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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
Hikers Needed to Study Snow Melt
Photograph by Jon Cooper. Environmental health researchers have uncovered some surprising facts about snow melt in forests, and now they are calling for citizen scientists to help out. If you love hik…
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4-H Club: Activities, Pledges and Creeklife
The 4-H Pledge I pledge my head to clearer thinking, My heart to greater loyalty, My hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world…
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Springfield Coal Company Succumbs
Local group wins an eight-year battle against coal company. After eight years of lawsuits and battles, the local communities of Canton and Orion Township have put an…
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Ditch Companies: Environmental Allies
When we think of the impact that agriculture has on the environment, some of the first things that spring to mind are pesticides that poison rivers and invasive super-crops that threaten local species…
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Helping the Environment by Thinking Ahead
If you’ve ever been on a creek cleanup crew, you’ve probably had reason to ask yourself, “For goodness’ sake, why did someone put this here?” After all, the idea that old…
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Protect the Environment by Fighting Re-Zoning
Zoning laws in the U.S. are intended to allow cities to develop according to an efficient, aesthetically pleasing plan. Although cities have zoning committees whose job it is to determine how land may…
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Help the Environment by Reducing Food Waste
Most people don’t realize this, but food production is one of society’s most environmentally destructive activities. The greenhouse gasses generated from agriculture are more than those em…
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Messing with Mother Nature: The Grey Wolf and Yellowstone
There are two facts that I would like to address today. First, Mother Nature follows a very specific, and unchanging set of rules. The more we break, or change, or completely disregard those rules, th…
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Frozen Creek Snorkeling
I had never heard of creek snorkeling before receiving a message from Keith Williams. It’s exactly what it sounds like: taking a look inside a creek using scuba gear. Now that I know what it is,…
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When Pollution Dirties Water, The Facts Are Often Clear
The United States is looking forward to being less dependent on foreign oil, but the process by which we produce our own fuel has led to fears of further pollution in our water supplies. More and more…
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How Garlic Mustard Harms the West Virginia White Butterfly & How You Can Help
Two things that seem like they should be completely unrelated can have a negative relationship. Garlic mustard and the West Virginia White Butterfly present an example of this phenomenon. Photo…
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A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change
Our world is always changing. Look out your window long enough, and you might see the weather change. Look even longer, and you’ll see the seasons change. The Earth’s climate is cha…
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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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Plastic Bag Waste
Related Topics: Plastic Bags and Plastics & The Environment Are plastics really that bad? As you well know, the prevalence of plastic in our world is profound. It surrounds us all of…
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Wilma Dykeman and Her Impact on the RiverWay
Wilma Dykeman was an inspirational woman, advocate and author. Her legacy lives on in many of the projects that she held close to her heart, like the French Broad River in the mountains of Nort…
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Plastic Pollution – How You Can Help.
Topics: Plastics ,Ways to protect the environment and Wildlife . Plastic Pollution – It’s a Killer and Makes Us Sad. Plastic pollution is not only unsightly and…
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Easy Ways to Help the Environment Without Much Effort
Everybody wants to help the environment, but some people may not know how to do it without disrupting their current lifestyle. You don’t have to undergo massive changes to start making a positive im…
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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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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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Fighting Water Pollution With Fungi
Many people have encountered fungi in the form of mold, or perhaps athlete’s foot. What most of us don’t realize is that fungi can serve as an ideal tool to fight water pollution. There are tw…
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The Five Whys Example
Topics: Ways to help the environment and Crowdsourcing Ask the Right 5 Why’s and Solve the World’s Problems Pollution abounds. Keystone species are endangered. Good clean water is…
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The Drinking Water Crisis in Review
Amar Guriro describes his photo: “A resident of Achhro Thar […] is taking his camel to get well water. [This part of Pakistan] is facing acute potable water shortage.” One commenter …
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Are Mosquitoes Good for the Environment?
Mosquitoes are the small winged pests that feast on our blood. They are the reason why more than one million people die each year from the diseases they carry. From the website, nature.com: …
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An Aquatic Introduction to Ashtabula County
Ohio’s Ashtabula County is well-known for its beaches, rivers, and agriculture. It is not surprising that life in the area revolves around water. In fact, “Ashtabula” comes from an A…
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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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