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How to Make an Impact for Clean Water
If you feel like you’re getting body-slammed by all the requests coming in through your phone or computer, you’re not alone. Here’s why: almost one-third of total giving happens in the month of December. The causes you care about most, and many others, don’t want to be left out.
You may not be able to donate to every worthy nonprofit that asks, but here are some tips on why we hope Clean Water makes your donation list – and how you can maximize your impact.
Four Clean Water Giving TipsDo it now. Most of that December year-end giving happens on December 29, 30 or 31, but the sooner that you
Tell Lansing Lawmakers to Stop Attacking our Water in Lame Duck Session!
The Michigan lame duck legislature is racing to pass attacks on our water before the new legislature and Governor are seated in January. We need all Michigan clean water activists to help fight back by making two quick phone calls, one to your State House Representative and one to your State Senator, asking them to oppose the multiple anti-environment and anti-democratic initiatives that corporate lobbyists have pushed lawmakers to pursue during this backward and unaccountable session.
You can read more details below about the different dirty water bills that are being pushed, but here's
Children's Health Month Ends Today, but Our Work Continues
This blog post is by a member of the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut.
October is Children's Health Month and what we do to the environment impacts children’s health. As a pediatric and public health nurse, we didn't learn much about environmental health other than a bit about air and water pollution and always thought of pollution as outside the home or workplace, coming from a discharge pipe or a smokestack.
Over the past few years, our understanding of environmental health has expanded significantly. We now know that the indoor environment is filled with toxic chemicals and is
Approval of flawed stormwater plans disappointing
This past Monday, Governor Hogan’s Administration circulated a press release praising local governments for having "met their requirements under state law to develop financing plans to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and protect and restore local waters and the Chesapeake Bay." But most of these plans don't actually meet the requirements of the law.
Zero Waste Events: Join the Reuse Revolution!
Did you know that enough plastic exists to cover the entire Earth in cling wrap? Everywhere you look, you can find water bottles, grocery bags, random pieces of polystyrene foam, nylons and other plastics.
According to a study published in Science in January 2016, more than 300 million tons of plastic is manufactured each year. This is close to the weight of nearly every human. The world has produced nearly 5 billion tons of plastic since World War Two and is very likely to reach 30 billion by the end of the century. The impacts to wildlife and human health and the environment are devastating