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Effects of Acid Rain

Acid rain, like its name suggests, is rainfall that is highly acidic, much more so than normal precipitation. Acid rain is usually a result of human air pollution such as emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds. These compounds react with those in the atmosphere causing acids to be produced and i

Are You a Good Neighbor? Six Ways to Support Urban Farming

Do you care about the environment and want to make a greater impact closer to home? Maybe you should try eating locally. That is eat locally grown food and support local businesses. Here's how you can do that and make a positive change in your life too.

Effective Cooling Tower Water Treatment

Adverse water conditions require intelligent water treatment strategies to adequately maintain water cooled equipment. Proper management of the characteristics of the cooling tower sump water along with maintaining good tower hygiene in general accomplishes at least four positive things.

The Concept of Degradable Bags

Degradable Bags were introduced into the market during a time when all nations showed concern on the pollution of the environment. Most products in the market was made from the common plastics which did not break down, eventually taking landfill waste a great number of years to degrade. Thus came in

Peak Oil - A Cuban Case Study

Cuba suffered an economic shock when the Soviet Union collapsedin 1990. For the previous 30 years it had been receivingsubstantial support, including technical assistance and cheapoil in exchange for sugar. All this stopped almost overnight.

You Can Run Your Car on Water

With all the fuss about global warming people are finding ways on how to use more eco-friendly products that could lessen threats to the environment. With all the kinds of pollution nowadays, especially air pollution, there are now a lot of new gadgets or thing-a-mad-jigs that are powered by the sun

New II Remains the Most Cost Effective Edge Tek Cleaning Solvent

New II is a cleaning solvent is an environmentally preferred solvent that is commonly used for parts washing in Inland Technology's Edge Tek Filtration, Partswashing System. However, despite New II's 10-year reputation for excellence, with not a single customer complaint about New II'

The Meaning of the Gulf Oil Spill - A Message For Our Time

The Gulf oil spill has affected people everywhere, not just those living in close proximity. Everywhere, concerned citizens of the planet are not only questioning what the owners of the exploded rig can now do to stop the ever increasing spillage, but also how such a thing could happen and at what c

Prepare Now

More and more around me people are starting to change and ask questions. More and more people get concerned by how their life has brought them to have nothing and actually work and get caught in the spiral of perpetual movement towards some kind of destination that seems not to reach anywhere. Then

The Extreme Green Solutions

I love when I hear of some of the ideas people have to save the earth. It reminds me of a scene in the movie Brewster's Millions, where a man is pitching Richard Pryor an idea to put engines in huge icebergs and drive them to the Middle East to cut down on the price of ice water. I love that sc

How To Save Energy To Save The Planet - Three Tips

One of the major topics of discussion these days is the things that can be done to take better care of the planet. If this is a topic that interests you, here is a look at some of the things you can do yourself!

Skip Hire Facts - Should You Be Hiring One?

Skips are often seen on construction sites, but they are available for household and business waste, enabling you to eliminate more waste without having to run back and forth to your local recycling and waste centre. Skips were introduced to the United Kingdom in the 1960's and the idea was Ger

The Evolution Revolution: On Speed and the Art of Being

Do you remember the tigers in "Little Black Sambo" racing around the tree? Eventually they went so fast that they turned into a puddle of butter. It seems that the 21st Century has pushed us into hyper drive --and I do mean hyper.

Residential Solar Energy Systems Power the Witchcliffe Eco-Village

Solar energy in the forms of passive solar design of the houses, photovoltaic panels and solar water heating all will form a lynch pin to make this development a truly 'micro solar' economy. When combined with the organic approaches to water collection, grey water and waste recycling and t

EMR Systems, Environment Friendly Healthcare

EMR Systems are not very old in USA; in fact a significant drop in the usage and sales of EMR Systems was recorded after the HIPPA act 1996 became effective. Practices and individual physicians were shy using EMR Systems to avoid any type of identity, and critical personal information complications.

The Green Benefits of Having Trees

Trees offer a bevy of environmental benefits to both man and nature. Learn more about the major benefits trees offer the world.