From everything I'm hearing - this is great news!  Most environmental groups are saying this is the 1st step in long-term funding that's really needed to protect and save our coasts!

Here's where the money goes:

$35.6 million total investment
$19 million to start construction of wetlands restoration projects
$16.6 million to conduct pre-construction studies

The stars come out to ask us all to "be the one"

http://www.restorethegulf.com

(sorry the audio is a little off...don't know why)

This is video from my wknd at the beach...

This beautiful song and the tragic images from the Gulf Coast oil disaster remind us that we have a choice to leave a better world for our children.  The song is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as sung by the cast of Glee.  The images...are our Coast.

Goodwill gave us some suggestions on recycling and clutter clean-up that I wanted to share...

Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz, the Preservation Hall Band, Trombone Shorty, and Tim Robbins teamed up recently to record It Ain't My Fault to benefit Gulf Aid, a nonprofit created in response to the oil spill off the Louisiana Coast. Check out the video above and if you're interested in donating to the cause, please visit http://GulfAid.org