It just so happens that three of the top ten worst beaches in California are two that I frequented in college and the third is an island 22 miles off the coast. The list is rounded out by LA County taking up half the list and San Diego, Orange, and San Francisco Counties only having one “dirty-ass beach”.
I found this report from Heal the Bay thanks to a tip from the LATimes.
These worst of the worst beaches are so named due to risk of “potential illness (to) include stomach flu, …
“The First Lady has effectively shifted the conversation about diet from the industry’s preferred ground of “personal responsibility” and exercise to a frank discussion of the way food is produced and marketed. “We need you not just to tweak around the edges,” she told the assembled food makers, “but to entirely rethink the products that you’re offering, the information that you provide about these products, and how you market those products to our children.”
In his latest essay, The Food Movement, Rising, Michael Pollan chronicles the rise of the Food Movement. …
This month’s DC Field to Fork newsletter just came in and there are plenty of fun urban gardener events to attend.
Events
Thurs, Jun 3 & Sat, Jun 5
Invasive Plant Lecture and Field Workshop: Learn to identify and combat invasive plants, free.
Sat, Jun 5
22nd Annual Clean The Chesapeake Bay, for 3 hours join volunteers all over the Chesapeake, free.
Mon, Jun 7
DC Green Drinks at 1905 Restaurant featuring Clean Currents, 630pm, free.
Sat, Jun 12
Nerd Nite at DC9: presentations on mad science, wall street gremlins, and sexy apes. All proceeds benefit the …
A Clean Life is seeking out three writers to help push our message.
The role involves writing seven posts a week. Write about what you’re passionate about or take assignments. The articles can be short news stories, long-ish research reports, and in-between. Topics can be as broad as you choose, catered to your writing style, with a particular focus on topics like local foods, farmers markets, zero waste, fighting obesity, and saving the planet. Additionally, promote the articles on the various social networks.
Learn how to write on a professional blogging platform …
What happens to a city when the mayor is a bicycle fanatic?
By fanatic I mean training with a competitive cycling team, DC Velo, several days a week and shutting down streets so his police escort can keep up.
Our honorable mayor, Adrian Fenty, now 3 years into his term is changing the city inside and out to become bike friendly. In some brilliant ways, hilarious ways, and scary ways.
First the brilliant. The city now has borrow-a-bike stations where you can check-out and return bikes. The program is called SmartBikeDC. (claim: “America’s first …
