Author: Delores Savas

EcoWatch: Toxic sunscreens are harmful to our oceans

“Sunscreen is a surprising culprit of ocean pollution, and one that’s getting the attention it deserves. Not only are the chemicals in sunscreens damaging to marine life and reefs butthey’re also absorbed...

EcoWatch: July 4th is more than fireworks and hot dogs

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,...

EcoWatch: Sea turtles vs Plastics = Demise

“Sea turtles have stood the test of time. They are among the oldest living creatures on Earth. Their origins date back at least 110 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. But plastic pollution...

EcoWatch: Entrust those memories of the dads of yesterday

“The quality of a fathercan be seen in the goals, dreams, and aspirations he sets not only for himselfbut for his family.” Reed Markham, professor, and author of Communication at Dayton State...

EcoWatch: The plight of the oceans is a cause for alarm

“The ocean is the lifebloodof our world.If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so muchby overfishing,or if were to lose some of our favorite beaches to over-building and pollution,then how...

EcoWatch: Just when you think it can’t get any worse

“We can see from space how the human race has changed the earth. Nearly all the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used as agricultural or urban development. The polar ice-caps are...

EcoWatch: What does Memorial Day symbolize in 2024?

“We are notorious for ‘running around self-righteously declaring our rights to this and to that. But if we were to reflect upon the millions ‘ran’ across bloodied battlefields so that we would have...

EcoWatch: What shade of green do you prefer?

“As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life – a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough...

EcoWatch: A Mother’s work is never done

“Mothers are the gardenersof the wind-blown wildflowers.They water them with happy tears. Happy with them for many yearseven as the hours ring with sweet,sad melodies sighing through their bowers.” –Nicholas...

EcoWatch: Make Earth Day more than just for one day

“There will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish by 2050.” Universal comment Earth Day will be celebrated this year on April 22, 2024. It was born in 1970 when millions of people...