Jeanne taught her four daughters that although people say they "throw things away,"  there is no away. 

She took them to the places, mostly rivers and ravines, that receive everything discarded without a second thought.

From a young age, Caterina, Emiliana, Emanuella, and Sol didn't just understand the problem, but they felt it. 

Because waste mismanagement and ecological devastation don't just sound horrible. They are horrible !

It's heartbreaking to watch a child drink from a bottle filled with water alive with bacteria.

It's nightmarish to see a river carry its poison all the way to a coral reef that countless forms of life (including our own) depend on.

And yet it's uplifting to hear the river's call for help and answer it — not alone, but together, getting our hands dirty and working for transformation.