Gardeners Beware 2014 Report
(download and read the report - PDF)
See the Gardeners Beware 2014 video from Friends of The Earth below...(Beyond Toxics was a participant in gathering plant samples)
Also, read Lisa Arkin's latest blog, "Heartbreaking Day for Bees in Eugene during National Pollinator Week"
What you can do to support the campaign:
- Ask garden retailers in your community to stop selling neonicotinoids and plants pre-treated with the pesticides.
- Practice bee-friendly gardening and create a pollinator-friendly habitat. (See "Cultivating Bee-Friendly Gardens" for details)
- Learn what products to avoid to keep bees safe from harmful pesticides (also: Read the 2014 Gardeners Beware report)
- Contact your member of Congress and encourage them to support the Save America's Pollinator's Act. AND...sign the online petition to Tell Congress: Stop the pesticide that is killing bees!
- Now you can show your support by signing our pledge to become a friend of Save Oregon's Bees...(see who has already pledged!)
- Donate to Beyond Toxics or become a member TODAY!
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AS PART OF OUR FEBRUARY 2014 EUGENE BEE SWARM, we're encouraging people to contact Home Depot and Lowe's to demand that they remove products containing neonicotinoids from their store shelves...
MAIL IN YOUR cards and letters directly:
1) Frank Blake, CEO, Home Depot
2455 Paces Ferry Road | Atlanta, GA 30339
2) Robert A. Niblock, CEO, Lowe’s
1000 Lowe’s Blvd. | Mooresville, NC 28117
Best call in numbers:
Home Depot: 1-800-466-3337
Lowe’s: 1-800-445-6937
Other pre-written letters you can use to print out and send in to both Home Depot and Lowe's (provided by Friends of The Earth)
Photo by Judit Covarrubias-Garcia
Other actions you can take TODAY...
1) Sign the online petition to demand that Home Depot and Lowe's STOP selling bee-killing pesticides to unsuspecting consumers.
2) Read Gardeners Beware, a NEW report by Friends of The Earth revealing bee-killing pesticides hiding in supposedly “bee-friendly” garden plants in America's major retailers.
3) Show your support by signing our pledge and become a friend of Save Oregon's Bees...
3) Call on Oregon businesses to stop using dinotefuran and other neonicotinoid insecticides that we know are lethal to our bees. We know Oregon's businesses can do better, and we're asking them to start using safer alternatives. | Sponsored by Oregon League of Conservation Voters
4) In Congress, a great deal of interest and support has been generated around a bill introduced by Oregon's Rep. Earl Blumenauer. Demand that the U.S.Congress act now to pass Rep. Blumenauer's "Save America's Pollinators Act" (H.R. 2692). | Read more about the Save America's Pollinators Act.
5) Pesticide Action Network petition: Tell EPA’s leader: Step up & protect bees!
Sign the pledge below and donate $10 or more to become a friend of Save Oregon's Bees! (See the list of names of those who have signed the pledge!)
I support the “Save Oregon's Bees” campaign for bee-friendly, pesticide-free gardens in Lane County.
In the interest of protecting our neighboring families, pets, honeybees and gardens, we the undersigned residents pledge to refrain from using pesticides and any other harmful chemicals (Weed and Feed, Round Up etc.) on our property. We request that our City and County partner with us to commit to pesticide-free policies to protect bees and children from pesticides on all public property.
Contribute
Get involved today to help save Oregon's bees from dangerous pesticides! (Photo by Roka Walsh)
Please help us save Oregon’s bees! Become a member of Beyond Toxics TODAY!
After you click on the green button (below), simply choose “Save Oregon's Bees” from the “I want my donation to be designated toward” drop-down option. We need and very much appreciate your support for this project!
- Recommended resources
- Background: The threat to bees
- Read about Cultivating Bee-Friendly Gardens
- Read about Consumer Products to Avoid
- Take action to help Save Oregon’s Bees!
- Beyond Toxics blogs about the decline of bees and the dangers of neonicotinoids
- What are neonicotinoid pesticides?
- Read about the economics of saving bees: Bees by the numbers
- Gardeners Beware 2014 Report
- Read about Eugene, Oregon's ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, the first of it’s kind in the nation
- Save Oregon's Bees Home Page
- Join Beyond Toxics
- Contact us
Beyond Toxics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all contributions are fully tax-deductible. Please consider giving a gift of a Beyond Toxics membership to a friend or family member!
