http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=346 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=346#comment-82798 Marsha Smith Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:57:39 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=346#comment-82798 honored on Earth Day, April 22 in Boston’s Faneuil Hall when the Environmental Protection Agency presented its annual Environmental Merit Awards for 2009.Citizens for a Green Camden was given an Environmental Merit Award. Citizens for a Green Camden is a small group of citizens working specifically on the elimination of poisons being used on lawns in their community. Their first milestone victory was successfully passing a pesticide policy to eliminate the use of pesticides on the town’s parks and playing fields, which has since been adopted by the neighboring town Rockport. They also compare notes with a citizens group in Castine. The organization continues to work to educate homeowners about the dangers of using poisons on their lawns, running programs and providing written educational materials for residents at the town office. They were able to convince the town bed and breakfasts to join their efforts by not using pesticides on their properties, advertising those partners at the Chamber of Commerce for visitors to see. The organization continues its education outreach through other community-based methods to eventually eliminate poisons being used on lawns in the entire Camden community.

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