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What to Watch Out For in Keeping The Environment Clean

John Torquato — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:23:30 +0000

Keeping the environment clean is the responsibility of each and every one of us. There are basically two areas that we must always consider when we think on ways to keep our environment clean. These are water and garbage pollution. Dirt pollution can be harmful to people and the wildlife. For instance, cigarette butts, when handled carelessly can be a source of health hazards to people. Apart from cigarette butts, dog fouling also has a great health risk for people in an environment.

We must therefore be careful in the way we treat our environment for the sake of people and wildlife. We can start this from home, taking proper care of our home, avoiding littering the homes is a step towards keeping the environment clean. Community cleaning consciousness should also be developed, where people living in an environment can come together and take care of their environment. Doing this would help to clean dirt pollution at bay in the environment. People on a street can also take it upon themselves to see to the cleaning of their street.

For regular cleaning of an environment, it is advisable to put some rules and regulations down and to appoint officials who would enforce the rules and regulations. To encourage clean environment, fining people who litter the environment would be a step towards stopping people from littering the environment.

Water pollution is another area that we must consider when we talk of keeping our environment clean. Putting an end to water pollution is as important as stopping dirt pollution in the environment. This is very important when we consider that there are many people who depend on normal water for taking care of their daily water needs. One of the ways we can stop water pollution is to always treat sewage before discharging them back into the river.

Many people in urban area may feel that they are not concerned about this because they do not drink from river water. But you will be shocked to discover that river pollution is at the highest around the urban areas. And of course, you know that the water running through your tap is from these rivers we are talking about. Therefore, keeping a nonchalant attitude would not help anybody.Similar Posts:

The Importance of the Going Green Ideas

John Torquato — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:19:35 +0000

You have probably heard that phrase “going green” and wondered what it meant. Some may even take it to mean an act of being a tree hugger. Going green does not mean you have to change your lifestyle totally and become a tree hugger. It entails making small changes in order to go green. A sudden total change may tire you and make you to go back to your old ways. It is advisable to start little by little until you get used to the idea.

Going green has to do with the maintenance of our environment. There are things we do that are not environmentally friendly. There are also things we do that result into waste of resources. When you go green, you will learn to conserve a lot of our resources; both natural and man-made resources. Let me try to explain with an illustration. Now, you brush your teeth daily with your tap running. Going green in this case means you have turn off the tap until you would need it. This may look very minute but the fact is that it matters in the overall effects of going green.

Going green should be a gradual process that everyone must take part in for a better society. Apart from the conservation of energy, another advantage of going green is that it ensures safety of lives. For instance, changing your lawn mower that uses gas for power to an electric mower would definitely conserve energy and reduce the hazards associated with gas. Going green also reduce toxic poison in the environment.

The going green concept is to reduce things that can damage lives and resources to the minimum. And this would be a good idea for everyone to take seriously. If you look at our environment today, you would discover that the human species is in great danger due to the number of risks that we are being exposed to. These risks include health risks, property risks, and so many others. By joining hands together to promote the going green idea, we will be contributing our quota to the reduction of risks that is ravaging our society today.Similar Posts:

Avoid Creating Trash

John Torquato — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:05:17 +0000

According to the Department of Sanitation of the city of New York, the trash production more than doubled between 1960 and 1990, and currently it is about 4.5 pounds per person per day.
Reducing the amounts of trash we produce we could help our environment and also save money, not only directly but also paying less taxes to the government.

To avoid creating trash is easy. A quick example of how to do it is by thinking twice if you really need something before buying it, as the more you buy, the more trash you create.

Other simple and easy tasks also help saving our environment from trash, such as not buying overpackaged things. Here, again you will save money, as the manufacturer would have saved money producing a smaller pack containing more products.

And think about how do you shop for grocery: do you still use those disposable plastic poly bags, or do you already have your own reusable, eco-friendly bag?

As you can notice, you are very responsible for the amount of trash you generate. Do whatever you can to produce less trash and save money while you help the environment.Similar Posts:

Saving Money With Magnetic Generators

John Torquato — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:43:33 +0000

There are many other methods to produce energy but the cheapest method of producing electric energy is a magnetic generator. The motion is generated through magnetic force. Free of cost electrical energy is produced as a magnetic generator works independently and perfectly. This continuously working machine will produce much power than it requires for working. Magnetic generator works in a same way as other generators work. A magnetic generator works independently producing free energy continuously and there is no other machine or power source that is required to run it properly. Many magnetic generator companies are giving very tough time to electricity supplying companies.

