Ever since I was a kid, I remember the beach clean-up commercials plastered across my television screen begging people to join in on community clean-up projects. Despite not actually living near a beach, I did have my fair share of encounters with littering in outdoor spaces. My experience was located on hiking trails. Class conversations over whether or not dirt is dirty make me think of how even if we say no, the ways our actions may say yes.  Within these two spaces, people physically reveal more of themselves at beaches. For example, we often see people in bathing suits and even nude beaches exist. While on hiking trails, even in hot weather, most people are spotted wearing shorts and a T-shirt. While the beach attire is because of tanning and swimming opportunities, water sources on trails are sometimes present, and the ocean isn’t exactly known for being the cleanest water source. I do feel sand and dirt are similar in the sense of something that is fine when people are the ones engaging with it, but neither are things people like entering their own personal spaces. Another thing that comes to mind is the idea of being visible to others and how that affects people’s actions. For example, beaches are typically very open and for extended periods of time, you could be just feet away from multiple groups of people. While seeing someone on a hike is met with a brief hello. Even if one is not interacting with anyone else at the beach, one’s proximity to them still influences how one acts. Oftentimes when I have been on hikes, the further along you are on the trail, the more trash I find. I don’t quite understand why this is. My guess has always been that since one is deeper into the woods, people feel there is more anonymity and therefore less accountability needed to be taken. Something about the lower chance of being watched or caught is something that I’d say inspires questionable behaviors amongst humanity as a whole, especially when it comes to how we treat spaces. Overall, examining how specifically beaches and hiking trails are treated as potential sites for pollution gives me insight into how I interact with these spaces and wanting to challenge those ways.