Need a little good news to close out your week? Here are four examples of people like you working together and successfully making a difference.
Michael over at the Water Wired blog has a great piece about the Owens River, of Cadillac Desert fame, once again flowing with clean water and teeming with wildlife.
A bunch of resource agencies and environmental groups, including a former employer of mine, announced a deal to demolish a dam on Maine’s Presumscott River. Future generations will enjoy a healthy river and the company will save money over the cost of putting in a fish ladder. Congrats to all on this fine work!
Montana State University in Bozeman produces a terrific video blog called “TERRA: The Nature of Our World.” I’m really jealous of their beautiful video and graphic design. Their new episode is called “Fish ands Cows” and profiles a Montana ranching community taking responsible steps to conserve wildlife along the Big Hole River, including the only surviving population of grayling in the lower 48 states. I sure wish more farmers felt this way.
Finally, Duane with the Friends of Accotink Creek reports that my home state of Virginia was among the top states participating in the International Coastal Cleanup. Virginia volunteers “picked up 151,432 pounds of litter, and collected very valuable data too!” Good job, Virginians. Now that you’ve made an emotional investment in clean and attractive beaches for your family to enjoy, why not adopt some responsible habits to reduce pollution and waste?
More Water Words That Work next week!
Carolyn, who blogs at Good Green PR, critiques “The Mend of the World” website, created for World Environment Day on June 5.
Idealware explores how the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, South Yuba River Citizens League, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council keep track of who their members are. Idealware is a great resource for nonprofit organizations seeking advice on all things Internet.
Robert over at WaterCrunch used the “Google Trends:” feature to find out where people seem to be most interested in drought. Is your town one of them?
Reflecting on a trip lobbying trip to the nation’s capital, Mark at blogfish asks himself insightful questions about blogging and his lobbying efforts. I’m also struck by what he didn’t ask himself: “Did the people I meet with really understand everything I said?”
The EPA is launching a survey to assess the condition of America’s lakes and reservoirs. Michael at the Lake Stewardship blog has gathered some useful materials to help nature protection and pollution control experts explain the effort to the public.
Those adventurous souls over at Food and Water Watch will launch their first podcast today. If you think that’s cool, wait till you watch me go head-to-head with one of their staff in a special episode soon. (Spoiler: She gets the better of me).
Jeff Brooks at Donor Power Blog calls out some bad nonprofit advertising in a post called “Return of stupid nonprofit ads.” Be warned — he’s meaner than me. I wonder what he’d think of the Oceana video?
