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- Vehicle Emissions
[News-and-Society:Environmental] There is no hope that humans will give up the pleasure and convenience machines provide us with - neither should we be asked to do so. But with all the work towards reducing consumption, to increase wild lands, to protect bio-diversity, and to decrease global warming, it is just crazy to allow any of our machines to be manufactured in an environmentally damaging state any longer. Thankfully, manufacturers and governments have been listening to consumers, and as a result, our machines and industries are being improved. However, we must not release the pressure on them to continue improving their policies and help create a healthier planet.
- Used Wrapping Paper - A Great Resource!
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] A great way to reuse wrapping paper and paperboard boxes is to create beautiful, and reusable, gift bags and gift boxes. The term "paperboard boxes" refers to cereal, cracker or pasta boxes and the like.
- 5 Fun and Eco-Friendly Crafty Gift Ideas
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Gifts] The joy of the holidays is making its way into our homes and offices, but there are a lot of people out there on constrained budgets, while others want to instill conscious living patterns in their children. Families are aching to spend time together, but sometimes, they just don't know what to do that would be fun for everyone.
- Looking For Alternative Eco-Gifts?
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Gifts] Looking for alternative ecologically friendly gifts this year? Consider purchasing a set of large, sturdy square bottomed reusable bags. There are a lot of varieties to choose from, but may I suggest those that are created from recycled plastic bottles - these are fantastic, very strong and a great way to support the waste-to-resource system that feeds a sustainable planet. Plastic litter is a huge concern.
- Green Holidays
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] Christmas is responsible for more waste and consumption than any other holiday. North American's trash contributions to the landfill increase by 25% during this time of year - which equates to a minimum of 25 million extra tons of garbage going to the landfill. By recognizing the incredible waste that is generated the urgency to do something becomes apparent.
- Saving Energy in the Kitchen
[Home-Improvement:Energy-Efficiency] The kitchen, with all its appliances, gadgets and heat, is a real hot spot for potential energy saving. As the oven uses the most energy and creates a vast amount of heat while cooking foods, it is a good place to start.
- Spring Into Lawn Mowing
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Ahh. Spring arrives with the beautiful twittering of birds preparing their nests for the unborn. What - can't hear them?
- Efficiency Equals Reduction
[Home-and-Family] Imagine that if at the grocery store the person bagging your purchases left empty, unused spaces in each bag causing you to carry 10 instead of 5 bags out to your car then into your home. You would be investing some extra time, energy and space when it was unnecessary. Now transfer that thought to the waste and recycling industry.
- Efficiency Around the Office
[Business:Management] Nearly every office, be it commercial or home-based, may have areas of inefficiency that can be improved upon. We are not talking sales figures or profit margins or budgets, but inefficient waste and resource management. For instance, let us look at some common aspects and consider how consumption can be reduced and how to make better use of resources.
- Reuse Works For the Workshop
[Home-Improvement] 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 centers...
- Garbage in Its Place
[News-and-Society:Environmental] There is nothing worse than seeing garbage blowing down the street of your neighborhood, or finding broken shards of glass at the local swimming hole where children play. Wildlife is just as vulnerable to garbage and many have lost their lives after becoming tangled in waste or mistaking garbage for food. It is up to each of us to make an effort to minimize this unsightly, and sometimes hazardous, problem.
- Water Conservation in the Kitchen
[Home-Improvement:Energy-Efficiency] It can sometimes be difficult to visualize the importance and direct effect simple conservation efforts can have when we are bombarded with negative information regularly. Lets take a look at what a few changes in the activities around the kitchen sink can do. Rather than running the tap when cleaning vegetables, use a bowl of water.
- Clean Vacationing
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] It feels very good to clear up a beach of shards of broken glass hiding just below the surface before an unwary swimmer splashes into it. It does not, however, feel as good to find a large fish hook by imbedding it in the bottom of your foot.
- Extend the Life of Books and Magazines
[Home-and-Family] Promote reading in your community, reduce clutter around your home and your contribution of waste to the landfill, save a buck and benefit a charity while you are at it. Just how are you supposed to do all this?...
- Top Tips For an Eco-Year
[News-and-Society:Environmental] In the year's 2004 and 2005, the authors of Trash Talk offered a service called Tip of the Month which offered money-saving tips that enabled people to look at waste as a resource. Here are some of the top tips: May - Cardboard works great for weed control in the yard or garden. Lay out the flattened cardboard first making sure to overlap it by at least six inches.
- Winter Blues
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Frustrated by the over-commercialization of the holiday season? It is easy to feel annoyed when we see people "into" the spirit of being a nice person for this short period of time only. A lot of talk and a lot of noise along with the pressure to buy, buy, buy - others find the holidays a time of additional stress because they are alone. Many of us dream of attaining a simpler lifestyle and we can see the demand by all the information posted online and the newsletters on living a more simplistic or sustainable life...
- Growing Green Kids
[News-and-Society:Environmental] The Internet is a wonderful place and a powerful tool for today's society to teach children about the environment. In schools, there are programs dealing with recycling, environmental health, litter and other ecological programs. Younger children and arts classes make use of free materials
- Energy Aware and Waste Wise
[News-and-Society:Environmental] Constantly bombarded with negative information about the environment, finances and natural resources? Feeling overwhelmed? Each and every one of us can do something to help our world - starting right where we are, right now.
- Winter Time Savings!
[Home-Improvement:Energy-Efficiency] A few, reasonably inexpensive ways for you to save some money this winter and every winter to come for many years. You can feel pride in that you are a conscious and responsible consumer of resources. You will also feel a lot cozier in your warm draft-free home.
- Making Drums
[Book-Reviews:Music] When I received my copy of Making Drums for review I knew at first glance that I had come upon something great. As a drum maker and photographer myself I could really appreciate the work that obviously went into the collection of images for all the drums discussed. I believe it would make a great coffee table book based on the images alone!
- The Valuable Individual
[News-and-Society:Environmental] How can we, as individuals, participate in waste management? Because some of us are so overwhelmed with Earth's problems, we feel that our contributions have no real consequence in the end. For others, social barriers can be an issue.
- Gardening For Life
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] For many years, my family has been dedicated to preserving rare and endangered garden seeds. We tried the hybrids, but after a while we realized they were just not performing like the old varieties. Whether it was small yields or poor tolerance to heat waves there always seemed to be something wrong with them. About 22 years ago we became members of Canada's Heritage Seed Program - now known as Seeds of Diversity Canada - and have never looked back.
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