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Video: How I Raise Awareness To Trash at The Beaches Of Puerto Rico

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Since 2013, I have became the self-imposed guardian of the beaches of Puerto Rico. as I went on a journey to try to inspire change and wake others up because everywhere you go on this magical island gets trashed by many of the people who call this home.

I was tired of seeing all of this magic that is Puerto Rico be destroyed with trash and so I thought I needed to do something. So I start carrying my signs to many different beaches and rivers in one given day. I saw how my signs made a difference as people read them and started to become more conscious of their trash.

It has not been easy to do this and in the following video, you will see why. but I feel like I have to. If I could touch just one person with my message then my job is done.

I am not a non profit, I do this for the love of boriken AKA Puerto Rico. but if anyone would like to help support my mission. I accept donations here through venmo or paypal. I am trying desperately to get me a 360 camera for better content and to be able to show more of what I do for boriken. My amazon wishlist could be found on that link as well if anyone wants to help me.

Do you think it is a waste of my time to even try to raise awareness? Do you feel my signs are too radical? Please leave comments in the video and please like share and subscribe.

Enjoying Beach In Puerto Rico. In Brooklyn, My Beach Was My Bathtub

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Born and raised in Brooklyn, I was so disconnected from nature and to the self. I remember as kid we had the fire hydrants in the summertime to cool down. I remember playing in the middle of the road with incoming cars. I remember going to the beaches of coney island, Riis park, Far rockway. But for the most part, I remember spending most of my time in my cast iron bathtub.

My bathtub was my beach. As an adult, I never went back to those dirty beaches. It was pointless, but now in Puerto Rico, the beautiful beaches and rivers are my bathtub. Now my inner child who never had all of this nature , gets to play as nature and boriken are my playground.

Hope you guys enjoy this latest video as I am sharing my thoughts and perspectives of going from the concrete jungle to becoming radically wild here in boriken.

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Did you have a similar childhood? What was your bathtub?

Puerto Rico Beach Trash Stories: Shoving A Cigarette Inside A Cave Rock

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Welcome to my blog. I will be sharing my beach trash stories here. For those that don’t know since 2013, I have been the self imposed guardian of the beaches. I would watch over what ever beach or river that I am in. To make sure others take their trash.

On today’s beach trash story, Yesterday at the beach in beautiful Puerto Rico,, a woman arrives with her boyfriend. She was smoking a cigarette. So being the guardian of the beach, I was watching her like a hawk. She came and started posing for the camera as her boyfriend was snapping pictures of her in the water as she smoked her poison. So I got closer because I knew what was about to happen.

Not under my watch

I immediately told her that the cigarette butt is trash and asked if she would like a bottle for her cigarette butt. She tells me, she already put it inside the rock. I reminded her that the cigarette butt is trash and contaminates just like one of my sign reads. That it also contains plastic and chemicals.

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Running for a bottle

I then ran to get her a plastic bottle that I am sure to find in some bush and sure enough, I did. I handed her the water bottle and told her to put it inside and to use it all the time She was bewildered. Like why. But she put her cigarette butt inside.

So I the spoke to her boyfriend who spoke English so they could better understand me. I told him how that the cigarette butt contaminates and is trash and that we must care for Boriken and recited my sign, “Today you leave your trash, tomorrow your kids will play in it.

He agreed with me. and we had a conversation about that. I am just hoping he could relay that message and sentiment to his girlfriend. Who really seemed not to care as many don’t. How could a cigarette smoker care about what they do to the world, when they don’t even care about what they do to their own bodies. But I think that it is okay if they want to poison themselves. I truly believe that they need to leave nature and the world out of their bad decision.

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Trying to hand me back the bottle

They tried to hand me back the bottle and I insisted they take it with them. Because we all know that she is going to smoke 10 more cigarette butts. She didn’t want to. But her boyfriend took it realizing that she was indeed going to smoke more at the other beaches they would go to. She would have gone leaving a footprint of poison everywhere. I have no doubt that she did and will continue doing so.

I am hoping that this encounter would have an affect on either of them. Hoping they could start becoming the change this island truly needs. Hoping that they start caring more.

But this is why I am compelled to visit the beach as much as I could even with my car falling apart. Why I choose to be the self imposed guardian of the beaches. Nature needs a voice and I will continue even with my trauma from being shot for recording a family leaving thrash, I shall continue. I feel like my presence at the beach and my signs are making a difference.