Bee Pledge names:
| Zoe CohenDeborah StrochlicThelma SoderquistJill DavidsonAnn KneelandMaria SantosChristina AllanGwyneth IredaleLindsay EarthsongRene KaneMirranda WilletteCJ BlaneySusanne GiordanoMarsha BarrSuzanne GascoyneMadeline SmithTricia Clark-McDowellDiana AbernatheyDee TvedtChristine Zeller-PowellLorraine Kerwood
Daniel Johnston Darrell Jones Kathy Ging Lucia Hardy Rodolfo De Oliveira Ariel Wills Susan Forester Rusty and Annie Olsen Dianne Ensign Kathy Arbuckle David Saul Adrianne Elsey Laura Ohanian Eliza Mclntyre Donald Gudehus Michael Sanchez Sabena Stark Roxanne Ericson Sabrina Siegel Barbara Sklar Bonnie Nedrow Jon Davis Mark Ryzin Menina Newman Caroline Skinner Bill Bezuk Gary and Kimie Paulson Liz Veazey John and Michelle Fletcher Alice Warner Phyllis Fischer Chris Shipp Lorna Baldwin Vicki Levine Patty Kincaid Judith Leslie Oldenburg Lisa Arkin Eliza McIntyre John Jordan-Cascade Felicia Rheaume Sherry Tester Linda Page Camille Leinbach Olivia Sotelo Jennifer Harris Diana Power Rachel Smith Heidi Cox Kimberly Seymour Irene Wolansky Jenny Ulum Arica Duhrkoop-Galas Sarah Johnson Mark Wachs Mark Van Ryzin David Cummings Chuck Mitchell Steven Medlin Marilyn Lowe Mackenzie Rivers Becky McCoy Nicole Hansen Rosana Costello Ron Castro Keu Ashley Heiko Koester Bonnie Richman Robert Pitrey Julian Barnowske Neil Hucter Tom Hayward Jane Schneider Tami Pierson Kate Hamer Heidi Tafjord April Jordan Dale Kegley Alison Halderman Megan Perres Anne O'Brien Renee Benton Barbara Boctlnovic Daniel Williams-Huston Holly Tripp Rachel Nelson Teresa Kaminski Babara Framm Heather Bennett Oregon Sustainable Beekeepers Nan Muir Terry Steiner Nora Fandino Joellen Niedich Dorra Kelleman Heather Bennett Winston Maxwell Alice Warner Sheila Decker Jasmine Olson Lucy White Tailia Reimel Lynne Michelle Erica Mitchell Patricia Stockwell Tiffany Smith Richard Harlan Charlotte Sahnow G. Keith Walker Michelle D'Amico Matt Nelson Diane Garcia Linda Reeves Maggie Cline Irene Squizzato April Paulson Ashish Naik Tom Woxell Susan Marston James Hershiser Laura Hofer Donald Hausmann Jasmine Samples |
Tammy GoughnourPaula ThibaudeauPhelena CramerAutumn BussSummer BrownGena KennedyElizabeth GraingerSteph LawsonReva BishopCatherine FresiaSusan HarlanApril LovejoyStephanie HumanicLori BonicelliPhil WarnerSiri MichelVanessa KennedyJane FoxgloveJan FryerLaura JabriJacqueline BoissonneauMelissa Newman
Angie Delisle Nancy R Jeanice Deering Gina Cubbage Shannon Buck Andrea McCluskey Heather Jackson Tamara Fairbanks-Ishmael Elizabeth Baumwirt Rachel Lewis Linda Hoyt Kathy Jenkins Melanie Gamble M. McCann Janelle Hopper Sandra Gray Debra Nord Debbra Euston Stacie Chandler Emily Copeland Tom Kerns Ann Meister Tyler Knapp Kalra Anderson Heather Tucker Mary Damiani-Cornelius Elizabeth Kluvers Misty Skeen Chiara Reese Elizabeth Hernandez Laura Abadie Cindy O’Connor Melissa Mutterspaugh Tracy Kelley Nicole Badgley Kimberly Smith Denise Ruch Shawn Donnille Susanne Schroeder Netti Garner Jenn and Dave Disciascio Ingrid Edstrom Jana Switzer Charlotte Sahnow Paris Conwell Jacque Wardle Nora Holley Melody Carr Angelina Swanson Charlotte Kreitlow Shirl Trowbridge Laura Stice Barb Oppen Mary Wall Stephanie Tidwell Aimee Young Gerry Wilson Gary Rondeau Jim Luzzi Steve Stoneburg Sandra Juliano Bertie Stringer Carolyn Breece Patty Driscoll Judy Hinson Kelley Wilson Robin Rhonda Eileen Tami Anna Alkin Heather Goodwin Romney Taylor Madalyn Patterson Thea Albright Elizabeth Berggren Janet Nash Kathy Black Mysti Frost Ben Dechter Susan Lichtenwalt Martina Miles Heather McGill Robert Gillespie Ken Mullins Kelly Lyon Roxanne Neumann Julia Green Pat McConnell Alison Behrends Shannon Salmon Anita Engiles Carrera Ramirez Linda Resuirs Ian Holt Alyson Wade Bill Gilbert/ Paula Naas Douglas Wiltshire Bonnie King Julie Kirk Katherine Knoules Linda Clash Sarah Nyburg Judy Collins Amary Taylor Amy Carpenter Kathleen Allgood Margaret McGinnis Alison Applebee Brandi Miss Lee Zucker Lisa Bianco-Davis Will Doolittle Jyoti Naik Aimee Mulaner Russell Pierson Debra Levinson Mark Stevens Marler McGinnis Brian Kitching Corrie Coston |
