Pesticide-Free Pledge

Two young children sitting in the grass

Pesticides are agents (including insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides) that are designed to kill living organisms. But they don't just kill the "pest," they can harm other creatures, too. Many common chemical pesticides are dangerous and can cause ill health effects in people, pets and wildlife when exposure occurs. Over time, repeated or severe exposures can lead to serious illnesses, cancer and birth defects.

Take the Pesticide-Free Pledge to keep your home, yard and garden free from toxic pesticides!

Most issues that you encounter in your home, yard or garden can be avoided or solved using ecological alternatives. That means being pesticide-free isn't just better for the environment, it's also easy!

Let the community know you took the pesticide-free pledge! Showcase your healthy home or yard by posting a photo of your yard on social media with the hashtag #pesticidefreepledge

"To help protect the environment, my health, and the health of others, I pledge to avoid using synthetic pesticides in my home, yard and garden."

398 pledges
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  • Karen Delisle
    endorsed 2017-03-16 12:48:58 -0700
  • Natali Y
    endorsed 2017-03-08 18:22:30 -0800
  • Miria Kutcher
    endorsed 2017-03-08 14:38:06 -0800
  • Addie Jacobson
    endorsed 2017-03-02 20:41:54 -0800
  • Patricia Holzheimer
    endorsed 2017-03-02 09:08:20 -0800
  • Paul Edwards
    endorsed 2017-02-28 17:05:20 -0800
  • Lindsey Fenstermaker
    endorsed 2017-02-20 16:29:54 -0800
  • Rebecca Malik
    endorsed 2017-01-31 19:34:19 -0800
  • Laura Hoover
    endorsed 2017-01-12 20:41:00 -0800
  • Alison Reintjes
    endorsed 2016-11-17 11:20:02 -0800
  • Terri Mooney
    endorsed 2016-10-04 21:15:12 -0700
    Pesticides and herbicides have been sprayed in our town for years now in the name of weed management imposed by our county. Tordon, Carbaryl, Transline, Milatone to name a few. Disease rates have escalated in our area, though no doubt GMO foods also contribute to cause. Lincoln, Montana go pesticide – herbicide free!
  • josh fairleigh
    endorsed 2016-08-27 19:54:56 -0700
  • anderson leite
    endorsed 2016-08-12 10:11:51 -0700
    Go Organic!!!
  • Judy Lechowicz
    endorsed 2016-06-12 09:48:53 -0700
  • Viviane Marescot
    endorsed 2016-06-08 14:40:13 -0700
  • Kristina Townsend
    endorsed 2016-06-06 12:51:26 -0700
  • dana entler
    endorsed 2016-05-26 11:46:44 -0700
  • Michele Todd
    endorsed 2016-05-07 19:08:11 -0700
  • Carrie Santti
    endorsed 2016-05-05 11:18:22 -0700
  • Kristina Townsend
    endorsed via 2016-05-02 14:06:35 -0700
    Thank you!! My daughter was poisoned by Round up READY sprayed next door to us She ended up in hospital, my dog suffered severe chemical burns on her paws and I had stroke symptoms Any time the toxic chemicals get released they all have consequences seen and unseen THEY NEED TO GO!!!
  • Amy Weinheimer
    endorsed 2016-04-23 21:32:39 -0700
  • Katie Beebe
    endorsed 2016-04-12 16:03:57 -0700
  • Jeff Cope
    endorsed 2016-03-26 15:23:56 -0700
    I encourage other Corvallis Residents to take the pledge
  • gilles seigneurgens
    endorsed 2016-03-09 03:17:45 -0800
  • Kayla Gibson
    endorsed 2016-03-06 12:09:06 -0800
  • Annie Odean
    endorsed 2016-02-10 11:28:46 -0800
    Thank you for all the work you do and for the incredible wealth of information on your website. I have known about NCAP for decades and I with others here in CG are working to get South Lane School District to stop spraying herbicides in the spring. I’m raising holy hell so to speak! We worked on educating the district staff last spring after applications were made and now we are doing our best to make sure it doesn’t happen again this spring!!!!! I have downloaded and printed info on 2,4,D Glyphosate and Dicamba. This will help our argument for safe alternatives. District staff need “suggestions” of safe alternatives. Industrial strength vinegar is on this list of alternatives. Mechanical methods of course are effective but have been explained as “uneconomical and impractical” due to lack of “manpower available”. (This is where I want to gnash my teeth! ( – : ) I am going to look further on your site for ALTERNATIVES.
  • Jackie Rodgers
    endorsed 2016-02-04 09:23:32 -0800
    Aloha!

