Clean Water for All

Water- for the most vital of all natural resources, we sure do waste a lot of it. Many people all over the world do not have clean drinking water, or water for other necessities that we take for granted. More people have mobile phones than clean drinking water... which is a giant problem. I did a project on toilets in Africa, which opened my eyes to the water problem.

Many people (like Matt Damon) have organizations that strive to give everyone access to clean water and sanitary bathrooms. (Check out Water.org for more information) The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation has a contest where people design a new and innovative toilet that can benefit areas that don't have a lot of water. (Here is a link to the contest: Re-inventing the Toilet)

Remember- you can help people by giving to these foundations!

Komodo Dragons

Far off in the country of Indonesia, only 3,000-6,000 Komodo Dragons survive. They live high up in the trees when they are young and eat insects or other small lizards. If one comes down, a full grown Komodo Dragon snaps it up. They are its own kind, but are a tasty snack. Not many young Komodo Dragons survive and humans are killing adult Komodo Dragons for their skin. Now, it is illegal to kill a Komodo Dragon. You can also help, adopt a Komodo Dragon on Smithsonian national zoological park! http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Support/AdoptSpecies/AnimalInfo/KDragon/default.cfm

Written by Julia Acton

Newsletter-1/18/12

Here is the link to the first Ecological Cupcake Newsletter. I hope you enjoy the stories and maybe even enter a contest! Thank You so much and enjoy the rest of the week! Download Newsletter

Contest of the week

This week's contest is to enter your best picture of snow, this can be anything from your cousin as a snowman or your favorite pet playing in the snow! Please post your entrees as comments until I get an email for you to send them to, and remember that this contest is running from now to January 23rd 2012. Have fun taking those snow pictures!

WELCOME!

Hi, welcome to my blog the Ecological Cupcake! I hope you enjoy finding tips and tricks on making your life a little more Eco-friendly one step at a time. Soon we will have our first newsletter coming out and a new site! Thanks for all of your support and I hope to be hearing from you soon!