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here is a link to an up to date map on the spill. this spill has a great potencial to be so much worse the Exxon Valdez spill 20 years ago, and will affect the whole gulf coast. i live 15 min. away from the beach on the panhandle of florida, and this will probably ruin our economy. we depend on tourism and the fishing industry, like the rest of the gulf coast.… Continue

some of these ideas are common, like recycle, and buy food with less packaging, etc. But some are unusual. For example, a way to reduce waste, along with buying food with less packaging, is compost or vermicompost your food wastes. instead of sending it to the landfill to be perfectly preserved, feed the worms, and harvest their bountiful fertilizer( aka manure). or if worms freak you out, use a bokashi system, which can handle any type of food waste. use it in your garden, and never buy… Continue