Re-Gain

How many people understand how water touches every living thing? Water is not just life; it connects all living things. Are we aware that only less than one percent of the world’s water is drinkable? How we share this precious resource directly impacts peace and prosperity on this earth. Most people do not know that one-third of the water used on the East Coast of the United States in the summer goes to watering lawns! Why are we taking the equivalent of bottle water for irrigating our yards? We are rapidly awakening to how water affects all aspects of our life. Hundreds of millions of women each day in the third world spend their time carrying water long distances. What’s more, they do it in difficult and dangerous circumstances: woman run the risk of being raped when they distance themselves from the group to answer the simple call of nature. There are no sanitation facilities in many parts of the world. Clean water is a critical issue Half the people

Do you think global warming is another example of Chicken Little freaking out? International expert and NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen is outspoken against the editing done by the White House saying that Climate Change is 'real', and that human activity is the most likely cause. Hansen speaks out stating, "the natural changes, the speed of the natural changes are now dwarfed by the changes that humans are making to the atmosphere and to the surface.” What James Hansen cites is that global warming is accelerating. New data reveal massive losses of ice to the sea melting in the arctic and Antarctica . There is widespread consensus from the scientific community that carbon dioxide and methane, and chlorofluorocarbons and other greenhouse gases, are collectively increasing due to human activities. White House political censorship of this life threatening development has been recently documented in two 60 Minutes features. [1] Can we ignore not just the facts but

Our nation’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay , is threatened due to nutrient over-enrichment. How we better manage our home lawn and yard waste provides us with an opportunity to “Save the Bay”. Composting is one simple way we can help improve our water quality and allow aquatic life to flourish. Compost can directly lessen the loss of sediment. Both nutrient management and storm water runoff controls can be achieved by a well managed and placed compost pile. If we wish to reduce nutrients by 40 percent yard owners can preserve our Bay for future generations. Million of sources of contamination or non point pollution jeopardizes our quality of life. Just leaving your clippings on your home lawns makes a big difference and provides your yard nutrients and moisture. C itizens who compost their yard and food not only recycle new earth not lessens the need to use more fertilizer. Test your soil out. Also we lessen more airborne nitrogen by not having to truck th