Local pet groomer donates hair to oil spill – May 2010

Dreadlocks for Dingoes, a Minneapolis-based pet groomer, is donating all of the hair and fur that it cuts to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf. The donated hair will be sent to Matter of Trust, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that will manufacture...
MSNBC – Hair booms piling up around the Gulf, unused and ready

MSNBC – Hair booms piling up around the Gulf, unused and ready

Making hair booms in Mobile. Photo courtesy of Amanda Bacon Thanks, everyone, who helped with finding out more about those hair booms or mats folks are donating clippings for to help protect the Gulf Coast. BP says its responders aren’t using the hair booms because...

Alpacas to Help Fight Gulf Spill? – May 2010

Four alpacas at an Alabama zoo are “donating” fleece to a group making hair-filled booms designed to keep spilled oil away from U.S. Gulf Coast shores. © 2010 National Geographic; Videographer & Field Producer: Fritz Faerber Related Nature Fighting...
Hair clippings to help with oil clean-up

Hair clippings to help with oil clean-up

VIRGINIA BEACH — ‘It’s all our water,’ says Dave Dunlap as he sits in a salon chair. ‘We’ve got to take care of it, and if this helps, that’s the best way to do it.’ With his hair clippings falling to the ground at Sport...
Southwest Georgians help oil spill crises in Gulf

Southwest Georgians help oil spill crises in Gulf

Fri, 14 May 2010 21:41:53 GMT — Oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico but if you’d like to help it doesn’t take much. Hot Headz Salon in Leesburg is challenging hair salons across Southwest Georgia to collect as much hair as they can to help out...