You do not need external electric source if you have a magnetic generator with you. A lot of money can be saved if you have your own magnetic generator to produce your own electric energy. Magnetic power generator does not require any other source of energy like solar or wind that works on itself. There is so much power that is produced by it and is enough to run any kind of equipment. Magnetic power generator is safe to use as it is made to perform its functions even at your home. The output of the generator is also much efficient and perfect. There are no side effects of generators like hazardous gases, hazardous chemicals or radiation type of dangers.

Magnetic generator has many advantages like it does not take much space in your home. Magnetic generator works on its own so it does not need external energy like solar energy, wind energy or light energy. Construction is also not expensive and the performance is also much better than others. It reduces your electricity bills and increases your savings. In short, it is safe for all the members of your family including small children.

If you want to make your generator, you do not need to spend a lot of money. Just a proper guidance is required to achieve your target. Click here to access top notch material that tells how to build your own generator, including the components information.Similar Posts:

Save Water, Our Most Precious Resource

John Torquato — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:49:14 +0000

Potable water is a precious resource that seems to be getting scarcer every day and the price of water is going through the roof. In addition, there are some areas in our world that suffer from acute water shortage. We should make every effort to be as conservative as possible with our water use. Saving water is a personal and moral responsibility that should not be ignored. On average we use approximately 300 gallons of water a day for each adult. This is a lot of water and there are several simple and practical things we can do to save water and money.

Here are some saving water tips on how to save water:

1. The most important thing is to check for leaks in pipes and taps. One leaking tap can waste more than 1500 gallons a month. You can start by installing new water efficient taps or tap aerators. It is a cheap way to cut your water usage without even noticing.

2. Many dishwashers can use up to nine gallons of water per load. You can get reduce this by half if you use at least a three star rating dishwasher. Not to worry, dishes will be still as clean as they used to be. In addition, it will be best if you wait until you have a full load in your dishwasher before starting it. If you have a load adjustment button, you can set it to match with the amount of washing you are planning to do. This will save you water and energy.

3. Do not forget about safety if you have an emergency. Make sure that everyone in the house knows where the main water shut-off valve is located. This will save you many gallons of water if a pipe breaks or burst. Test the valve to ensure that you can turn it on and off because it may be old and rusty.

4. Leave your heating on a low setting while you are not at home in winter or in cold weather to prevent broken water pipes and loss of water. Do not forget about hot water pipes insulation too. Water is wasted when taps are running while waiting for the water to get hot enough. If there is a long pipe run between your hot water tank and the kitchen or bathroom, consider installing a separate water heater to save wasting water.

5. If you have a teenager in the house that enjoys thirty minute showers, consider installing a shower timer spigot that turns off the water after ten minutes or installing a showerhead water saving device. This will help bring real time awareness to their water usage and help in saving water.Similar Posts:

Easy Tips to Save Water

John Torquato — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:29:32 +0000

By saving water you are not only helping our environment, but also saving money. The 20 simple tips to save water are as follows:

1. Stop Leakage of water from taps. Around 30 liters of water is wasted by a slow dripping tap in 24 hours.

2. Use the minimum amount of water needed for bath.

3. Don’t waste dirty water .You can use that dirty water to water your plants.

4. Water your garden during early morning or late evening so as to reduce the evaporation.

5. Wash vegetables and fruits in Bowl rather than washing them under tap.

6. Don’t leave the tap open while brushing you teeth or shaving.

7. Wash clothes only when there is full load.

8. Consider using a car duster to remove dust instead of pressure hose.

9. Avoid installation of fountains and other ornamental water features.

10. Prefer broom instead of sprinklers to clean your sidewalks and streets.

11. Don’t flush the toilet unnecessarily and use toilet paper as much as possible.

12. Try to cover your swimming pool when not in use to reduce evaporation.

13. Upgrade older toilets with water efficient models.

14. Try to use Commercial car wash service which recycle water.

15. Promote the conservation of water with posters and media.

16. Use Dip irrigation method for irrigation purposes.

17. Install a rain sensor system on irrigation to save water while its raining.

18. Teach your children to turn off your faucets tightly after each use.

19. Implement rainwater harvesting systems to collect rain water and use it in future.

20. Choose shrubs and groundcovers instead of turf for hard-to-water areas such as steep slopes and isolated strips.Similar Posts:

Tips for Celebrating Earth Day

John Torquato — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:25:13 +0000

Earth Day is the day designated for appreciating the earth’s environment and raising awareness of the issues that threaten it. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970 introduced by Senator Gaylord Nelson, a US senator, to bring environmental issues onto the national political agenda. Earth Day is observed in 175 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit organization Earth Day Network. Earth Day celebrates its 40th birthday this year on April 22nd.

