Are you ready to do something about the problem? Want to get involved? Join a growing team of people like you and find out ways to become part of the solution.

Our scientists need your help if we are to clean up our environment. You can affect change in your own backyard or community by following a few simple ideas in your everyday life.

	Use fewer chemical-based cleaners. Find non-toxic alternatives to household chemicals. For more information, visit Care2 Healthy Living.
	Check your water. Find out everything you can about the quality of the water coming out of your faucets. For more information on checking your water, visit Scorecard.
	Don't dump pollutants in your sewers or drains. Keep toxic motor oil and other pollutants out of your water. Organize your school, scout troop or Boys & Girls Club to stencil "flows to bay" or "flow to the river" on all of the storm sewers in your town. For additional information and a starter kit, visit The Clean Water Campaign.
	Monitor your water quality. Serve as an early warning system for water pollution in your community. Join a team of citizen scientists to help monitor the quality of the water or the health of the critters that live there. Learn where to report problems. For more information, visit Frog Watch.
	Locate programs in your neck of the woods. People all over the country are coming together and sharing ideas and solutions for this problem. Use the map below to locate groups and organizations in your area!
	All links below will open in new browser windows. Arizona Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Tucson, AZ California Aquarium of the Pacific Long Beach, CA Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens Los Angeles, CA California Science Center Los Angeles, CA Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey, CA Florida The Florida Aquarium Tampa, FL Illinois Shedd Aquarium Chicago, IL Louisiana Audubon Institute / Aquarium of the Americas New Orleans, LA Maryland Maryland Science Center Baltimore, MD Massachussetts New England Aquarium Boston, MA Missouri Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, MO New York New York Aquarium New York, NY North Carolina North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh, NC Ohio Columbus Zoo and Botanical Gardens Columbus, OH Texas Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Austin, TX Fort Worth Zoo Fort Worth, TX Washington Woodland Park Zoo Seattle, WA

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