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Re: Cypress mulch
The Mother Jones story is compelling and illustrates one side of the
issue in a dramatic way.
best
Doug
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This week Mother Jones magazine released the article Mulch Madness
about Atchafalaya Basinkeeper Dean Wilson’s efforts to stop the
illegal and unsustainable cutting of cypress for cheap mulch. Right
now the cypress mulch industry is destroying wetlands that protect
coastal Louisiana from hurricanes. The article is online at:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/03/louisianas-mulch-madness.html
Waterkeeper has been working with Dean and organizations across the
Gulf Coast to save our cypress forests. We’ve made great progress. In
June 2007, more than 200 Louisiana cities, universities, churches and
other organizations pledged to stop using cypress mulch. Month later,
Wal-Mart and Lowes announced they would stop or limit buying and
selling cypress mulch from Louisiana. This is a great start but the
threat remains. We have a long way to go to stop the mulching of the
nation’s coastal wetland forests.
Our gardeners hold the key. We believe that gardeners must know the
truth about cypress mulch, and will stop using cypressmulch when
presented with the facts.
Again, thank you for your help spreading the word: Say NO to Cypress
Mulch. I am also happy to provide more information for you.
Bana Malik
Bana Malik
Communications Associate
Waterkeeper Alliance
50 S. Buckhout St., Ste 302
Irvington, NY 10533
914.674.0622 x23
bmalik@waterkeeper.org
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Douglas Green
Online Garden Publishing
Blog: http://blog.douggreensgarden.com
Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
On 2-Apr-08, at 1:20 PM, Sandie Parrott wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Can you pass along the press or news release about cypress mulch...I
> (and
> probably others) didn't receive it.
>
> Thanks,
> Sandie Parrott
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Green" <dgreen@kos.net>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] GWA/Scotts Web conference
>
>
>> I tend to go with data on this kind of discussion and look for the
>> data being used by as many sides as I can. Mind you, how one
>> interprets that data can differ. :-) I blogged about the seminar
>> right here
>> http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/03/18/web-seminar-on-water-management/
>> as my take.
>>
>> Seth Godin has written a book (Meatball Sundae) as a discussion of
>> what happens when an old concept (such as garden chemicals) tries to
>> tie itself up in a new concept (such as sustainability). You get
>> meatballs on the bottom and whipped cream/cherries on the top - and a
>> totally unappealing result in the marketplace for new consumers.
>> Old
>> line companies don't or can't "get it" for a large variety of
>> reasons. Well worth a read if you happen to have a hort company and
>> want to take it to the next generation of gardeners.
>>
>> fyi - I also just updated the blog post on the cypress mulch news
>> release many of us got. You may want to download the pdf report from
>> LSU at
>> http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/04/02/cypress-mulch-update/
>>
>> Steven- looking for big patches of green is indeed something I was
>> trained to do - but never had to use from 5000 feet. A damn good
>> thing too in my humble opinion. :-)
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>> Douglas Green
>> Online Garden Publishing
>> Blog: http://blog.douggreensgarden.com
>> Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2-Apr-08, at 10:50 AM, Maurer, Steven wrote:
>>> I side with Fran and think they are environmentally draining.
>>> Although they're good for emergency landings for small airplanes.
>>
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