photo: 2010 Surfrider Foundation Wavemaker Awards - Jim Moriarty (Surfrider CEO), Julie Lawson (Surfrider DC), Belinda Smith (Surfrider San Diego), Galen Lawson (Surfrider DC)
My good friend Julie Lawson, the Chair (President) of the Washington, DC Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, has been deeply involved with the effort to reduce the number of paper and plastic bags used in the Washington, DC area and improve the health of DC's Anacostia River and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
photo: The Lawsons created this logo for use by the coalition that helped pass the DC bag bill.
As a result of all Surfrider DC's work, Washington, DC businesses that sell food items must now charge consumers 5 cents for each plastic or paper bag that a consumer accepts at the check-out counter, thereby encouraging consumers to use re-usable bags.
Check out this great interview that Julie did recently:
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