In recognition of Earth Day, here are 5 simple things for the novice greenie to do that not only help save the environment but put money back into your pocket too.

1. Use reusable water bottles

Americans buy more than half a billion bottles of water each week. The issues with bottled water are numerous:

Petroleum is used to make the bottles;
About 27% of the bottles are recycled, the other 73% go into the landfills;
Water, which is available from a tap, is transported from the bottling site to the store and ultimately to our houses causing greenhouse gases along the way;
The FDA only requires that bottled water is as good as tap water. An NRDC study estimates that 25% of bottled water is really just tap water.

To save money and help the environment, buy a reusable water bottle and fill it up with good old tap water. If you do not trust the tap water, using a filter is still much better than buying bottled water.

2. Use reusable plastic bags

Single use bags in particular, plastic, are very bad for the environment. Not only are they made out from petroleum but the recycling rates are low. WorldWatch Inst. estimates that about 100 Billion are used and discarded in the US alone, at the cost of 12 million barrels of oil. Many of those plastic bags end up in landfills and some flow into the ocean and probably join the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which a floating island of trash estimated at twice the size of Texas where plastic particles are more abundant than plankton.

You can find reusable bags at most retail stores these days. Invest in a couple and you can save 300-700 plastic bags a year.

3. Unplug the Vampires

Many power cords suck up energy even if they are switched off, either because the appliance remains on stand-by waiting to be switched on with a remote control or an adapter, disconnected from the device they are supposed to be charging such as a cell phone or lap top, continues to suck up energy. This is known as vampire or phantom energy and can account for about 10% of your residential energy bill. The EPA estimates that the average US household spends $100 a year powering devices that are off. On a national basis, this standby power accounts for more than $10 billion in annual energy costs.

By using a power strip or unplugging unused appliances or power cords can reduce your energy bill as well as save the environment.

4. Eat like a vegetarian once a week

Farming requires fossil fuels to make fertilizer, run tractors, process and transport food. It takes many calories of grains to make one calorie of meat; animals and manure produce greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide. As a result, producing meat emits more greenhouse gases than growing crops. A 2006 United Nation report revealed that the “livestock sector” generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, trains, ships, and planes in the world combined.

Environmental Defense estimates that, “If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted a vegetarian meal, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.”

5. Buy smart

Consumerism, the constant buying and disposing of stuff, leads to a lot of environmental issues, including extraction, manufacture, packaging, transportation and disposal of goods. Limit purchases to what you really need, after all, Reduce is the first of the 3R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

When you do need to buy something invoke the second R, Reuse, and save money by buying through thrift stores, online through Craigslist or eBay, or have fun visiting yard sales.

Have fun celebrating Earth Day 2010, and with these easy tips, save money and help save the planet too.Similar Posts:

Easy Tips to Help Save the Environment

John Torquato — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:47:10 +0000

We all know very well that the life of a living being on planet earth is possible due to the favorable environment around it. Since the ages human beings are consuming this natural source of money in all possible ways. We are causing harm to our fragile environment due to which many problems are arising every day. Climate change, global warming, environmental degradation, ozone depletion, air pollution, water pollution, and land degradation. This is not it; if we will continue harming our environment than the environment we know now will get destroyed completely. So, it is a duty of every human to protect our environment in all possible ways and realize the mistakes which we or our ancestors did many of the times.

Following is the things which every individual should do to save the environment.

Stop using poly bags: Plastic bags or poly bags are non biodegradable. They clog in the drainage and water ways, spoils the landscape. Polythene takes 1000 years to break down. These poly bags are not only a threat to human beings but also to the marine and other animals too. Many birds and animals die after eating this plastic, which chokes in their throats. Also, poly bags require a millions of gallons of petroleum for the preparation.

One should replace the poly bags with the paper bags and the renewable poly bags. One can also take their own carry bag when going for the shopping. Also one can buy in bulk; bulk buying will reduce the use of package material.

