BEN - August 15, 2010 #333

Some of this edition's "eye-openers":

* Both Gubernatorial candidates to speak at Auntie Litter's Take Pride Statewide Conference

* 88,000 Birmingham Residents Out of Reach of Grocery Stores

* ADEM Gives Out $1.7 Million in Recycling Grants

* Heat Wave Damaging North Alabama Cotton and Corn Crops

Links & Videos

Alabama's Organic Milk

http://www.workingcowsdairy.com

Sequatchie Cove Farm (they will be selling their organic meats in Bham. August 21st Pepper Place

http://sequatchiecovefarm.com

Higher Ground Roasters - The Wilderness Society

http://www.highergroundroasters.com/store1/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=85

News

Long Term Impacts From the Oil Spill Predicted

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/some_say_effects_of_deepwater.html

Transit Needed: 88,000 Birmingham Citizens Out of Reach of Grocery Stores

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/08/many_in_birmingham_live_too_fa.html

ADEM Announces 15 Recycling Grants Totaling $1.7 Million

http://www.adem.state.al.us/newsEvents/pressreleases/2010/RecyclingGrants2010-2.pdf

Chief Ladiga Trail Draws Record Numbers

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/9057314/article-Chief-Ladiga-Trail-draws-visitors-in-record-numbers?instance=home_news

Heat Wave: Cotton and Corn Withering Away in North Alabama

http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2010/08/local_corn_cotton_crop_witheri.html

Mobile Register Examines Smart Growth

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/smart_growth_is_it_mobiles_fut.html

BEN Calendar

3rd Annual Conference for Litter Prevention – August 18-19 @ Samford /Birmingham Botanical Gardens – Featuring Gubernatorial Candidates Dr. Robert Bentley and Ron Sparks

http://takepridestatewide.org

ARA & AEC Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Series – August 19, 5:30, Birmingham

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/rivers-alliance-events/wild-and-scenic-film-festival

Green Building Focus – 200 Exhibitors - in Birmingham

http://greenbuildingfocus.com/default.aspx?id=1345

Events at Landmark Park - Dothan in August and September

http://www.landmarkpark.com/pressroom.html

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama’s Moon Over Three Caves Dance – September 18 in Huntsville.

http://landtrust-hsv.org/moon-over-three-caves-dance-sept-18/

23rd Annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup - September 18th

http://www.alabamacoastalcleanup.com/clean-up.html

Cahaba River Society “Fry- Down” – September 25, 10:00am to 4:00pm

http://www.cahabariversociety.org

Southern Environmental Center's EcoFest 12 - October 7th, 6:00-9:00 at WorkPlay

7th Annual John L. Borom Alabama Coastal Birdfest - October 14-17

http://www.alabamacoastalbirdfest.com/

Sweetwater Brewing Company Raising Monies for Mobile Baykeeper from August to Labor Day

http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org/events/raise-toast-save-coast

Jobs Available

NWF Southeast Regional Representative

https://careers.nwf.org/ext/detail.asp?jobid=nwf2061-525295293

Gulf Coast Regional Coordinator - Waterkeeper Alliance

http://www.saveourgulf.org/updates/career-opportunity-gulf-coast-regional-coordinator-waterkeeper