Andrew Kelly
MessageUrge National Park Service to Make our Parks Bottled-Water-Free
People drink 2.6 billion gallons of water in national parks every year. That's enough to fill almost 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. That means a lot of water in plastic bottles that could be coming straight from the tap. National parks going bottled water free is good for the environment,
Urge Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern to ban bottled water in his offices
Once a fad, drinking bottled water has become commonplace and thanks to the most successful advertising hype in recent history, tap water has received a negative stigma. Every year about 1.5 million tons of plastic go into manufacturing water bottles for the global market, using processes that
Demand that Trader Joe’s end the use of excessive plastic packaging
We request that you put an end to needless plastic waste by eliminating the cellophane and polystyrene trays that you use to package fruits and vegetables. We are not so sure about your "green" reputation. While packaging produce in plastic may simplify pricing and thereby save you money, tons of
Save frogs by banning harmful pesticide Atrazine
Atrazine is the most commonly detected pesticide in rainwater, groundwater and tapwater in the USA. Atrazine is one of the world's most common pesticides and tests show that it turns male frogs into females at concentrations as low as 2.5 parts per billion. More than 80 million pounds of it were
The Ocean is Turning Into a Plastic Soup. Pledge to Rise Above Plastics.
There is a section of the Pacific Ocean twice the size of the continental United States called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Within it, 100 million tons of plastic swirl in a vortex of currents. There is so much plastic in the water that it outnumbers zooplankton by six to one! This plastic