Comments on: “10 Things You Can Do To Help The Gulf Coast Clean The Oil Spill” http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2010/05/04/10-things-you-can-do-to-help-the-gulf-coast-clean-the-oil-spill/ A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:57:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Terri http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2010/05/04/10-things-you-can-do-to-help-the-gulf-coast-clean-the-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-68563 Terri Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:19:24 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=8028#comment-68563 Actually, #7 the hair thing is not true. It does not help, they can't use it, they don't have the time to deal with it. It is a waste to do this. And as always, it is better to send money direct , than to buy a bottle of Dawn here,which means they have to make more plastic to put the Dawn in, more product, more energy consumed to process that donation and get to wherever it is going, etc. Just send money direct to a legitimate organization, donate online...it saves paper, energy, and time to go direct. Here are a couple good ones... http://www.SupportBTNEP.org/ http://www.labucketbrigade.org Actually, #7 the hair thing is not true. It does not help, they can’t use it, they don’t have the time to deal with it. It is a waste to do this.

And as always, it is better to send money direct , than to buy a bottle of Dawn here,which means they have to make more plastic to put the Dawn in, more product, more energy consumed to process that donation and get to wherever it is going, etc. Just send money direct to a legitimate organization, donate online…it saves paper, energy, and time to go direct. Here are a couple good ones…

http://www.SupportBTNEP.org/
http://www.labucketbrigade.org

]]> By: CrisisCommons’ Gulf Oil Spill Response Crowdsourcing Effort Looking For Volunteers http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2010/05/04/10-things-you-can-do-to-help-the-gulf-coast-clean-the-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-62838 CrisisCommons’ Gulf Oil Spill Response Crowdsourcing Effort Looking For Volunteers Tue, 04 May 2010 23:46:15 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=8028#comment-62838 [...] Another thing you can do to help in the cleanup of the Gulf Coast oil spill is to participate in CrisisCommons‘ crowdsourcing efforts. A post on the group’s website explains: CrisisCommons is working hard with a number of other organizations, including NGOs and educational institutions, to develop a common crowdsourced platform for reporting the effects of the Gulf Oil Spill. We believe that if the various crowdsourcing efforts could be aggregated and shared, this could improve the response from all response organizations. [...] [...] Another thing you can do to help in the cleanup of the Gulf Coast oil spill is to participate in CrisisCommons‘ crowdsourcing efforts. A post on the group’s website explains: CrisisCommons is working hard with a number of other organizations, including NGOs and educational institutions, to develop a common crowdsourced platform for reporting the effects of the Gulf Oil Spill. We believe that if the various crowdsourcing efforts could be aggregated and shared, this could improve the response from all response organizations. [...]

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