Nita Charlton-Gomes has operated HB Business Consulting Services & Solutions in Huntington Beach, California, since 2015. Interested in giving back to the community, Nita Charlton-Gomes donates to the Surfrider Foundation.
The Surfrider Foundation is a network of people dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans and beaches. The organization’s Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) program is designed to reduce human defilement of these essential resources.
Water runoff is the largest source of ocean pollution from urban areas. Runoff is not only a waste of water, which could be used to irrigate the surrounding landscape and refill groundwater reserves, but it also leads to dangerous flooding.
The OFG views the streets and landscapes as a means to control water pollution, noting that correctly designed land can capture rainwater and filter it through the soil before it is channeled into the ocean.
Surfrider chapters disseminate critical information on techniques to reduce pollution through water runoff to both homeowners and landscaping professionals. They also lobby local governments to incorporate OFG thinking into their development policies.
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