Use your voice

In closing, I feel like we must use our voice more and speak up more. Stand up for nature and not allow others to destroy it when we could use our voice to educate others.

Here in Boriken, many have friends and family members who smoke and who throw away trash. I am sure their ignorance won’t allow them to hear them out. But those who care should be the ones educating their family and friends and never settling for anything less. If your family member or in this case, girlfriend, throws a cigarette butt, pick it up after them. Help them understand. Because we are the change this world desperately needs. Lets be that change. Stay wild.

Please leave any comments down below. Do you think what I did was right or I should have just said nothing?

Many Get Offended By The Way I Use My Voice for Defending Puerto Rico From Trash

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Many Get Offended By The Way I Use My Voice for Defending Puerto Rico From Trash

Since 2013, I have been using my voice speaking out on all the trash that is found all over this beautiful paradise that is Boriken. I am considered radical by many because I never had a filter. I speak my truths, Never sugar coating anything.

Many have felt offended by what I always say and probably why I never had much support on the island. As many see me as an outsider talking bad about the people or that I am trying to paint a bad image to the island. Which is not the case and I am not the one painting a bad image. It’s many of the people here who treat Boriken with no love or respect.

The garbage you throw on the ground doesnt speak but it says alot about you

While many are offended by what I have to say. I was always offended by how many treat this magical island. Its sad that many are offended by what I have to say instead of the problem I am trying to raise awareness to. So I toned it down a notch so that I won’t offend as much.

But yesterday I had a confrontation with a family. As they left a bunch of their trash at the beach which I knew it was theirs. But when I approached them to hand them a bag, they denied it was theirs. That ignorance is what sparks me and ignites this passion to continue this mission.

That filter is coming off once again and let it offend who it wants to offend if they feel like my truth hurts. Because I am offended each and everyday I drive down these roads to see Boriken looking like a giant landfill. I am offended at going to the beach to clean it up just to find more trash the next time that I go. Offended by the ignorance of many.

I have been working hard to better my Spanish to better communicate directly to the people. Making more videos on social media. in Spanish. Although I always feel like a lost cause because many just don’t care to listen. But I will continue.

Left: You don’t respect the earth because you don’t respect yourselves Right: Pick up the litter even if it is not yours, if we all do our part we could change the world

I would like others to feel what I feel. To continue to touch that nerve. My signs are made to touch that nerve for those who choose to read them. One reason why I continue to bring my signs out. Even through the adversity of what I have to go through and having PTSD from being shot in the face for defending a beach.

Truly our nerves should be touched by seeing this disrespect for Boriken, but I truly feel many don’t feel a thing. It’s normal, it has become culture for many. (not all).

Many will just continue to blame the government for not wanting to clean up after them. Just like many will blame tourists. Which by the way, all the trash is from many of the people that were born on this magical island. Because many have no clue where they live as they have taken this island for granted.

Its OK if I continue to lose followers. As I continue to do what I do in trying to educate and raise awareness. Those who want to continue supporting me, will continue to do so. Because they know my intentions and know that I am speaking for nature and boriken and truly feel the same. Those who don’t want to support me. Well that is OK as well. I can’t appease everyone. Many always tell me how I should use my voice and criticize the way I use it. But I invite those people to use their voice they deem fit. I will use mines. that is what makes us unique.

But many will criticize how I use my voice and never use their own. So if you have a problem with how I use my voice. If you agree with what I have to say but feel its to harsh. Please use your own. That is what I am trying to inspire. For others to use their voice instead of accepting the way things are.

I feel nature and this magical paradise needed a voice. So i chose to be one. But it needs more voices. At least I could say that I am using mine. I am finely tuning this voice, getting better at Spanish to continue making more videos. Although i sometimes find it pointless and a lost cause since many here just don’t care. But I will continue to try to touch those nerves and spark that change.

Grateful for all those who has followed me for a long time. grateful for those new who support what I have been doing. truly grateful. This has not been easy but having your support means the world to me and I appreciate it very much.

NOTE: I am trying to get a 360 camera to continue to use my voice my making more videos and do my beach cleanups with that 360 view to better educate people. If you would like to help I accept donations on paypal jivanlothario100@gmail.com and it is also on my amazon wishlist. I also accept gift cards there to be able to help get it. Thanks again for the support and love.

Please leave any comments down below. Do you feel like I am too radical. Please let me know. Thanks

Video: Tires Were Slashed at a Beach In Puerto Rico For the Third Time

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My tires were slashed yet again for the third time in the span of three years. Every time it is always both tires of one side. It must be a person who knows me and who visits the beach as much as I do . I was just enjoying the beach, did not confront anyone and yet this happens.

