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Is Paper Or Plastic Environmentally Better? - Neither, Try Reusable Cloth Bags Instead
Plastic grocery bags have replaced the common paper bag as the most used method for carrying the weekly food purchased from the store. Grocery stores prefer plastic as it costs only twenty five percent of what it would cost to make a paper sack.
Dead Birds Fall From Sky: 5 Possible Causes of Bird Deaths
This month, news about dead birds falling from the sky might have reached you. No one has a clear explanation why dead birds fall from the sky without any visible injuries, but here are 5 of the highly possible causes of their deaths.
It's About Time
How long does one think that Congress will have to do a tiptoe dance around the under currents of an auto and oil industry filibustering or otherwise halting what most consider to be progressive technology that is good for global commerce and mother earth. With all the technological advances of auto
That's Not A Proper Card - It's Not Made Of Paper!
An article describing the need to save our trees. Explaining why we need trees to sustain our environment. Encouraging readers to ask at least one person to send digital greetings cards instead of paper ones.
Oil Spill Cleanup Methods
On November 21, 2004, the coastal waters of Newfoundland had the sheen that was not a good sheen, and it was a spill of crude oil. Nearly 170,000 gallons of oil were spilled at the drilling platform of Terra Nova, off the southeast coast, which has created a slick approximately nine kilometers long
The Truth Behind Toilet Paper and the Environment
I'll admit it, before I was concerned about the environment, I used toilet paper without thinking about the negative impact it may have on the environment. We all just wipe our bottoms with it after doing our business, place it in the toilet bowl, flush our human and paper wastes down the septi
Finding a Solution For Water Allocation and Management in Australia
Water usage in Australia has become an issue which needs immediate attention. Australia is in a position, where it must take rapid action to manage water allocation and reuse more effectively. Otherwise, Australia will not be able to supply its growing water needs in the next few years.
Top 5 Green Search Engines & Directories From Around the World
A growing number of green search engines and directories are sprouting up around the world. But with the growing number of companies using green washing to promote their businesses, how do you know which resources are providing you genuine green results?
How to Waste Not, Want Not
Have you every thought- what a wonderful world this would be- if we treasured and respected it? Our earth gives us so much, in beauty, resources and enjoyment, but like all good things, it needs to be nurtured in order for it to be able to continue sustaining us as we depend upon it. Read on to disc
Fact: Having Dugongs Around Is a Good Idea
Dugongs keep seagrass beds healthy and healthy seagrass beds mean healthy fisheries. And that is where disappearing dugongs can hurt most. A collapse in the local fishing scene not only means less fish to be bought at the local wet market, it also means less jobs for people in the industry - people
Polylactic Acid - PLA Bioplastic
Polylactic acid, or PLA bioplastic, is a kind of bioplastic produced by processing many kinds of sugar rich materials, such as corns, cane sugar, soybeans, cassavas, and beets. It can also be produced from agriculture industrial waste, such as molasses and bagasses. PLA bioplastic has the highest po
Causes and Effects of Acid Rain
Acid rain is caused because of the oxides of sulfur and nitrogen which combine with the moisture present in the atmosphere to form acids like sulfuric acid and nitric acid. These acids can spread to various places via rain and so, the term acid rain emerges. Sulfur dioxide is a colorless gas, which
Ewaste Recycling Protects More Than The Environment
Ever wondered what happens to all of your personal information when you discard your year-old laptop for the latest, more efficient model? It certainly pays to give this some serious thought. Ewaste recycling companies provide a physical data destruction service whereby hard drives are taken apart a
How Important Are Rainforests to Our Global Ecosystem?
Do you care about the rainforests? Do you understand their full importance in the global ecosystem? We need to save them, but why, and how? Read on for more information on how on earth we can save the rainforests.
Why We Should Use Carbon Offsets?
We need to deal with the challenge of dealing with the impact of carbon emissions is an area that has been long overlooked by the global community. Many nations have made strides to promote the need to Reduce Carbon Emissions. It's time to wake up and explore how you can make a difference in th
Life in Forests
Trees are the pillars of the forest upon which much of the other forest life is shaped. Associated with them, there may be more than a thousand kinds of shrubs, vines, herbs, ferns, mosses, and toadstool, even in a small area of forest. Using trees as support, the smaller plants grow in their shade,
Can Paper Bags Substitute Plastic Bags?
Bags hold an important place in our lives. They are sometimes referred to as the best personal carriers. They are made of various stuffs like cotton, synthetic, leather and so. But when it comes to general usage like for shopping, the names of two types of bags viz. plastic made and paper made bags
Indoor Environmental Exposures and Exacerbation of Asthma
This review provides a comprehensive update on specific indoor environmental exposures which might cause exacerbation of asthma.
Sick Environmentalism: Prescription for Change
Each one of us is a world unto ourselves, composed of various ecosystems analogous to forests, deserts, wetlands and caves. Our bodies are inhabited by hordes of bacteria fighting for survival on our human planet, living among fungi forests and yeast gardens grazed by mites and lice and uncountable
2012 - Will The World End?
Known worldwide by different titles, be it the time of trials, judgment day, Armageddon, or the great purification, even the end of time. What is certain is that 2012 is a time of great change, for the earth and the human race. Will it really be the end of the world - or a new beginning? Maybe you a