to integrate in this here brand new blog. Here is the mission statement:

3/24/06
Welcome to Brooklyn C.R.A.P.!
I created this blog to start a movement against the pollution of our neighborhoods, and to foster awareness for a better, cleaner, more pleasant living environment.

The two initial issues I want to create awareness for are:

1. The intolerable practice of unwanted advertising, flyering and leafletting on the stoops of Brooklyn.

2. Uncollected dog poop on the sidewalks.

The goals of Brooklyn C.R.A.P. are:

- to get rid of all unwanted advertising

- to rid the sidewalks of dog poop

The following are initiatives that are in the works to accomplish the goals:

- to create a mailing list of other concerned residents who feel strongly about these issues, to be presented to Marty Markowitz, Newsday's Marketeer and other offenders of unwanted advertising campaigns.

- to create a sticker and/or small placquard that residents can visibly place on their houses, doors, gates, etc. to make leafletters and litterers aware their advertising material is unwanted. Here's the prototype: Let me know if you'd be interested in putting one up.


- to flag dog poop with little flags, in an attempt to shame polluters into cleaning up after their pets.

- to devise more strategies to accomplish our goals

Please get in touch if you'd like to be involved!!

Bob van Pelt, Founder of BKLYN C.R.A.P.