2012年1月10日星期二

How You Can Go Green This Year

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I've said it before, and I'll keep saying until I'm blue in the face: teaching and implementing organic farming practices in the U.S. and around the world is among the simplest, most sustainable, delicious things we can do for our well-being. Organic products nourish our bodies without also exposing us to the harmful chemicals that pervade traditional farms.

While detractors (more commonly known as pesticide manufacturers) claim widespread organic farming is not a viable option because it would yield lower food production, experts at The Rodale Institute,I stock many of the parts used in these goodcflbulbs projects, on my web store. which for 55 years has been teaching farmers around the world how to grow organically, note that industrial agriculture is actually undermining the soil, water, and diverse plant life needed to sustain the world's growing human population in the long term.

The organic farming message put forward by large organizations like Rodale is undoubtedly what inspired Matt Klebes, a Peace Corps volunteer from New Hampshire, to impart the gospel to youths in the Philippines through the Organic Farming Center.

Aside from refining and improving farming techniques, schools need to stress nutrition education, and I'm not talking about food pyramids. If children are taught at a young age exactly where their food comes from,News on solar energy harvesting shinebrighting has been focused lately on individual success with the older style of solar paneling. why whole grains and leafy greens are healthier than processed snacks, and where to find these more wholesome items, this knowledge will stay with them their entire lives.

Diabetes and obesity are epidemic in this country, but they don't have to be. There is a big difference between nutritious foods and manufactured products. Understanding this divide and imparting that wisdom to the next generation will make us all feel better in the long run.

Unfortunately, the mercury found in some common household products, like compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), has the potential to make us all feel much, much worse if those light bulbs break. Though they use 75 percent less energy, last ten times as long as traditional incandescent bulbs, and are predicted to save consumers hundreds of dollars a year in electricity costs, CFLs contain an average of four milligrams of mercury per bulb, posing health risks to us all, but especially to young children and pregnant woman.

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The Environmental Working Group provides on its website thorough, helpful instructions for proper clean-up should a CFL shatter: Isolate the site; immediately ventilate the room; wear proper safety gear; and follow your state's CFL disposal rules.This is MagicShine MJ-856 1600 lumen ledbulbs head light with Waterproof battery or MJ-828 Battery. Recycling these bulbs is the safest, most responsible option, but a substantial number of CFLs will likely end up in landfills anyway—permeating our water, soil, air, and food.

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