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Clean up the world!
Identify or find an outdoor issue. Pledge money to fix the problem, or do the work and earn cash!
Clean up the world!
Identify or find an outdoor issue. Pledge money to fix the problem, or do the work and earn cash!
Clean up the world!
Identify or find an outdoor issue. Pledge money to fix the problem, or do the work and earn cash!
How Creeklife can the environment
Creeklife is an online fundraising tool to raise money and create jobs for personal fundraisers, non-profit fundraising, community funding that raises public awareness for outdoor projects or events.
Creeklife Articles
Studio Spectre x Creeklife
Artist Stephen R. Moore of Studio Spectre was kind enough to send Creeklife some examples of his beautiful artwork: “I recently saw your website Creeklife and thought that the mission was very i…
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Three Ways to Help the Environment with Your Morning Cup of Joe
Recently we discussed ecofriendly disposal of coffee grounds. Here are some more ways that your caffeine fix can have a conscience: 1. Get rid of the disposable paper cup! Although paper beats styrofo…
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The War of 1812 and The Bread and Cheese Creek
In 2009, a group of people got together and decided that they were going to do something about the pollution in Bread and Cheese Creek near Dundalk, Maryland. They created a non-profit, got sponsors a…
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Pollution in the Great Lakes
After decades, mercury pollution is once again a threat to the aquatic biodiversity of the Great Lakes. The methylmercury level in the water is rising, causing a disturbance to the natural food web. A…
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Help Your State Preserve Its Endangered Species
The Endangered Species Act protects species which are in danger of extinction in the US. Once a species is listed, (declared to be endangered), it is illegal to kill specimens or modify the species…
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Introduction to the Barton Creek Watershed in Austin, Texas
Topics: Aquatic Life and Importance of Watersheds Barton Creek Greenbelt is a Gem! Photo by Anne Worner. The scenic Barton Creek Watershed flows through Texas Hill Country, following the 50-mile creek…
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Plastic Bags & the Environment: Not a Good Mix
Plastic bags are everywhere. They are in stores, homes and unfortunately also the natural environment. In the United States alone there are billions of plastic bags used each year. They are disposed o…
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Online Fundraising for Events
If you are going to raise money for a cause online, there are a number of things that can be learned from marketers. As you know, marketers are in the business of selling products and services. While …
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One Tiny Creek at a Time…
Here is a story about how one person is making a little difference for his community one tiny creek at a time. Backyard Creeks is an aspiring, new, open- source, non-profit…
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Get Your Community Creek Walking
Some people look at creek walking as a fun form of exercise. Others look to a walk on the local creek as chance to meditate on nature, or maybe draw inspiration for some artistic work. Still others wa…
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Crowdfunding a Community Compost Center
What Good a Compost Bin Could do Composite sites are an easy way to bring the community together and strengthen the local neighborhood. In this article, we’ll give you examples and links to comp…
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Creek Cleanup Safety: Protect Yourself While Protecting the Environment
Riverkeeper Sweep at Annsville Creek, via hudsonriverkeeper on Flickr. Although the dangers involved with creek cleanup are usually mild and easily avoided, crews do face some combination of physical,…
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Ways to Help the Environment: Mobilize Action
There are many ways for each of us to help the environment, whether by changing our personal routines to conserve energy, or by educating friends and coworkers on environmental issues. But the ability…
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How to Use Social Fundraising to Build Community and Reach Your Goals
As you know, if you want fundraising success, you need to focus on more than just reaching the short-term dollar amount. As a Creeklife member, we want to introduce you to the concept of social…
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Understanding Rhythms in Nature To Avoid Pollution
In the modern world, we have a calendar that moves directly forward. The year 2014 comes after the year 2013. And the month of June comes after the month of May. For us, time is a linear process. Time…
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How to Help Honey Bees & Reduce Colony Collapse Disorder
Topics: Bees Helping the environment is a lofty goal and luckily also an attainable one! Helping to clean up roadsides, take care of our watersheds, reduce pollution, and save the distressed cre…
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Environmental Cleanup: These Invaders Threaten Your Watershed
What it means to have invasive species in your watershed. Imperial Star Destroyer by Adam Kop. Picture this, if you will: a tiny pod slips unnoticed into the cargo bay of a ship bound for the Empire&#…
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Help the Adorable Olinguito & Promote Biodiversity
“Scientists trekking deep in Colombia‘s La Mesenia Reserve Forest recently spotted a young olinguito, a mammal that was just confirmed as a new species in August. Scientists say it is the firs…
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Fostering Environmental Awareness at Any Age
The thought of trying to improve a community’s environmental awareness can be intimidating. There are so many different issues to address–it can be difficult to decide which problems to ta…
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Helping to Maintain the Beauty of the Oregon Coast
Related Topics: Organizations The Oregon Coast Alliance Growing up it’s great having an older sibling that looks out for you, I think of the Oregon Coast Alliance as an older bro…
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Environmental aspects of blue jeans
The Death of Denim: How Great it Would be! Denim is a cotton product. It is cellulose so it will deteriorate in the environment provided it is not combined with man made materials. It is easily…
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Easy Fundraising Ideas Using Affiliate Marketing and Creeklife
We’re all familiar with fund raising that involves selling cookies, chocolate bars, and so forth, where the proceeds go toward a cause. The items that are sold are either purchased in bul…
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Genetically Modified Food aka GMO’s
How Bowling Green State University, Ohio is working towards sustainability- Related Topics: Environmental Health Why even have GMO laws? What Are GMOs? …
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Cultural Eutrophication – An Accelerator
The term eutrophication is described simply as the process in which a body of water receives nutrients (particularly phosphorus and nitrogen) as well as sediment from the area watershed. This p…
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Muddy Waters, Head Chief at Backyard Creeks
Creeklife matters because it’s the only place on the web that empowers and enables anyone (#evenme) to GET SOMETHING DONE to improve outdoor problems in my community. You might not think a little volunteer operation like ours could accomplish much, but thanks to The Creeklife Community #creeklifers, we ARE making a real and tangible difference one tiny creek at a time.
John Long Founder of Clean Bread & Cheese Creek
Creeklife is an incredible concept and a wonderful tool for small unfunded organizations like our where every dollar counts. Thank you so much for developing it!
David Wang - Portable Testers
As a green business we are always looking to support the environment and by working with our customers who buy a surface roughness tester from us, we help give back to the community. Thanks, Creeklife for all that you have done!
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