An article in The Guardian today bemoans a report that urban air pollution today is as damaging to our health as Chernobyl radiation. Guardian columnist Lee Hickman offered ten things you can do to counter the effects of air pollution that shortens life expectancy by about eight months.
Step It Up on April 14
On Saturday, April 14, local groups representing religious organizations, neighborhood associations, service clubs, schools, families, student organizations, and other Monroe County communities will march through the streets of Bloomington to the Farmers Market for the Step It Up rally. From 10a to 1p, Step It Up Bloomington! will facilitate presentations by area organizations and businesses with tables of information to help us all find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During the course of the event we will hear from Bloomington’s Mayor Mark Kruzan, Congressman Baron Hill, and author Scott Russell Sanders.