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On Puerto Rico Being a Floating Island Of Trash

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Ever since that joke a comedian said in a rally about Puerto Rico being a floating island of trash, many of my older videos on youtube has been getting more views. For those that don’t know, I have been speaking out about trash here since about 2013 as I have been trying to raise awareness to this problem.

I have been asked what I think about that joke and the trash issue here in Puerto Rico. On this following video I will speak more about that joke and about the trash problem here.

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Taking Care Of The Beaches Of Puerto Rico Memorial Day weekend

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Hello all my wild souls, down below is this weeks video of walking with my signs and taking care of the beaches of Puerto RIco. what a long week doing what I do. It was another exhausting week as Iwent to another 5 beaches with my signs. Also handing out bags and cleaning beaches. 3 straight days of being the guardian of the beaches.

I really wanted to go to a secluded river and just be with myself and relax. But when these holidays come, I feel like I must go protect the beach and the oceans. I feel like its also my opportunity to plant seeds of change. The rest of this week I planted trees in my farm as I always work in collaboration with nature.

Being an introvert, my social battery is drained but being in my sanctuary that is my farm. Next week for sure I will take time for ME to go relax and go on an adventure somewhere in solitude and recharge these batteries. Take a rest from always cleaning and watching over the beaches. Of course I am sure I might have to clean some of whatever river I go to. I just cant ignore trash when I could do something about it because we are that change.

I know my videos doing this wont get much views or likes, but appreciate all who has supported me. Thanks for everyone’s support and love for what I do.

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

Many in Puerto Rico Care More About Drinking Alcohol More Than Their Own Island

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Revised 3/13/2024

Hello wild ones, welcome to my website. I have been living on the beautiful paradise for the last 13 years now and I love Boriken and it’s people. I want to see this island thrive and be the paradise that it truly is. For the last 11 years I took it upon myself to take care of the beaches and rivers from trash and raising awareness to this problem as I would walk from beach to beach with signs. Click here to read why I chose to become the self imposed guardian of the beaches.

I also took it upon myself to raise awareness about many of the problems facing this island as I believe there needs to be more people who are vocal about the problems as I find many stay silent.

One of the problems is alcoholism, I believe it is a big problem that contributes to many of the other problems, as such the case with all the trash found throughout the island. Click here to read why alcoholism is a problem no one talks about.

Yesterday I drove up the mountains of the beautiful town of Ciales just to find trash all over the roads as you will find all over the island and newsflash. its not tourist who trash all these roads, nor is it tourist who trash the beaches or rivers. Because it is a majority, not all but many of my brothers and sisters from boriken whom call this home.

You would find the roads scattered with beer cans and bottles and trash as many drink and drive everywhere. They would toss it out of their windows not caring about the very community they live in. The very same communities their families and friends live in who all call home. Because treating this magical island like trash, like a landfill has become culture.

All many care about is drinking, eating and having a good time and that is all many live for. That is what has priority over everything else. I don’t see the respect nor the love for this island the way many love their flag. I see pride but as I always mention, that pride doesn’t mean a thing when you treat what you are prideful for like garbage.

We could blame the government, we could blame education or lack of thereof and many here who are in denial could blame tourists. But ultimately many of the people need to look deep and hard in the mirror and see who has to be the one to rise up and take responsibility for their actions. To open their eyes to see the paradise that they truly live in and this behavior is totally unacceptable when you live in such a magical beautiful paradise that is BORIKEN.

It hurts me to continue to see boriken look like a landfill where ever you go. Hurts me to see how many are blind to this because it has become normal. This is what they pass on to their children. Time to wake up and treat boriken with the respect and love that BORIKEN TRULY DESERVES!

In this following video I share my thoughts on why I believe that many, (not all) of the people care more about drinking, partying, having a good time than they do their own island.

Please leave any comments down below. Do you think this is the case? DO you find that alcohol pays a large part in many of the problems? I would like to hear from you. Please subscribe to my youtube for more videos and all social media @radicallywild

Vlog; Cleaning Beach After Ocean Spits Out The Trash After Storm in puerto rico

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After a tropical storm here in Puerto Rico, I found the coastline filled with trash as the ocean spit back out the trash that many would leave at the beach and which went ignored as many people would rather ignore the trash rather than pick it up.

I always do my one bag challenge when I go to the beach or river. It is simple, you bring a bag with you and pick up whatever you can. If everyone does it, we could change the world. Click here to read more about my challenge.

So I went and picked up whatever I could for 2 consecutive days. There was just too much trash for one man to take. Which is why I want to encourage others to start taking action and stop ignoring the trash. I am sure most of the trash that I could not take with me went right back into the ocean.

Why Pick it up?

The question is WHY NOT? We often don’t think about the consequences all this trash has not only on our world but the species that inhabit it. The species that we really don’t think or no longer care about. I pick it up knowing that they suffer because of humanities stupidity.

I pick it up because I ask what type of world do we want to leave behind. I pick it up because I choose to want to do something positive for our world and the species that inhabits it and leave a positive footprint instead of negative ones. I think we as capable humans have the power to be the cure instead of the plague that humanity has become. I think we should be the caretakers of this beautiful planet and the species that inhabit it. So I will do what ever in my power to make the changes by being the change. Do you choose to be the change?

Please leave any comments down below. Do you think we should pick it up or ignore the trash?

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