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Toward the Future of the Movement
Times Square during the People's Climate March By Alex Papali, Organizer : Green Justice Campaign and Boston Recycling Coalition - follow the Boston office on Twitter ( @CleanH2OMA) The People’s Climate March in Manhattan last month was hailed as a watershed moment for the fast-growing climate movement. Yet fewer people see themselves as environmentalists today than in decades past. An estimated 20 million Americans, for example, participated in the first Earth Day in 1970, credited with building the grassroots pressure that led to the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other fundamental
The Last Oktoberfest?
The Clean Water Act turns 42 on Saturday. To celebrate we'll be sharing reflections on the Act, talking about the fight to protect clean water, and discussing what we can all do to put drinking water first. By Andy Galli, Maryland Program Coordinator. Follow our Maryland office on Twitter ( @CleanWater_MD) Fall is the season for beer. Lagers, pale ales, wheat, pumpkin spice and other flavored brews flow from taps at festivals and in beer gardens across Maryland. Just a few weeks ago the Annapolis Craft Beer and Music Festival featured over 120 regional and national craft beers. Last week
Thousands Support Clean Water in the Nutmeg State
By Susan Eastwood, Program Coordinator - follow Susan on Twitter ( @sceastwood) On Monday, Clean Water Action presented the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region One Administrator Curt Spalding with thousands of comments from concerned Connecticut residents who care about clean water and want to protect it! I had the pleasure of introducing several distinguished public officials who came out to speak on the importance of clean water and EPA’s recent efforts to better protect our nation’s streams and wetlands. Attendees included Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman John Larson, State
Dispatch from Japan
Clean Water Action now has eyes and ears on the ground in northeastern Japan. Former Connecticut Co-Director Roger Smith is investigating the tsunami recovery as he settles into a new position in the tourism section of the Town of Matsushima. The following is his first update from Japan: By Roger Smith, Former Connecticut Co-Director ( roger@fleetinglightmedia.com) In August I made a big life change and began work in the tourism section of the Town of Matsushima, in northeastern Japan. Matsushima boasts one of Japan’s three famed views for its array of pine-covered islands in Matsushima Bay
Together We Can Do Anything
By Elizabeth Saunders, Massachusetts Director - Follow our Boston office on Twitter ( @CleanH2OMA) Elizabeth and Her Sign The People's Climate March was an incredibly powerful experience. The Clean Water Action Boston team joined a bus organized by Alternatives for Community and Environment, the leading environmental justice organization in Boston, which organized dozens of youth leaders and others to travel together to the march. The march was equal parts protest/call to action and celebration. Of course it was a protest against the lack of commitment from our political leaders to doing the
