Clear Choices Clean Water » CCCW News http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org Make a Healthy Choice for Clean Water Mon, 20 May 2013 16:26:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 We Now Have Over 1,000 Lawn Pledges! http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2012/05/28/we-now-have-over-1000-lawn-pledges/ http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2012/05/28/we-now-have-over-1000-lawn-pledges/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 17:23:33 +0000 admin http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/?p=1531 To date, 1,003 people have taken the pledge to use phosphorus-free or no fertilizer on their lawn!  That’s keeping 18,532 pounds of phosphorus and 4,572,500 pounds of algae out of our waters.  If you haven’t taken the lawns pledge yet, join the movement by pledging now.  If you have already taken the p-free lawn pledge but none of our others, consider taking the pet poo, native plants, or septic system pledge next.  Remember, you can make a difference!

]]> http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2012/05/28/we-now-have-over-1000-lawn-pledges/feed/ 0 Clear Choices, Clean Water launches new website http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2011/08/13/clear-choices-clean-water-launches-new-website/ http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2011/08/13/clear-choices-clean-water-launches-new-website/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:28:43 +0000 admin http://clearchoicescleanwater.org/?p=992 Clear Choices, Clean Water launches new website with three additional pledge campaigns. New choices includes: pet poo & other piles, native plants & gardens, and septic maintenance. We all have a choice about how we care for the land and water. This new site was developed by EcoLogik.

]]> http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2011/08/13/clear-choices-clean-water-launches-new-website/feed/ 0 CCCW One-Year Anniversary http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2011/06/15/cccw-one-year-anniversary/ http://www.clearchoicescleanwater.org/2011/06/15/cccw-one-year-anniversary/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:19:37 +0000 admin http://clearchoicescleanwater.org/?p=988 Citizens across Indiana and the USA care about clean water and have pledged to make a difference! In the first year, the CCCW website has received more than 4,000 visits with 15,726 page views. Six hundred participants in Indiana and 9 states have pledged to use phosphorus-free fertilizer (or no fertilizer) on their lawns, which is a big deal! These pledges amount to a reduction of phosphorus pollution entering our streams and lakes by 2,802 pounds – which means that one million (1,401,000) pounds of algae have been prevented! Together we are making a difference!

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Photo shows left to right: Lyn Crighton, Mark Basch (IWRA President), and Jill Hoffmann

The Indiana Water Resources Association (IWRA) presented the 2011 private sector award for outstanding contribution to water resources to CCCW charter sponsors:  Lenore Tedesco of IUPUI Center for Earth and Environmental Science, Jill Hoffmann of the Upper White River Watershed Alliance, and Lyn Crighton of the Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation.

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