Sustainability
5 Tips to Reduce U.S. Carbon Emissions
As wild as this may sound, if you plan to be alive at any time during the next 100 years, atmospheric carbon is going to impact your life. While there has always been carbon in the atmosphere, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are higher today than at any other point in the last 800,000 years. [1] Over the past 60 years, annual atmospheric CO2 has risen about 100 times faster than any previous natural increase. [2] Scientific consensus overwhelmingly confirms that these increases are fueled by human activities like heating, transportation, electricity, and manufacturing.
By Halle Miroglotta5 years ago in Earth
"Can you not also build bridges out of stone?"
There is a Monty Python skit where a rabble of pitchfork wielding peasants present a suspected witch to a medieval knight, Sir Bedivere, and ask if they can burn her. As the only man present who “hasn’t got sh*$ all over him,” Bedivere is the defacto village authority, and it falls to him to determine if this unfortunate woman is a witch? With the jostling crowd growing angrier at every passing second, Bedivere delves deep into his stores of medieval logic and pulls out an explanation: witches burn because they are made of wood. So how to prove this woman is made of wood? “Build a bridge out of her!” one man yells. Bedivere wisely considers, but then asks, “but can you not also make bridges out of stone?”
By Daniel Garvin5 years ago in Earth
All About Aluminum Cans Recycling
Aluminum was discovered within the 1820’s and was found to be the foremost plentiful metal on the earth. Since then, aluminum has been accustomed manufacture several things like aluminum cans, gutters, tin foil, and lots of alternative things. In 1972, more or less 26,500 plenty of aluminum cans were recycled and these days that number is calculable to be as high as 800,000 tons. Over 100,000 aluminum cans are recycled each minute within the India alone. Each can that's recycled suggests that additional resources that are offered at a lesser value. Even if the economic edges are easy, there are still plenty of aluminum cans per annum that are being disposed of aboard roadways, in dumpsters, and in workplace trash cans.
By LSKB Aluminium Foils5 years ago in Earth
To My Beautiful Daughter. Top Story - May 2021.
Sometimes when I miss you, I imagine what you would be doing right now. You would be away at university right now. I imagine you would be happy, you'd have a lot of friends, and I know you'd be doing great. After all, you inherited your grandmother's brains.
By Ronke Babajide5 years ago in Earth
SAVING OUR OCEANS: EDUCATION & CONSERVATION.
Introduction. Beautiful and majestic, beaches have long since been the beacon of hope for castaways, prisoners of war, and the seasick; and, its oceans have served as the settings for epic battles, mythological tales, folklore, and stories of a particular pirate or a pirate’s journey, as well as historical events that took place long ago, like the Voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. They also serve as a home for the many creatures living in it, like the shark, the dolphin, the whale, and even the crab; and because, the oceans serve as a medium for both man, animal, amphibian, and porifera, we as global citizens must do our part to keep our carbon blueprint down in order to preserve the very nature and purpose of our grand natural waterways for generations to come.
By Princess Rev. Nnedi Iwuchukwu, M.Msc., LMT, LMI, MMP, Yogi 5 years ago in Earth
Run, Recycle, Repeat
Have you ever gone for a run and been so annoyed with the amount of trash on the ground? It breaks you from your moment of zen. You go from dreaming about your future, to weirdly grossed out, worried about all the turtles that might end up dead... You want to do something, but just don't know what? I'm one of the first people to admit that I'm a little weird, but I can't be alone in this! Here is the story of how I tried to help.
By Emily Weiss5 years ago in Earth
Think like an Alaskan
I grew up in California, spent my adult life traveling from one place to another, and then settled in Alaska. In my travels, I have learned a few tricks of the trade of reducing your carbon footprint. Not by non-profits with amazing commercials that leave me crying into my coffee cup. Or the monthly mail call where I am nicely asked to donate to various organizations that are saving whales, pandas, wolves, bears, or the honeybee. Or the organizations requesting a $50.00 tax-deductible donation so that volunteers can clean beaches, mountains, rivers, valleys, and deserts. I love all these organizations! I have gone hungry trying to support all the big-hearted and tireless organizations trying to save this planet.
By Rose Loren Geer-Robbins5 years ago in Earth
On a Biodiversity Note. Top Story - May 2021.
Intro It's funny how powerful words can be when the world is out of tune. I clear my voice to tell you how words have penetrated my mind, and they have made me rethink choices, make changes, and become an advocate for healthy living. Now...how I came about these texts is merely coincidental.
By Joyce Plair-Jordan5 years ago in Earth
There is no 2.0 Earth!
Reduce, Reuse and Save Money! Everyone knows about reducing their single use plastic items, just like they know to wash and reuse them if they are still in good condition. This is especially true for plastic bags from stores and plastic silverware. I usually reuse my grocery bags as thrash can bags if there is no hole in the bottom. The holes for the opening and the handles don’t count!
By Sylvie Gagné5 years ago in Earth
