Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? Everything You Need to Know

I will be posting links to the basics of how to be "green". The links I am posting are from treehugger.com. I have read and learned quite a bit about the green lifestyle. Perhaps if you read them you might learn a thing or two yourself.

Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? Everything You Need to Know

Your Battery Questions Answered - Earth911.com

If you have ever pondered the question of buying and using renewable batteries versus single use batteries, then you need to read this article. It will answer most of your questions about batteries.

Your Battery Questions Answered - Earth911.com

Mothballs Toxic - Mothballs Poison - The Daily Green

Do you hate the smell of moth balls? Then stop smelling them! This tip gives you a few natural alternatives that may just be what you have needed.

Mothballs Toxic - Mothballs Poison - The Daily Green

Green Cleaning Recipes - Natural Green Cleaners - The Daily Green

If you are a person who prefers to keep things "natural," let me ask you a question- what do you use to clean your house? There are a lot of 'green' cleaning products available at retail markets, but have you considered making your own? If the answer is yes, take a look at the following article. There may be a few techniques you haven't considered.

Green Cleaning Recipes - Natural Green Cleaners - The Daily Green

Women In Green - Earth911.com

For all of the women of the world, the article listed below might make you feel better about some of your choices. I have known for quite some time that women make a lot more decisions than men. This article just reaffirms the idea that the future industries will have a lot more women who think and live in an eco friendly manner.

Give it a read, I think that if you are a woman- you just might give a fist pump of triumph.

Women In Green - Earth911.com

House Built From Hemp Is Full Of Green Surprises : TreeHugger

The heasdline sreams about a house built from hemp. However that is only part of the story. This home has utilized several eco friendly technologies through out its wonderful space. There is a short two minute video of this story on CNN discussing some of the other eco friendly technologies involved with this home.

This home's style proves that you can be eco friendly, use sustaiable building methods AND be appealing.

House Built From Hemp Is Full Of Green Surprises : TreeHugger

Living in Balance

It doesn’t matter if you are spiritual, a bible thumper or a pagan, the fact is that we here on planet Earth are out of balance with nature.

Granted there are a few of us who are making the effort to live in balance with Nature. To those folks, I say thank you. Thank you because you are doing something that I believe a lot more of us, actually all of us- need to be doing.

We humans have been abusing the Earth for more generations than we care to admit. Instead of traveling down the path that will lead to a symbiosis between mankind and nature, we took many short cuts. Which in turn harmed the Earth and now the Earth is fighting back- we have more severe weather patterns. These weather patterns are now more severe than any other time in our recorded history.

Because we took so many short cuts, we now have to deal with pollution in more ways than any of us need. I recently read that a large portion of our water sources contain mercury. In case you don’t know, that’s a bad thing.

The end result of us being out of balance with nature is that nature reacts to what we do to it. Now we have many species that are now extinct and many more that are on the verge of being extinct. Once they are gone, that’s all folks- we’ll never see them again.

Not only have our get-r-done as quick as possible attitude affected the animals, it is now affecting our environment in ways that may soon be deadly for us. Our winters are becoming colder our summers are hotter and our storms are a lot more intense.

We need to reach a level sustainability that many are afraid of. What are they afraid of? Well living sustainably requires effort and judging by our ever expanding waistlines, some of us are either afraid of exertion or we are lazier than we want to admit.

The simplest thing that we can do is recycle. Never in our history has recycling been easier. Many communities now offer curbside pickup. In my area, you don’t even have to separate your items [however I do it anyway.] Just by doing this one step, you are helping keep millions of pounds of items that are reusable out of valuable landspace. By recycling some items that won’t decay for thousands of years, you are helping the Earth maintain a better balance. Recycling helps keep our landfills cleaner. I can hear you now- cleaner? By keeping our landfills ‘cleaner’ we help the Earth get back some balance- a balance that will benefit all of us sooner than later.

A ‘balanced earth’ helps to produce ideal soil for growing food. Something I think all of us would agree is a good thing.

So, what do you say? Can we create a balanced Earth?

Norfolk engineer builds speedy hemp harvester - Norfolk Farming and Agriculture News - EDP24

This guy has the RIGHT IDEA and he put it into action. Only through improvements in the processing of hemp will it be widely accepted and embraced.

Norfolk engineer builds speedy hemp harvester - Norfolk Farming and Agriculture News - EDP24

Perfect Plant? 7 Great Uses For Industrial Hemp : TreeHugger

Even thw Discovery Channels eco friwendly website Treehugger backs the use of hemp. In this article you will see just 7 of the uses for the plant known as hemp. If we really want the USA to be energy independent i.e. biofuels, we need to have a hemp revolution. Only then will hemp's potential be truly revealed.

Perfect Plant? 7 Great Uses For Industrial Hemp : TreeHugger

Why Greening China is a National Priority - Earth911.com

There have been a lot of negative stories about products coming from China. Our reality is that our politicians have allowed production to shift away from the USA. Until the USA brings back production to our shores we will continue to have a need for products from China.

Which brings be to the eco revolution that is taking place around the world. Currently China is kicking every ones butt in the race to produce eco friendly products and products that are used in building in an eco friendly manner. i.e. solar panels. Instead of us bitching and moaning about the fact we may fall behind in this race, learn from what they are doing and make it better here in the USA. The greening of the world is of the utmost importance for mankind to continue to exist.

If we want to be a world leader as president Obama suggests, we need to work with China. They have a headstart and as I stated earlier we can learn from them and improve their designs. We have brilliant people in all parts of the USA and if our government actually moves in the direction of living in a sustainable manner we CAN be a world leader and NOT a world follower.

Why Greening China is a National Priority - Earth911.com