The Environment and The Republic
Environmental Stewardship and Conservation
Bronx, NYC: Student Volunteers Remove Graffiti and Clean Up Bronx Streets: Young People on Mission to Improve Neighborhood Quality of Life
Long Beach, NY: Boy Scouts Help Clean Up Shoreline Coastal Area on Long Island's South Shore; Scouts of Long Beach Troop 215 and Troop 20 of the Five Towns joined Crew from Freeport-based Non-Profit Operation SPLASH Collecting 270 Pounds of Trash from Bay Area
Queens, NYC: Group of Scuba Divers Are Cleaning Up the Waters around New York City. Volunteer Environmental Heroes are diving underwater and removing trash and debris from the waters off beach in Far Rockaway including bottles, electronics, fishing line, and lots of other junk
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Environmental Hero: Bronx Teacher Inspires Students to Garden, Study ScienceSource: NYDailyNews July 14, 2015
Leaders & Heroes
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Truck Driver Saves Injured Bald EagleSource: Watershed Post June 10, 2015
Cleaning the Mississippi River: Meet Eco Hero Chad PregrackeSource: CNN.com April 22, 2015
Brooklyn, New York City: Pizzeria Owner Spends $60,000 Dollars to Combat Litter; Civic-Minded Entrepreneur Giving Back to Neighborhoods by Funding Garbage Bins, Bags, and Trash pick-up in Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn
Atlanta, Georgia: Bicyclists Known as the “Atlanta Magnet Man,” Uses Customized Bicycle Trailer with Magnets to Collect Nails, Screws and Other Metal Objects from City Streets; Eco-Conscious Good Samaritan has Ridden +522 Miles and Collected More than 410 Pounds of Metal
Baltimore, Maryland: Conservative Activist Leads Trash Clean-ups in Baltimore City; Scott Presler and Hundreds of Volunteers Hit the Streets with Gloves and Trash Bags in Hand, Pulling Weeds and Picking Up Trash in West Baltimore Neighborhood
Anti-graffiti Vigilantes - Narragansett, Rhode Island
Group of New Englanders Use Artistic Talents to Erase Graffiti Along Rhode Islands Coastline - Restore Natural Scenic Beauty of Beaches