Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
NRDC is partnering with Margo Pellegrino as she paddles 500 miles from New Jersey to Washington, DC, in support of a new ocean protection bill, Oceans 21 (H.R. 21). On Day 6 Margo paddles past Philadelphia on the Delaware River....continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Margo Pellegrino is on a 500-mile journey from New Jersey to Washington, DC in support of Oceans 21, a Healthy Oceans Act to save our seas. On Thursday, she paddled the Delaware and Raritan Canal in New Jersey, managing a...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Margo Pellegrino is four days into her 500-mile journey from New Jersey to Washington, DC in support of Oceans 21, a Healthy Oceans Act to save our seas. On Wednesday, she set out from Atlantic Highlands, NJ, and down the...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Margo Pellegrino set out today from Little Egg Harbor in Beach Haven, NJ, on her 500-mile journey in support of Oceans 21. See footage of the launch on NBC 40 (click "video included" button) and at the Asbury Park Press....continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Last summer, Margo Pellegrino, a New Jersey mother of two, paddled from Miami to Maine in an outrigger canoe to celebrate our oceans and bring attention inspire her children and others to take an active role in the stewardship of...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage
Join Margo Pellegrino, a mother of two from Medford Lakes, NJ, as she guest blogs from her 500-mile “Message in a Bottle” canoe voyage from the Jersey Shore to Capitol Hill to call on Congress to Save Our Seas (S.O.S.)...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
A national survey released this week shows honey bee losses on the rise this year, prompting the state of Pennsylvania to pump money into colony collapse disorder (CCD) research. The Apiary Inspectors of America's annual survey indicated 36.1 percent of commercial...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A few weeks ago I wrote about a rash of honey bee thefts in California, triggered by a shortage of bees and commensurate rise in their dollar value as pollinators. Now it looks like bee theft is moving east. Some...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
The good news: America’s oceans policy score improved this year! The bad news: from a C- to a C. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently highlighted these poor marks from the Joint Oceans Commission Initiative. Our C grade means that U.S. policy...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
If someone offers to sell you a beehive out of the back of a truck this spring, do not buy it, even if it’s a really good deal. Because those bees may be hot.That’s right—the law of supply and demand...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I remember reading about ice-age musk oxen as a kid and being thrilled to learn that these strange, tough creatures still exist in a corner of the world. I would have been no more surprised to hear about live...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
The premium ice cream maker recently announced it's launching a new flavor to call attention to the importance of honey bees and help fund research into colony collapse disorder. Haagen-Dazs says that without honey bees, the strawberries, raspberries, and other...continued→
