Here’s a Jeopardy question for you… What weighs 200 million tons? The answer: the amount of electronic waste that goes into our landfills every year. Computers, monitors, cell phones, DVD players, copy machines, TV sets… you get the picture.Most, if not all of this electronic waste, contains hazardous chemicals like mercury, lead and chromium that [...]

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Most people are familair with or know the story of the ten plagues of Egypt thazt’s found in Exodus chapters 7-11. If in Vegas,it’s seven come eleven! So, are those events, that story literal, allegorical, or metaphorical. What say you? Was this the last fly-by time of Planet X? The time frame fits. And if [...]

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It is a devastating feeling when a hurricane hits anywhere in the Untied States. In order to survive a hurricane, it is important to have a disaster survival plan in place before the hurricane or disaster hits. Always be prepared is not always for the Boy Scouts, but for everyone and not just those along [...]

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The quality of air that we breathe can make a huge difference in our well-being. More often than not, the air that is in our homes is filled with dust and all sorts of other impurities. Breathing in air that is adulterated can trigger allergies, cause illness, or even generate disease. To increase the quality [...]

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Solar power is a green energy source available in almost every corner of the globe and of course has been literally available since the dawn of time. Solar energy is produced by using photovoltaic (PV) cells that capture the energy of the sun and then convert it into electricity. The basic unit of the system [...]

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Ecohomes is a credit based environmental rating scheme.  It’s currently operated as a voluntary scheme in the UK, but has been developed to be used against new dwellings as well as major refurbishment projects.The assessment can be carried out at any point in the project lifecycle, but usually the earlier the assessment is taken the [...]

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By studying gas bubbles frozen in ancient Greenland ice, University of Victoria researchers have dispelled a popular theory that marine gas hydrates caused a significant release of methane gas into the Earth’s atmosphere, triggering a period of global warming at the end of the last ice age.“Understanding the behaviour of global atmospheric methane is important [...]

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Every Thursday night, like every other householder in our neighborhood, I collect our waste paper, cans, bottles and plastic and put them out on the street outside our house. On Friday morning a local municipal truck comes by and collects it for recycling. I pay for this service through my taxes. Apart from some gripes [...]

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Mainstreaming Fair Trade: The Role of ConsumersBy Kamil KanjiThis article is based on a university research project focused on understanding the growth of Fair Trade. The term Fair Trade can be difficult to define. It is generally presented as an ‘ethical’ alternative to conventional, or ‘free’ trade. It guarantees small scale producers a minimum price [...]

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Recycle cell phones? Absolutely!Did you know that you can actually recycle your old or used cell phones? If you’re like most people, you probably have an old cell phone or two hidden in a drawer somewhere. In a few months or years, you’ll rediscover these hidden phones and having no further use to you, these [...]

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