Green/Simple Living

» Robert Dailey - Detractors and conservationism

Shirley,
I agree with you about green living, especially about sustainable agriculture and organic foods.
A serious problem facing the world today is pollution of our ground and surface water, much of it by runoff from agricultural chemicals, which have caused untold damage.
In a study we conducted about 12 years ago on Lake Ponchartrain (the lake north of New Orleans...where most of the flooding from Katrina took place), the two major pollutants were 1. Gasoline and oil pollution from out board motor boats and 2. Agricultural runoff from rivers, bayous and streams feeding the lake.
We were successful in banning oil and gas drilling operations there for two decades, but there was nothing we could do about motor boats and agricultural runoff (pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers).
Anything you can do to raise awareness of sustainable and responsible use of the land and other resources, like water, is a step in the right direction.
B