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Planting Trees

There are different types of shade trees, which are appropriate for street and home plantings. Each plantation has its own attractive individual feature, but a tree adds more beautifying look. Trees tend to make an area livelier, reduce the heat of the sun by providing share and attract public.

Something's Wrong When Smog Is Considered Normal

Grimy air is as common as two cars per household, as common as 15 HDPE bags per visit to the grocery store and as common as a reference to the river of garbage on a Cartoon Network show. We as a society take it for granted. And we're taking asthma, medical visits and other health complications

Natural Energy - Savior of Our Environment?

We are living in an industrial era. Industries are producing large quantities of productions every day and in return they are polluting the environment. Although many people pointed out in earlier years that we should consider industrial pollution, years have passed before the countries focused thei

Beauty Schools Help in the Midst of the BP Gulf Oil Spill

It was just recently reported in an internal BP document that they are estimating about 100,000 barrels per day is gushing up into the Gulf. This is an extreme jump from the first estimate they released of 1,000 barrels per day when the spill was first detected.

Why Recycling Helps the Environment

Recycling is the third step that should be resorted to when deciding what to do with an item that no longer has initial use. After reduce and reuse, recycling is the option that takes the item out of your home and into a factory. Certain items are ideal for recycling because they can be remade into

A Stimulus Funding Success Story

Clean diesel project hailed as a success Federal stimulus funds help re-power three aging pieces of heavy construction equipment, preserve jobs - and clean the environment. When you combine American ingenuity and creativity with the desire for more efficient, sustainable machinery, something great w

What Is Waste Management?

Waste Management is the disposal of wastes or handling of waste materials. There are several forms of handling of wastes since wastes can be generated in all sorts of way ranging from ordinary household wastes to industrial generated wastes.

How to Control Pollution

Controlling pollution has a meaningful effect on our atmosphere and through that on our life in present and coming years. Healthy atmosphere benefits not only humanity but also animals and nature.

Concerns About Genetically Modified Food

Genetically modified foods are problematic for several reasons. First, the human body is incredibly complex. Second, any impact of genetically modified food on the body could be long-term and difficult to identify. Third, the best data links intensive, industrial farming with soil erosion, reduction

How to Help Your Kid's School Go Green

Have you ever wondered how you can help your child's school go green? It is important for all of us to work together in order to ensure that we are protecting our environment, and our world as a whole. It is important that educational facilities such as public schools, private schools, and othe

Rating A Product's Carbon Footprint - Creating A Wiki For Consumer Products

Many of us still live in complete ignorance of how the rest of the world lives, but a growing number of us are starting to get it.We realize that just making changes that impact our household or perhaps neighborhood are just not enough.So how can you make a change on a micro level that impacts the m

4 Chemicals Found in Tap Water That Are Putting Your Family at Risk

Have you ever imagined that it could be dangerous to drink a glass of water?Every municipal water supply in the country and many around the world, have tested positive for a wide range of dangerous chemical toxins.The presence of these chemicals are the reason the need for filtered tap water has nev

The Effects of Solar Energy

With all the talk regarding solar energy for many years its time has finally come. The gradual inevitable depletion of natural resources has made alternative.....

Pursuing Green Technology: Entrepreneurs Think Big!

Have you ever heard of spray on solar panels and fuel produced from bacteria? Sounds crazy, right? Like some thing straight out of a science fiction novel? These farfetched strategies are truly becoming looked at in the business, academic, and scientific worlds.

Gray Goes With Green

A rapidly increasing trend in the Green building surge is the incorporation of gray water systems to recycle water used in structures, thereby cutting down the total amount of water being consumed. Graywater use is becoming part of the Green movement.

2012 Doomsday Planet X - A Reality Fast Approaching

There is no denying that the 2012 Doomsday Planet X scenario is more than theory. There is some significant scientific evidence that points to the fact that these events are fast approaching. If you need some proof, simply look at the logical and fact-based evidence for yourself.

For Whatsoever a Man Soweth, That Shall He Also Reap

Known as the first health resort in the world, the Dead Sea, once utilized as a refuge by King David, and "Herod the Great", continues to lure millions of modern day visitors who are in pursuit of its known medicinal and healing qualities, as well as hoping for a chance to experience first

Five Small Ways You Can Make an Environmental Difference

There are Five Small Ways You Can Make an Environmental Difference in the issues of global warming and other environmental issues.With all the media coverage on these topics, you might want to know how you can help.Most of these can be done on a daily basis and over time can make a real impact.You c