Take the Initiative to Promote Environmental Preservation in Your Community

Delivering the message of environmental preservation to the larger public has often been a challenge for ecofriendly organizations. Frequently the audience is not ready to accept the issues at hand. O…

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Fundraising Ideas For Football – Get Into The Game!

Topics: Crowdfunding, Fundraising and Raising Money Fundraising Ideas For Football Games – Flag Fundball     Flag football MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson  ♦ As one of our many fund…

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Reduce Pollution While Preparing Your Lawn and Garden for Summer

Those of us who are passionate about protecting the environment are always looking for ways to reduce pollution. Some strategies, like modifying your diet, are easy to practice in all seasons. Others …

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Phenomenal Ecological Impact, Itty Bitty Living Creature:

  Topics: Invasive Species, Habitat Loss , Environmental Health   The Fresh Water Jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi   If you caught my reference to the Genie from Disney’s Alladin…

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How do Artificial Waterways Affect Watershed Pollution?

When we think about fighting watershed pollution, we often think about the efforts we must take to protect the waterways that occur naturally in our communities. From small creeks to roaring rivers, t…

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Bird Watch: How to Help Five US Species Threatened by Watershed Pollution

The effects of watershed contamination are felt by all of the species that inhabit a local community, from humans to insects. However, some wildlife groups are impacted more than others, suffering fro…

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Beat the Heat Without Air Conditioning and Reduce Summer Pollution

Until our energy grid is 100% powered by renewable energy, energy usage will continue to contribute to environmental pollution. Unlike the need to heat our homes in winter, air conditioning in the sum…

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Algal Blooms Turn Lake Erie Florescent Green And Toxic

  Four decades ago, measures were taken to slash the phosphorous levels in one of the Laurentian great lakes – Lake Erie. But now the blue-green algal growth in the water surface of the Lake is…

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History of the San Antonio River Walk in Texas

Photo by schwagz23 (deviantART). Over the course more than fifty years, the San Antonio River Walk has become one of the main tourist attractions in Texas. From its humble beginnings in 1968, the Rive…

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5 Tips for Increasing Personal Environmental Motivation, from Visiting Botanical Gardens to Reading Sci-Fi

There are many ways to help the environment. For example, we’ve written extensively about reducing pollution and promoting community activities that will raise eco-awareness. From collecting mon…

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The role of art in environmental awareness

Could it be that our failure to tackle environmental concerns is not a result a shortage of information but rather our inability to imagine? After a recent showing of animal portraits, viewer’s perc…

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Top 4 issues in the Everglades watershed

The Everglades watershed has a deserved reputation for being a unique ecosystem full of rare animals and plants, some of which are found nowhere else. Consisting of 2 million acres of wetland habitat,…

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Reduce Urban Runoff & Help Prevent Nonpoint Source Pollution

Photo by solarnu (Flickr). Do you know what happens to rainwater and snowmelt when they flow across the ground and soak into the soil? As the water moves, it picks up pollutants, ultimately spreading …

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The Benefits of a Volunteer Monitoring Program Flow Two Ways

Volunteer monitoring programs are an excellent way to keep tabs on local watersheds. Individuals from the community offer their time and effort to observe and record conditions in creeks, streams, and…

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Use Apps to Protect the Environment

Technology has proven to be a double-edged sword when analyzing its effects on the environment. So how can we protect the environment while utilizing technical tools, like computers or mobile devices?…

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Reduce Pollution and Save Money: College Student Edition

Topics: Recycling and Ways to help the environment. Help The Environment and Save Money For School. Environmental action can be difficult to translate into a busy academic schedule. Many college stude…

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Quick Guide: EPA Superfunds & Helping the Environment

There are more than 40,000 identified hazardous waste sites in the United States. These sites, contaminated with dangerous chemicals, can pollute groundwater, the soil, and the air. Not only do they h…

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Summer Jobs and Conservation Work

  Topics: Habitat Loss , Endangered Species and Volunteering   How Practical Conservation Volunteering Works   All the standard ways of making your lifestyle greener, such as walking mo…

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Environmental health and the importance of watersheds

If you’re like me, you don’t take a moment each day to be thankful for plants and Website Developers. But if you’re even more like me, you think maybe you should. Plants aren’t…

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States of Water: Helping Kids Understand and Get Involved with the Environment

Before you start saving the environment, you have to understand it, and the learning process begins during childhood. There are many easy, everyday experiments that will help teach kids the importance…

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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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Fecal Contamination In Our Drinking Water

Topics: Drinking water , Environmental Health and Water Pollution  Microbial contamination of drinking water   “The present water closet system, with all its boasted advantages, is the wor…

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Eagle Projects Through Creeklife

Eagle Scout Medal; photo by Ben E (Flickr). The culminating achievement of the Boy Scouts of America is to earn the Eagle Scout rank. Of course, 21 merit badges are required, but a prospective Eagle m…

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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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How Are You Helping the Earth?

When was the last time you made a conscious effort to help the environment? Can you name more than three ways that you are benefiting Earth today? This world is unfathomably large. And yet, with a sma…

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