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Take action: Protect our waters from microplastic pollution in RI!
Send a message to your RI state legislators asking them to protect our waterways from microplastic pollution!
Listen to me, a plastic spoon: Do NOT give Clean Water Fund money to fight plastic pollution on 401Gives!
Clean Water Fund wants to raise money on 401Gives for their ReThink Disposable campaign to directly fund replacing disposable plastic forks, cups, and spoons (like me!) with reusable products at restaurants and institutions across Rhode Island
Lessons from a Rainy Day
I had a relative who told me when I was growing up: “If you want to make sure it rains, plan an event that must be held outside.”
I’m pleased to say that wisdom proved correct when our tour of green infrastructure projects at Providence College was held in a light, steady rainfall.
The fact that Mother Nature sent us a little precipitation served to better illustrate how the network of campus bioswales helps direct and infiltrate storm water runoff.
The projects have multiple purposes. One has an outdoor classroom in the center a series of vegetated bays that hold rainwater and manage