Going Green

Each time one additional person recycles a milk jug rather than throwing it into the garbage can, or a family decides to compost their vegetable waste into their garden area to improve the quality of their soil, or a parent teaches their child to recycle pop bottles so that he or she might have a little spare pocket change. Each time a company's head office decides to go green something wonderful happens. A tremendous positive impact on the environment is occurring.

A little less green house gas is being produced, a little less space is being used up by a landfill, and a little less ozone is depleting from our atmosphere. Whenever a little less land and air is being harmed by human created pollution and the effects of all the little acts are added together it amounts to a large difference to our environment. A huge difference in the amount of waste created and a tremendous difference in the amount of air and land pollution that is occurring from the accumulation of that waste.

If just one more person takes the time to remove their old Christmas lighting this year and puts up LED lights instead.

LED bulbs can increase energy efficiency to such a degree that by switching to these tiny miracle bulbs that person can save up to 80% on their holiday electrical consumption.

If just one more person chooses to replace the burned out light bulbs in their home with new energy efficient CFL's, these bulbs use one third the electricity of standard bulbs and last up to ten times longer. So although at first glance these light bulb choices may seem more expensive, in the long run they actually save money, and reduce the impact to our environment caused by the production of electricity.

It just takes one more person to make the decision to car pool to work, or to shut off their vehicle while they run into a store, and this one person will stop unnecessary vehicle emissions from going into the atmosphere. It takes just one person to plant a tree instead of cutting one down to start repairing this same atmosphere.

If takes just one more person who chooses to recycle their pop bottles, plastics, cardboards and glass to reduce the amount of waste filling our dumps. One more person to compost their vegetable waste instead of adding it into an already overflowing landfill and that one person can begin to reduce the harmful effects that those same landfills have on our environment.

Did you know that the average family throws away approximately 200 pounds of vegetable waste each year, and that 23% of all landfill composition is made up of household yard and garden waste that doesn't need to be there, it could have been recycled.

One person alone may not seem to make a large difference, but each person who joins the ever increasing ranks of those who "Go Green", does serve to make an amazing impact on the environment. As a group we are making a tremendous difference to the health of our environment!

It is currently very popular to "Go Green" and schools, churches and businesses are jumping on the band wagon. Awareness for the environment is at an all time high. Individuals who were raised in a "disposable era" are now learning to conserve energy, to compost and to recycle. They are quickly discovering how truly important to the world that they live in, the little changes that they make to their way of day to day living, can be.

They are learning to leave as few environmental footprints on the earth as they are able to, and best of all, they are passing this information along to their children. There is a wave of environmental consciousness being created that will stretch far beyond today into tomorrow's generations. Future generations of children raised to recycle and compost their waste will pass this information on to their children, and those in turn, will pass the information on to their children.

Businesses that participate in recycling programs will rarely cancel such programs, and these environmentally friendly companies will continue to "Go Green" for generally as long as the life of the company continues encouraging other businesses to follow suit.

Global warming is here, the news casts showing its disastrous effects are getting scarier each day, and it is no longer possible to deny its existence. It is real! It is a part of our world, and we are the only ones who can slow down its process. Each and every person counts when it comes to fighting global warming. Don't ever think that you can't be that one person who can make a difference, because you are that person, and you can have a tremendous impact on climate change and all the elements that go into creating it.

It is so easy for just one person to make a tremendous impact.

It just takes one more person.

A writer's thoughts are a little different from those of other individuals. Writers are just always naturally looking for those tiny little pieces of life and living that will become the basis for their next article or story line. Little mental notes made, and tucked away, to be used at a later date.

No opportunity is left unnoticed; even the simple task of yard chores on a sunny summer day, to a writer, means...Using your back yard as an inspiration for writing.

A two year study conducted by NASA has proven that common household plants are indeed helpful in removing harmful pollutants from the air around them. This means that the air within your home can be a little cleaner to breathe if you simply allow a few friendly little houseplants to come and share your humble abode with you. Houseplants help to purify the air!

You may be wondering why you have to clean the air in your home when you have worked so diligently to maintain a clean and germ free home...Houseplants that help clean the air.

If it seems that mosquitoes seek you out more often than they do other individuals, well you may not be imagining things, they really may find you to be a more attractive target than the fellow standing next to you.

When searching for their next meal mosquitoes are definitely more attracted to some people than they are to others. Specific individuals are sought out and dined on...Why are mosquitoes attracted to some people more than others?