SOLAR 2006 - Renewable Energy: Key to Climate Recovery July 7-13 in Denver`
Global Climate Change – and its link to burning fossil fuels – now appears in the news on a daily basis. In a showcase of Renewable Energy as the key to Climate Recovery, the American Solar Energy Society will hold its SOLAR 2006 National Conference (www.solar2006.org) July 7-13 at the AdamÂ’s Mark Hotel […]
Reuse in the Workshop
Reuse in the Workshop(476 words)
The workshop is a great place for reusing items formally destined for the landfill. Even if you do not have a shop or craft area you can always donate the items mentioned in the following paragraphs to friends, schools, shops, youth centersÂ… The concept of reusing is as limitless as your […]
Schools - Green and Clean
Now that you are settled back at school it is a good time to think about how you can help the planet by making your classroom and school environmentally friendly. Here are some ideas to get you started:
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Start a program to save the trees.
Did you know that paper comes from trees? Take good […]
Poisons From Your PC
You may be healthy right now…. but you’re sitting in front of a big toxic timebomb when you compute.
Your PC (personal computer) contains many of the most dangerous hemicals on earth, and they are building up continually at a location near you!
Manufacturers have sealed the toxins inside, but the dumping of obsolete […]
Recycling Cell Phones
Recycle Cell PhonesTechnological advancements providing users with improved reception through integrated antenna systems, reduced size and weight of cell phones, along with numerous feature sets, and storage improvements have caused the bulk of cellular phone users and enthusiasts to upgrade to new and improved handsets. The low cost of cell phones and the added technological […]
Chemicals We Live With
Chemicals We Live With
Think what it must have been like to live in the days before chemicals, when the earth was clean! The Indians drank pure water and grew pure food and the meat was grass fed and good.
Now there are chemicals in everything; our food, our water, our clothes, all the products […]
Our Essentials Evolution
It is so important and primary in nature that lack of it leads to invention. Talking in objective terms, necessity is about two meals a day, water and clothing to protect from extremities of temperature. We cannot live until these necessities are fulfilled. Necessities are usually at the physiological level.
Moving on to comforts, […]
Conserving for whom
The west is in a drought. Along with other measures being recommended or required, weÂ’ve been asked to conserve water. Great. ItÂ’s good to conserve. After all, being frugal, dependent on less, and keeping oneÂ’s environment uncluttered and unpolluted do far more to enhance quality of life than do frantic consumption and the over accumulation […]
CO2, Global Warming, and Pollen-Allergies
CO2, Global Warming, and Pollen-Allergies
Thomas Ogren
The benefits of added organic matter to the soil have long been known and are usually attributed to increased nitrogen, greater water-holding capacity and an increase in activity of soil earthworms and microbes. But experiments have shown that the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) release that accompanies added organic matter […]
How to Dial Up a Recycling Solution for Your Cell Phone
Would you care to offer an opinion on what a person should do with his obsolete cell phone? Now, now… We don’t want to hear about what you thought that guy who was talking on his cell phone during the movie should do with it… The bad manners of a few people aside, cell phones […]