    Here on Maui the Department of Transportation stopped using Roundup two years ago, replacing this herbicide with Avenger. This is an organic herbicide made from orange oil that is approved by the EPA and allowed in Hawaii. We are trying to educate everyone here on this tiny island to stop using Glyphosate and use alternative methods that are safe for the environment and the Aina.

    A large group of Landscapers and hotels continue to use this product without reading the 4 hours re-entry violation written on the MSDS, exposing everyone to the chemical. The Park and Recreation Department are heavy users of this product. DLNR are also heavy users. We have documentation that are are spraying around children and in area that contaminate our reefs. The County of Maui has yet to stop using this product knowing that it is dangerous to the public. Education is the key, and we are trying very hard to get the word out and convince them to change the procedures they have been doing for so long. Make them understand how fragile this environment is and we need to start thinking about protecting it at all costs. We have Monsanto doing experimental testing here on Maui, exposing the surrounding homes with multiple spray schedules, stacking toxic chemicals and not thinking twice about the thousands of people here on the islands that are getting sick from the exposure. Education is the key, and we need as much help as we can possible get from everyone here in Hawaii and those who want to see Hawaii as the picture perfect Paradise from around the world. Our government protects large corporations and allows them to use Hawaii for profit. We have to introduce Stewardship into the minds of everyone who lives here. We have to protect and defend this tiny land mass from the constant bombardment of pesticides that are being used by everyone. Our reefs are dying and the soil in contaminated by atrazine, 2,4D, roundup, coal ash, mercury, polado, arsenic and so many others that are imported into Hawaii without any thought about how this will end for Paradise as we once knew it to be. Our native birds are almost extinct, the fish on our reefs are disappearing, the water we drink is contaminated with pesticides.

    We are trying to make a difference, but we need a lot of help.

    Thank you for listening,

    Jackie in Kihei
  • Jackie Rodgers
    endorsed 2016-02-04 09:23:30 -0800
    Aloha!

    Here on Maui the Department of Transportation stopped using Roundup two years ago, replacing this herbicide with Avenger. This is an organic herbicide made from orange oil that is approved by the EPA and allowed in Hawaii. We are trying to educate everyone here on this tiny island to stop using Glyphosate and use alternative methods that are safe for the environment and the Aina.

    A large group of Landscapers and hotels continue to use this product without reading the 4 hours re-entry violation written on the MSDS, exposing everyone to the chemical. The Park and Recreation Department are heavy users of this product. DLNR are also heavy users. We have documentation that are are spraying around children and in area that contaminate our reefs. The County of Maui has yet to stop using this product knowing that it is dangerous to the public. Education is the key, and we are trying very hard to get the word out and convince them to change the procedures they have been doing for so long. Make them understand how fragile this environment is and we need to start thinking about protecting it at all costs. We have Monsanto doing experimental testing here on Maui, exposing the surrounding homes with multiple spray schedules, stacking toxic chemicals and not thinking twice about the thousands of people here on the islands that are getting sick from the exposure. Education is the key, and we need as much help as we can possible get from everyone here in Hawaii and those who want to see Hawaii as the picture perfect Paradise from around the world. Our government protects large corporations and allows them to use Hawaii for profit. We have to introduce Stewardship into the minds of everyone who lives here. We have to protect and defend this tiny land mass from the constant bombardment of pesticides that are being used by everyone. Our reefs are dying and the soil in contaminated by atrazine, 2,4D, roundup, coal ash, mercury, polado, arsenic and so many others that are imported into Hawaii without any thought about how this will end for Paradise as we once knew it to be. Our native birds are almost extinct, the fish on our reefs are disappearing, the water we drink is contaminated with pesticides.

    We are trying to make a difference, but we need a lot of help.

    Thank you for listening,

    Jackie in Kihei
  • Christopher Endler
    endorsed 2016-01-04 12:51:10 -0800
  • Chloe Thompson
    endorsed via 2015-11-18 16:00:25 -0800