For 7 years, I have taken care of the beach as I became the self imposed guardian of the beaches. I have been shot in the face, Threatened many times. It gets exhausting when all you are trying to do is conserve this beautiful paradise from trash. Sometimes I feel like giving up because what is the point. It seems like many people here just enjoy this paradise trashed.

I must be careful driving around or visiting the beaches until I am able to get a new car where they don’t wont recognize it. But I will continue to clean the beaches and continue to raise awareness. Thanks t0 everyone who supports me.

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Video: On Being Shot At Head For Defending Beach From Trash In Puerto Rico

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ON february of 2019, I was beaten over the head with a gun and shot at my face for recording a family leaving the trash at a beautiful beach in Puerto rico. Click here for the video in question. Click here to read more abut the shooting.

In this video I talk abot what happened that day. I dropped the charges which i speak about in the video, but you can read here.in more details why I dropped the charges.

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The Destruction Of Poza De Las Mujeres In Puerto Rico Continues

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I am still shocked. But at this point I guess I shouldn’t be. About 4 years ago I wrote about the destruction of this beach in the hands of many of the people who leave their trash all over it. Which could be read here.

Well the destruction continues not only to this beach but many beaches and rivers around the island. Allow me to introduce to you behind the scenes of Puerto Rico. This is the entrance to a beautiful beach, poza de las mujeres.

This is how many of the people treat it. Oh and there is a large dumpster 10 feet to the right of this that sits empty. Then many people would say they need more garbage cans every where conveniently there for them. The people don’t need more garbage cans, they need more brain. The problem is that they are too lazy to walk to the trash can.

Many of the people on this island just want to drink ,eat and have a good time and to the hell with everything else. This is how is many places like this end up all over this beautiful lost paradise. Truly shameful.

Why would you want to come back to this. But I am sure many people expect someone to come clean up for them, which I have been doing for the last 6 years trying to maintain this beautiful island to be the paradise that it is. But I think it is hopeless,

Your ancestors would be ashamed

The ancestors would be spinning in their graves seeing how many of the people are treating this paradise. Your ancestors that sweated blood and tears to build this island.

I have lived here for the last 9 years now and it seems like I came here to pick up after many of the people who do this, who have no love for the island, yet I was not born here nor raised here but it sure seems like I love this island than most of the people who do this.

But I am sure many of you who treat the island like this would wave your flags proudly. Sorry to say but that pride doesn’t mean nothing when you do this. . Please tell me why many of you want to destroy this paradise? why do you want this paradise to be turned into a landfill. Please help me understand.

It’s your turn to pick up

I just finished taking garbage out of the beach itself. Which I made a video and will be coming soon on my youtube.

I was going to pick it up. But I am exhausted by this. I left garbage bags on top it’s your turn to pick up. I challenge you. Go and pick up one bagful of garbage each. Take my one bag challenge as I wrote here. Let’s reverse this trend and let’s take care of this paradise.

In closing

Many people would be angry at me for speaking out against this. How can you accept this as normal and not be outraged. I love this island and if you love this land, then you will defend it and take care of it and not allow your home to be destroyed. We just choose to stay silent and ignore the problems and just continue to drown in them. Wake up. this is paradise.

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Video: Many in Puerto Rico want the rivers and beaches open just to leave trash

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The beaches and rivers have been closed in Puerto Rico for about 2 months now due to the pandemic. I am sure many of the people here in this beautiful paradise were anticipating returning back to all these beautiful spots to enjoy what this paradise has to offer. I am also sure that many of those people were thinking to themselves, I can’t wait to return to the beach or river just to leave my trash.

You would think that many would learn to appreciate what they have when it is gone, but NOPE!. They would continue on with their bad habits and continue this cycle of trashing all this beauty. Sad to say but many people on this island don’t deserve this paradise. That includes many humans around the world. We don’t deserve this paradise of a world we live in.

At the time of this writing, the beaches and rivers have reopened. In the following video which was recorded last week, I found trash when very little of the people went there. I would pick up garbage one day just to find more the next. With the rivers and beaches now open again. The floodgate of trash will return tenfold. I think the beaches and rivers should remain closed since many can’t truly appreciate, cherish and love what they have.

I am sure people will get mad at the title. But won’t get mad about all the trash found on this paradise. anywho enjoy the video…

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