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When you hear the term “green living”, you may get an image in your head of hippies living in communes making everything they use.”From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton-rose hibiscus. Truth is - the definition of green living has changed.In spring, when green foliage was half hidden by mist, the tree looked very enchanting dotted with red blossom. The concept simply includes doing things to help the environment be viable for future generations.This inspiring neighbor of mine often set my mind working. So if you don’t feel like shedding your worldly possessions and living in a mud hut, here are a few steps you can take you make your life a little greener.I gradually regarded it as my best friend.

Nevertheless, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost bare beyond recognition as a result of the storm ravages the night before.

Buy local organic products.Struck by the plight, I was seized with a sadness at the thought “all the blossom is doomed to fall”. Organic farmers not only use little to no chemicals, they also take steps to reduce water and soil degradation, along with other problems caused by traditional agriculture.I could not help sighing with emotion: the course of life never runs smooth, for there are so many ups and downs, twists and turns. Veggies from groceries stores have usually been shipped a long way, which causes environmental pollution.The vicissitudes of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Buy your produce from a local farmer’s market or co-op.Isn’t it similar to the tree shedding its flowers in the wind. If you can’t find one, start your own organic garden.

This event faded from my memory as time went by.

Use natural products.One day after I came home from the countryside, I found the room stuffy and casually opened the window. Household products that don’t contain chemicals are not only better for the environment; they’re safer for your family as well.Something outside caught my eye and dazzled me. You can make various natural cleaning products from stuff in your kitchen, like vinegar.It was a plum tree all scarlet with blossom set off beautifully by the sunset. If you don’t have the time, there are products you can buy.The surprise discovery overwhelmed me with pleasure. Just make sure they’re all natural and don’t just have a few natural ingredients.I wondered why I had no idea of some unyielding life sprouting over the fallen petals when I was grieving for the hibiscus.

When the last withered petal dropped, all the joyful admiration for the hibiscus sank into oblivion as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again ablaze with the red plum blossom to remind people of life’s alternation and continuance.

Reduce.Can’t it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious composition of loss and gain.

Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains unchanged. We’ve all heard the spiel about reduce, reuse, recycle; however, most of us focus on recycling and completely ignore the reducing.As long as you keep your heart basking in the sun, every dawn will present a fine prospect for you to unfold and the world will always be about new hopes.
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Recycle. We should all have a recycle bin in our homes, but you can do stuff to recycle on your own. wow gold Instead of using potting soil in your garden, build a compost pile and make your own rich soils. You can also use products like shredded plastic bags to mulch your garden. wow gold If you get creative, there’s lots of recycling you can do on your own.

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In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster, but in front of the person you like, you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring, but in front of the person you like, winter is just beautiful winter.

If you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush, but if you look into the eyes of the person you like, you smile.

If front of the person you love, you can’t say everything on your mind, but in front of the person you like, you can.

In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy, but in front of the person you like, you can show your own self.

You can’t look straight into the eyes of the one you love, but you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with him, but when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye, and the feeling of like starts from the ears.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like, all you need to do is cover your ears. Learn how to care for the environment
2.But if you try to close your eyes, love turns into a teardrop and remains in your heart forever after.
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. Learn how to save water
3. Learn how to conserve energy
4. Recycle batteries, computers, radios, cell phones, anything that can be reused
5. Give away your clothes so that they can be reused
6. Plant a tree
7. Help make a garden in your community
8. Avoid using plastic ( Water bottles)
9. Take a shower rather than a bath
10. keep showers /baths short
11. Use less paper
12. Carpool as much as possible
13. When driving use cruise control
14. Check tire pressure to make sure they are properly inflated and help save gas
15. Avoid going through drive through, Walk-in instead
16. Check and replace air-filters in card and A/C
17. Avoid driving too fast to save gas
18. Use less Air conditioning
19. Use a fan
20. Unplug battery charger when you are done
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22. Buy less clothing
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26. Tell a family what you know about living green
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28. Volunteer to help with projects that help the environment
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30. Have a garage sale to avoid throwing reusable items away
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32. Use phosphate-free laundry and dish soaps
33. Use containers that can be reused
34. Use florescent light bulbs
35. Reduce Junk mail
36. Ride a bike instead of using a car
37. Take a walk instead of using a car
38. Turn off water when brushing your teeth

When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. Of course ALL of these issues are incredibly important to discuss, but sadly one very major issue gets swept under the rug most of the time.There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. I’m talking about the clothing industry.He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine.

Here are some quick facts about traditional clothing manufacturing:

* Deforestation causes damage to our lands.I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still not immune; perhaps one did not become immune to such felony.

He left and I tried to get on with my life. Forests are cut down to grow cotton and raise farm animals for their wool.I filled the kettle and put it on to boil, I took out my old red mug and filled it with coffee watching as each coffee granule slipped in to the bone china. In the case of bamboo fibers, the buzz word of eco friendly clothing at the moment, excessive demand can lead to over-harvesting of bamboo which ultimately leads to loss of habitat for wildlife as well as soil erosion.That was what my life had been like, endless omissions of coffee granules, somehow never managing to make that cup of coffee.

Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning I pretended not to hear it.

* During the actual fabric making process, fibers are gathered and combed to prepare for yarn making.That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with an awful finality. Due to the oily nature of the cotton, it takes copious amounts of drinking water and energy to clean the natural oils off the cotton fibers.I would rather just wallow in uncertainty than have things finished.

To speed up the process, yarn mills typical add heavy metals.I laughed at myself. As the process continues, the unbleached and undyed linen, a.Imagine getting all philosophical and sentimental about a mug of coffee. k.I must be getting old.

And yet it was a young woman who stared back at me from the mirror. mp3 players a.A young woman full of promise and hope, a young woman with bright eyes and full lips just waiting to take on the world. greige, is now ready for dyeing and the yarns/fabrics are bleached to make it white so that “true colors” can be obtained.I never loved Mike anyway. world of warcraft gold

Right after the bleaching and rinsing, chemical dyestuffs, and formaldehyde, a common chemical used to promote better colorfastness, is used on the fabrics.Besides there are more important things.

The best mills in the world talk of waste filtration and reusing waste waters in their factories but it seems a better proposition would be to start off with organic or naturally occurring colors and say that the environmental is more important that getting perfect colors.More important than love, I insist to myself firmly. wow

* The chemical footprint continues with printing on the finished fabrics.The lid goes back on the coffee just like closure on the whole Mike experience.

He doesn’t haunt my dreams as I feared that night. The majority of prints are oil based and likely to contain polyvinyl chloride, or

PVC, and pthalates.Instead I am flying far across fields and woods, looking down on those below me. wow gold Both chemicals are well known to have detrimental health effects on people, especially young children.Suddenly I fall to the ground and it is only when I wake up that I realize I was shot by a hunter, brought down by the burden of not the bullet but the soul of the man who shot it. Plastisol inks, which are commonly used on printed tee shirts contain PVC and pthalates in very large amounts.I realize later, with some degree of understanding, that Mike was the hunter holding me down and I am the bird that longs to fly. wow gold

* Because of all this it has been suggested that all clothing should carry a “Wash before Wear” label.The next night my dream is similar to the previous nights, but without the hunter. If these chemicals have the potential to cause us that much grief, imagine what happens when we wash it into our lakes and rivers and sources of drinking water and habitat for our ourselves and aquatic wildlife.I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. wow gold kaufen

* A more worrisome trend is the increasing use of nanotechnology in clothing.I realize with some relief that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a friend, but there is someone out there who is my soul mate.

They come from polymers by virtue of biogeochemical manipulation.He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. One thing that plastic bags and paper bags have in common is that they are both recyclable.When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “”If I were any better, I’d be twins!”" He was a natural motivator. In recycling plastic bags, they are melted and reformed.

If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Re-melting is the process that sterilizes the plastic.Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, “”I don’ t get it. After this process, plastic can be used to create hospital products.You can’ t be positive all the time.

It can be recycled several times until unfit or brittle.How do you do it. The disadvantage, however, is that in the process of recycling, dioxins are given off.”"

Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself ‘Mike, you have two choices today. These dioxins destroy you and your environment.You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. This is the reason why plastic bags are considered monsters “ ogres that destroy the people s environment and health.Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it.

Another drawback in connection to plastic bags is that they do not compost.I choose to learn from it. There is no such thing as biodegradable plastic.Every time someone comes to me complaining I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. That phrase is merely made to deceive.I choose the positive side of life.”"

“”Yeah, right. Plastic products stay in the landfill for centuries.It isn’t that easy.”" I protested. t be amazed when you see your plastic wares in your landfill still whole and strong.

“”Yes it is, “” Michael said. Bear in mind that they break down.”"Life is all about choices.

Perhaps, you should start worrying about the 450 trillion of plastic bags that business is providing.When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. Where do they go.You choose how you react to situations. Well, hanging around or under.You choose how people will affect your mood. Just imagine fast forwarding a few years.You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. Whoa! We can be buried in plastic bags.The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live life. mp3 players That terrible!

Do you believe that it is high time to think about your childrens children.”" I reflected on what Michael said. Do you think it is high time for you to consider reusing bags or opt for paper bags, which are biodegradable.

Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. world of warcraft gold When it comes to strength, paper bags are now vastly improved compared to the older version.We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Nowadays, paper bags are tough and cannot be easily torn.Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower. wow

When it comes to durability, paper bags already have the ability to be reused over and over again.

After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. In fact, they can even withstand snow exposure without damaging them.I saw Michael about six months after the accident. wow gold

When it comes to capacity, you may not know this but paper bags can hold four times the content of plastic bags.When I asked him how he was, he replied, “”If I were any better, I’d be twins. Hence, a paper bag can save you from carrying multiple plastic bags simultaneously.Wanna see my scars. wow gold kaufen

Both paper bags and plastic bags destroy natural resources and ecosystem.”" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. Both contribute to green house gasses.

