DIY Urban farming in San Francisco

"Today in the Bay Area and beyond, urban homesteaders like Ms. Stone and her roommates are raising their own food in their backyards, in community gardens and on derelict and undeveloped spaces in the city. They’re preserving and pickling vegetables and fruits, sewing their own clothes, baking bread, making alcoholic beverages, and much more.
As the movement has flourished and become more mainstream — embraced by activists and food lovers alike — so too have the resources for would-be urban homesteaders."

Read the full article at the New York Times here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/dining/23sfdine.html

Intense Coal in the Water- Slideshow

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/09/12/us/1247464506260/toxic-waters-coal-in-the-water.html


Toxic Waters: Coal in the Water
Jennifer Hall-Massey of Prenter, W.Va., explains how water pollution, which she believes is caused by nearby coal companies, has impacted her family and community.

To see what is in your water check out this website from the EPA.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/index.html

The Community Clean Water Institute for water rights.
http://www.ccwi.org/issues/waterrights.htm

We have established programs for Africa and India for Clean water but what about here in the USA:
http://thewaterproject.org/getinvolved.asp?Ref=T