Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/09/chesapeake-bay-residents-a…

By Lisa Frack and Michelle Perez

Earlier this month, EWG released a report about the Chesapeake Bay water quality crisis. The report focuses on agriculture’s heavy - if unintended - damage to the Bay, specifically the inability of the six Bay states (Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and New York) to cope with this agricultural pollution, over which the federal government has no jurisdiction.

While we know that farm runoff is the main cause of damage to the Bay (and we recommend how to reduce it in our report), runoff from cities and suburbs are a major part of the problem too - causing 11 percent of the nitrogen problem and a whopping 31 percent of the phosphorus problem.

So there’s a healing role for the Bay watershed’s residents to play, too.

What can Bay state residents do?
We agree with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recommendations, and highlight some key ones here:

Garden with…

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Author: Emme West
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/09/29/sustainable-cruising-wi…

Blending a thrilling ecotourism cruise with the peace of mind that the environment is less impacted by your actions is now a possibility.  Ecotourism is one of the most popular types of tourism that travelers across the globe are taking part in. Have you ever wondered who is ensuring the future pristine state of these travel hot spots?

In the Galapagos Islands, tourism is the first source of income, derived from the 140,000 tourists per year that visit the islands.  This provides a unique challenge for cruise tour operators in Ecuador.

Adventure Associates, a custom luxury Galapagos cruise provider, has created The Galapagos Foundation.  This Ecuador based non-profit organization’s mission is to provide funding for conservation projects committed to sustainable development of the Galapagos Islands.

The current issues being faced in the Galapagos Islands stem from the explosive population growth and disregard for the pristine environment by many tourists.  The simple, yet…

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Author: Jean-Paul
Website: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/09/5-seemingly-gross-wa…

1. Don’t use toilet seat covers
Strange as it may sound, but these wafer-thin little pieces of paper do nothing for your touche. While they give you a feel-good barrier between you and a public toilet, it is basically only that. According to Dr. Sherry Marts, scientific director of the Society for Women’s Health Research, “It’s [...]

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Author: Green Talk
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Check out my Lafe’s natural deodorant Giveaway!

Do you smell of body odor? I know.  My sister had to tell me that my crystal was not working.  So, Lift up your arm and take a whiff.  Pleasant or nasty? (You can be the judge on this one.)  So what is an Earth lov’in gal or guy who wants to smell BO free to do? Lafe’s Natural and Organic Deodorants can fix all of that.  But how you wonder?  See how I became an enlightened smell-free  human, grasshopper.  (I know. You are waiting with bated breath.)

My introduction to deodorant started with a blue Secret roll on. How many of you used Secret when you were younger? It was the deodorant du jour for many of us.  All of a sudden in my twenties, it seemed that the  newspapers were abound with stories that aluminum caused  Alzheimer.  And guess what contains aluminum? Deodorant. I immediately switched to a crystal rock (not to be confused with a pet rock.)   Although the jury is still out on whether aluminum contributes to…

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photo credit: Edgar Zuniga Jr.
San Francisco is pushing dry cleaners to go green.  We have covered Green Dry Cleaning in the past. Wet cleaning or non toxic CO2 cleaning is the way to go and we salute San Francisco for emphasizing this.
Many ”green’ dry cleaners switched to a hydrocarbon solvent because it can be [...]

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