“”The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter,”" Michael replied. wow power leveling However, plastic bags are more hazardous.”"Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. When recycling or incinerating plastic, dioxins are produced and sent off to air.I chose to live.

If you follow all, or even just some of the following money saving tips, you’ll be surprised at just how much money you’ll save every month.”Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. So please don’t discount any of these tips: the actions may seem small and insignificant but trust me, when you add them all up, the money you save in energy and water is a nice chunk of change.One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left.

Plus, when you conserve energy and water you’re also helping save our natural resources which makes you feel even better.Except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed.

1.Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Turn the lights off when you’re not in the room.Love said,

“”Richness, can you take me with you.
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Richness answered, “”No, I can’t. When a light bulb goes out, replace it with a compact fluorescent (or CFL).There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.
3.There is no place here for you.”"

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. Instead of buying bottled water, put a filter on your tap water and use re-usable bottles or pitchers.”"Vanity, please help me!”"

“”I can’t help you, Love.
4.You are all wet and might damage my boat,”" Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love asked, “”Sadness, let me go with you.”"

“”Oh . During the heat of the day, close the shades.
5. In the winter, open the shades.Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”"

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
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Suddenly, there was a voice, “”Come, Love, I will take you.”" It was an elder. In the summer, do not keep the air conditioning below 78⁰F and put the air conditioning to 82⁰F when you are not home.So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going.
7.When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. In the winter, do not keep the heat above 72⁰F and put the heat on 68⁰F when not at home.Realizing how much was owed the elder,

Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “”Who Helped me.
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“”It was Time,”" Knowledge answered.

“”Time. When doing the laundry, only wash full loads.”" asked Love.
9.”"But why did Time help me. Enroll in a money saving plan with your utility company to use the majority of energy at off-peak hours.”"

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “”Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.”"

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19. Turn the water off when brushing teeth.

Our planet is in trouble! Almost every day we seem to hear of yet another problem affecting the environment - and what a list of problems! - pollution, acid rain, global warming, the destruction of rainforests and other wild habitats, the decline and extinction of thousands of species of animals and plants.”If the Dream is Big EnoughI used to watch her from mykitchenwindow, she seemed so small as she 1)muscled her way throughthecrowd of boys on the playground. The school was across thestreetfrom our home and I would often watch the kids as theyplayedduring recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stoodout fromthem all.I remr the first day I saw her playing basketball.Iwatched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.Shemanaged to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into thenet.The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.I begantonotice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.Shewould practice 2)dribbling and shooting over and overagain,sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practicedsomuch. and so on.She looked directly in my eyes and without a momentofhesitation she said, “I want to go to college.

Nowadays, most of us know that these threats exist and that humans have caused them.The only way Icango is if I get a scholarship. Many of us are very worried about the future of our planet and unless we can find a way of solving the problems we have made then the environment will suffer even more.I like basketball.

It all sounds so depressing - but we certainly mustn’t despair! Every one of us, whatever age we are, can do something to help slow down and reverse some of the damage.I decided thatifI were good enough, I would get a scholarship. We cannot leave the problem-solving entirely to the experts - we all have a responsibility for our environment.I am going toplaycollege basketball. We must learn to live in a sustainable way i.I want to be the best. e.My Daddy told me ifthedream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Then she smiledandran towards the court to 3)recap the routine I had seen overandover again.Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined.Iwatched her through those junior high years and into highschool.Every week, she led her 4)varsity team to victory.One day inhersenior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled inherarms. buy wow gold learn to use our natural resources which include air, freshwater, forests, wildlife, farmland and seas without damaging them.I walked across the street and sat down in the coolgrassbeside her. As populations expand and lifestyles change, we must keep the World in good condition so that future generations will have the same natural resources that we have.Quietly I asked what was wrong. cheap wow gold

Here are just a few examples of the threats to our environment and some ideas to help you to do something about them.“Oh, nothing,”came asoft reply.

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We humans create such a lot of rubbish! Each household in Britain produces about 1 tonne of rubbish every year! Most of this is taken away by dustmen and buried in enormous landfill sites or burned in incinerators - both of these actions can be dangerous for the environment.“I am just too short.” The coach told her that at5’5”she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—muchless offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreamingaboutcollege.She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tightenas Isensed her disappointment. wow gold Is all our rubbish really rubbish.I asked her if she had talked to herdadabout it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and told methather father said those coaches were wrong. If you think about it, much of what we throw away could be used again.They just didnotunderstand the power of a dream. wow gold It makes sense to recycle and not just to solve the problemof where to put the rubbish.He told her that if shereallywanted to play for a good college, if she truly wantedascholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — herownattitude. Much of our waste is made up of glass, metal, plastic and paper.He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, thefactsdon’t count.”The next year, as she and her team went totheNorthern California Championship game, she was seen by acollege5)recruiter. wow gold Our natural resources such as trees, oil, coal and aluminium are used up in enormous amounts to make these products and the resources will one day be compl etely used up.She was indeed offered a scholarship, a fullride, toa Division I, 6)NCAA women’s basketball team. We must cut down on energy use.She was goingto getthe college education that she had dreamed of and workedtoward forall those years.

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