Saving Earth

Thinking about your New Years resolutions like finally stop smoking, trim your spending, or lose ten pounds?Hey don’t forget about the environment when it need you efforts to protect it the most.Here are simple green new year resolutions that will take the least effort but have a great impact.

No “standby mode”

No need to have the TV in constant standby mode just so your remote will work and no need to have that computer and
modem on 24/7 drawing 500 watts just so you can check your email at a moment’s notice.

Buy local, organic food

Buy your food locally whenever possible. Each pound of local food you purchase prevents a quarter pound of global warming (C02) emissions that result from transportation.

Christmas is the season of present giving.So why not give a gift to the environment this year by thinking green at Christmas.

MINIMIZE WRAPPING PAPER

use recyclable wrapping paper (old newspapers will do the job).Or try wrapping gifts in other gifts or hiding gifts in a sock, a bag or pot for extra fun.

TURN DOWN THE HEAT

1-2 degrees really does make a difference on your bill, and in terms of your impact

BUY LOCAL AND FRESH

you will contribute to reducing long transportation use of resources. Also jet-setting food and other goods create tons of carbon dioxide emissions that could be avoided by buying locally produced items.

By the end of 2009, there will have been a 50% drop in the levelised cost – the lifetime cost per kWh before subsidies – of solar power, and a 10% reduction in the levelised cost of other renewable energy sources compared to the end of 2008.
These estimates are the latest fruit of detailed [...]

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This animation show where and when photosynthesis happens around the world as the seasons come and go. The land in the Northern Hemisphere gets greener each spring and summer, an indication of high rates of photosynthesis, and yellow during autumn as most plants become dormant and the amount of photosynthesis decreases. In tropical rainforest areas, [...]

One of a growing number of isolated remnants of ice spires in the crater of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. The snows of Africa’s tallest peak are shrinking rapidly and could vanish altogether in 20 years, due to global warming.