The Importance of Going Green

Every day we experience weather changes and world catastrophes caused by global warming, erosion, and other ecological changes the Earth has experienced over the past century. Complete rain forests have been destroyed, never to grow back. The planet is dying – poisoned by all the toxic waste and pollution we have released upon it. Read more..

Heirloom Seeds – Help Save The Planet

Heirloom seeds have made a dramatic comeback in recent years. It is said that there are more than 5,000 heirloom tomato varieties alone. But heirloom seeds are much more than tomatoes, each variety has its own life story. Each seed has been sown, cultivated, harvested, saved, and passed on, often for hundreds of years, down through the generations. Read more..

Going Green: Starting with your Home

Have you considered going green? Going green is essentially to save our planet from the obvious doom ahead (if nothing is done). Going green is a term that has picked up a lot of steam, and is sure to continue growing in the years to come, because awareness will keep growing. Unfortunately, some people just do not know how important it is to go green as well as live a green life. That being said, learning how to go green in the comfort of your own home or your workplace is not as hard as you may think. Read more..

The girl who silenced the world at the U.N. for 5 minutes

In 1992, 12 year old Severn Suziki addressed the United Nations conference in Rio de Janiero expressing her concerns over environmental issues. Many of the UN members cried. She got a standing ovation. This one speech became a viral phenomenon. Her words are just as relevant today as they were 17 years ago, if not more so. It’s time we listen to them again. Read more..

What is your carbon footprint?

If you’re reading this, then you are interested in learning more about pollution and ways to reduce it. You want to know how much you contribute to global warming, and you want to understand all the ways in which your lifestyle affects our Earth. Hopefully, you also want to take the next step of doing something about it. Read more..

Don’t Flush Your Unused Medications Down the Toilet!

For years, safety experts have been telling us to flush unused prescription medications down the toilet. We were told that it was very dangerous to keep these products lying around. They could be injested by someone other than the person for whom they were prescribed or worse yet, taken by small children or used as recreational drugs. Flushing them down the toilet was considered a safe and effective way to dispose of these unused or outdated prescriptions. Read more..

Can Mushrooms Save The World?

Paul Stamets seems to think so. A lot of the content of this video went right over my head the first time, but I got the gist of it. I’ll be watching it again, several times over, because I think it’s that important. I knew a few things about fungi to begin with, and I’ve always been fascinated by them. When I started learning more about Chinese medicinal mushrooms I felt like I was finally getting to the real awesome power of these incredible beings. But this video just blew me away. The implications for restoring the environment and undoing some of the damage we have done is huge. See for yourself, and leave a comment to let me know what you think.

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Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge

If you’re here because you’re looking to make changes in your lifestyle to lessen your impact on the environment and learn more so you can make greener choices, I applaud you. The small changes you make do make a big difference. It’s also important to lead by example, it’s one of the best ways to inspire and motivate change in those around you. But there’s also something else that I feel is very important, a way for us to collectively make a huge difference outside our own life and sphere of influence. Ironically, it’s also one of the easiest things to do. Read more..

What Are Fossil Fuels

Because the supply of energy to our homes and offices is so built-in and easy to use we can take it for granted. You plug an appliance into the wall socket, throw the switch and it works. But where does the energy flowing into your home come from? How is it created? Most importantly, what’s the cost to the environment? Read more..

Leaving Computers on Overnight Costs $2.8 Billion a Year in US Alone

A new study estimates the cost of leaving computers on overnight at a staggering $2.8 billion a year, and that’s in the U.S. alone. Considering it takes less than a minute to shut down a computer (that’s if you have a dozen applications to close first), and a few minutes to boot up the next morning (which the computer can be doing while you’re preparing your favorite morning beverage), it’s utterly irresponsible to not shut your computer down each night. Read more..

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