Mary Carol Edwards

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

Walk the Talk on Greening Orlando by Allowing Front Yard Vegetable Gardens

by Kitchen Gardeners International

Last fall, Jason and Jennifer Helvenston of College Park, Orlando, Florida were ordered by local officials to remove their front yard vegetable garden at a time when Orlando was touting its environmental credentials and reaching out to citizens for input on what additional steps the city could take

STOP Mosquito Spraying in Dallas & Other Municipalities

by Torc Dallas

To: City of Dallas and Other Municipalities West Nile Virus is the most overblown health threat since the "killer bees." Yes, people have gotten sick and a few have even died from WNV, but people need to try to put things into perspective. Unfortunately, a few people have died this year from

Stop the War on Front Yard Vegetable Gardens - Arrêtez la Guerre contre les Potagers sur les Cours Avant

by Kitchen Gardeners International

For more info about Kitchen Gardeners International, the petition sponsor, please see http://kgi.org/ or join our mailing list here http://eepurl.com/lh4ub For more info about Josée's and Michel's garden, please see: http://www.lepotagerurbain.com/ Background: Earlier this year, Josée