Ensure the proper maintenance of your vehicle: Tune up engine of your vehicle will reduce the emission of harmful gases that results in global warming and air pollutions. These gases also are the reasons for the acid rain that harms the many crops. Global warming and ozone layer depletion is caused due to these gases, because of this entire world is in danger, various diseases such as skin diseases arise because of these. These problems can become serious if we will not stop destroying our environment.

Encourage the greenery- grow plants: Humans are the wisest and superior among all the living beings. It is our duty that we all should spread the awareness to our friends, neighbors and children’s. We should encourage the awareness around the globe and also make sure that each of us does the needful things. Together we all can make the difference.Similar Posts:

Take the Earth Hour Challenge!

John Torquato — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:27:45 +0000

Where will you be when the lights go out? Earth Hour 2010 will take place on Saturday, March 27 at 8:30 pm local time. Even though it will spark a tirade of controversy just asking folks to turn off their lights for one hour, let’s see who would rather fight than turn off a switch. In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support and Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future. Do you have what it takes to make such a simple gesture?

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. A year later Earth Hour had become such a global force that more than 50 million people in 35 countries showed their support by switch off for a simple 60 minutes. Icons stood in dark silence as Sydney Harbour Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all did their part as symbols of hope for the future.

This year China’s Forbidden City heads up a list of some of the world’s most iconic landmarks that have confirmed their participation in Earth Hour – including The Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. They will be joined by Italy’s Trevi Fountain in Rome and Leaning Tower of Pisa, Big Ben and Houses of Parliament in London, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, India Gate and Red Fort in Delhi, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul, Hohensalzburg Castle in Salzburg, and Independence Angel in Mexico City. They join a comprehensive list of the world’s great man-made marvels and natural wonders, including the Eiffel Tower, Brandenburg Gate, Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Empire State Building, London Eye, Table Mountain, Christ the Redeemer statue, Sydney Opera House and the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, which will plunge into darkness for Earth Hour

Before you say “Why bother?” or “My contribution won’t make a difference.”, then think on this… Earth Hour has truly managed to raise our awareness of climate change issues. But there’s more to it than switching off your lights for one hour once a year. It’s all about giving people a voice on the future of our planet and working together. Even if you’d rather fight than flick the switch… you are participating. Whether you are an individual, a business, a school or a city, you can show your support for Earth Hour by turning off your lights at 8.30 pm on March 27 wherever you are on the planet. No one is saying you can’t use your computer or watch television. Bake a pizza and eat it by candlelight with your family! All it takes is the guts to show you understand and care enough to take action.

Do you have what it takes to flip the switch?

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Mankind vs Global Warming

John Torquato — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:47:03 +0000

Fast pace of life has made a living on an individual so hectic that nobody even bothers about what is happening at the neighborhood. In such condition preventing the environment is a much bigger issue to be kept into consideration. Due to such an irresponsible behavior of each human, the environment is getting harmed every day. Some of the problems which are affecting the world are global warming, acid rain, air pollution, water pollution, ozone depletion, land destruction, etc. these problems are not only affecting our surrounding, but it is affecting the world as a whole.

The term “global warming” refers to the increase in the average temperature of global surface air and oceans. It occurs due to the increase in the temperature of an atmosphere due to greenhouse gas concentrations like water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane and ozone. Greenhouse gases are those gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The reflecting back of heat energy by the atmosphere is called the “greenhouse effect”. Along with it there are various other problems such as air pollution, water pollution, land destruction which all go hand in hand. It is once said by Havelock Ellis “The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands”. Air pollution is caused basically due to various gases, which are released in the environment, whereas water pollution is caused due to release of harmful chemicals or substances from factories or homes in water which in turn pollutes the water and makes it unsuitable for drinking purpose. Land pollution occurs due to cutting of forests to meet the demand of agricultural land as a result of which erosion of fertile soil occurs, that can affect the growth of vegetables and other farm products. Another common cause that is found in this kind pollution is dumping of chemical waste or nuclear fertile in water or on land, which results in pollution.

If our environment is not saved from such pollution human species will not be able to survive for long. According to Robert Orben, ” there’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all. It’s high time we should put some efforts to save our environment if it’s too late then it will be late for us. As Darryl Cherney says “I’m not an environmentalist. I’m an Earth warrior”. If everyone amongst us starts thinking like this, then with few efforts earth can again become a better place to live in. It just needs a try, so try it!Similar Posts: