An edgy online action… The Fast Food Junkies are still at it – trashing our forests to make their throw away packaging! And during the holidays even more so…This is a busy season for food on the go, and all that food is still being wrapped in Southern forests. Before Thanksgiving we made over 500 …
Folks from the alternative weekly in Atlanta, Creative Loafing, came out to our Crab Boil to Save Cypress at the Home Depot headquarters last week. Amazingly enough, the photos their professional took are quite a bit better than mine. Check out the slideshow:http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/sideshow/2008/12/10/boiling-crabs-to-save-the-swamps-from-home-depot/Dan Favre is the Campaign Organizer and Cypress Guru at GRN.
All over the country on December 4th, at over 50 scheduled events, Home Depot was urged to stop selling unsustainable cypress mulch! Thanks to everyone who helped make the December 4th Cypress Day of Action a success.I just got back from Atlanta where our soggy Day of Action at the Home Depot Corporate Headquarters made …
The Gulf Restoration Network and Save Our Cypress Coalition continue to call on Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Wal-Mart to stop selling unsustainable cypress mulch in order to live up to their own environmental commitments. Cypress forests contain incredible ecological value, and they defend communities from storms and flooding. Unfortunately, these beautiful swamps are being clear-cut …
Make It Right Foundation Does It Right for Cypress ForestsThe Make It Right Foundation and BNIM Architects have joined the Save Our Cypress Coalition, making yet another real commitment to sustainability and the long-term survival of New Orleans. Cypress forests are important natural storm and flooding protection, but they are being clear-cut solely to produce …
The Dogwood Alliance, an amazing organization that works to hold corporations accountable for the impact of their industrial forestry practices on the forests and communities of the South, is launching a new campaign. Read more in the following blog post from Dogwood’s Organizing Director, Eva Hernandez.DOGWOOD KICKS OFF NEW CAMPAIGN AND WEBSITECheck out the new …
A quick update from Charlotte, NC for everyone. Yesterday, about 20 activists and I demonstrated outside the Lowe’s Corporate Headquarters with banners and fliers calling on Lowe’s to live up to their corporate environmental policies by no longer selling unsustainable cypress mulch. We wanted to make sure Lowe’s employees knew about the destruction their company …
SUCCESSFUL CYPRESS ACTION AT THE LOWE’S CORPORATE HEAQDQUARTERS Read More »
Ahh, pine straw in the flower beds. I knew I certainly wouldn’t find cypress mulch at Vivian Todd’s house, but it’s still nice to see sustainable alternatives to cypress mulch actually in use. Mrs. Todd is the incoming-president of the Magnolia Garden Club in Beaumont, TX, and she has been an outspoken opponent of unsustainable …
TEXAS GARDENERS CHOOSE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO CYPRESS MULCH Read More »
Over 40 organizations in Florida have already signed on to the greater Save Our Cypress Coalition. Now we are making sure that Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart hear specifically from organizations in one of the states most effected by cypress mulch production. The pictures and the open letter to the retailers tell the story. If …
FLORIDA GROUPS CALL ON LOWE’S, HOME DEPOT, AND WAL-MART TO STOP SELLING CYPRESS MULCH Read More »
I recently received a great email from Tim at DWY Landscape Architects, and I wanted to share it with y’all. It’s an auspicious way to start off the new year, and this shows that the message and practice of cypress sustainability is becoming commonplace throughout the Gulf.”Dan, was just listening to Joe Murphy on WSLR …