Thirty positive actions for a sustainable Earth
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Article by: Simon Mitchell There are many ways we can use our human energy , Ancient Organic Revival to lighten the load on natural , Affordable Renewable Energy for Everyone resources and tread lightly on our home , Freecycle Means Free Stuff and a Cleaner Environment planet. Check how many of these you do already: 1. Recycle and re-use Wherever possible, separate waste into compost , Tips on being energy efficient material, bottles, tins, paper, clothing etc and make sure that these get recycled. See if your local , Family Tree Software council has a policy for recycling, food , Wind Farms and Corruption reclamation to fuel or even methane extraction from waste. If they don't - start one. Ask your neighbours to contribute to a local , Rose Diseases - All You Need To Know composting station. "The UK has one of the worst recycling records in Europe (12.4%) compared with 64% in Austria, 52% in Belgium, 50% in Germany and 47% in the Netherlands. In the UK we bury 80% of our rubbish in landfills, compared to the Swiss who only landfill 7% of their rubbish." (The Observer 2004) 2. Shop locally or order a veg box Give your local , Insights into China and India's Water and Renewable Energy Market farmers a boost by buying direct - either by visiting farms, , New York Green Building Initiative farmer's markets or through vegetable , Saving Energy By planting Nursery Stock box schemes - which are usually organic. , Lube Oil Purifier, oil filter, oil recycling, oil filtration, oil purification, oil filtering, oil r This saves , Lube Oil Purifier, oil filter, oil recycling, oil filtration, oil purification, oil filtering, oil r transport costs in 'food miles' and guarantees, fresh, local, , Myths and Legends thru the ages un-polluted and healthy, , supply Sino-NSH LV Lubrication Oil Purification/oil purifier/oil disposal/oil reclamation/oil restor in-season food. , What's In Your Beverage? Try and avoid supermarkets and shop locally when possible to enhance your own local , Lube Oil Purifier, oil filter, oil recycling, oil filtration, oil purification, oil filtering, oil r micro-economy. "The average household , The Mystery of Furry Animals [in UK] spends £470 a year (or one sixth of its total food , Mega firmament in real estate budget) on packaging. In a typical Asda or Tesco shopping basket only 26% of the cost is accounted for by food; the rest is packaging, processing, transport, store overheads, advertising and the mark-up of supermarkets which is sometimes as high as 45%." (National Farmers' Union) 3. Make more of your own food , New York Green Building Initiative from fresh Stop buying ready-meals and throw away your microwave. Take the time to make healthy, , Affordable Renewable Energy for Everyone balanced and delicious meals and condiments from wholesome raw ingredients. Be like the French and live to eat - rather than eat to live ! Eating food , Scary Mail is the only activity apart from sex that involves all of our senses. 4. Promote community exchange If you can exchange skills, , New York Green Building Initiative items or energy , New York Green Building Initiative direct with other people without the use of money - this makes your activities more efficient. If you can share resources with people around you - then you don't have to earn so much to buy things and you don't have to work as much. 5. Improve local , New York Green Building Initiative diversity of nature See what you can do to provide the right ecosystems to promote local , Wind Farms and Corruption biodiversity. Bring butterflies, moths, birds, , Asbestos Disposal Advice wild flowers , NSH GER Used Oil Regeneration/oil filter/oil filtration System and so on into your local environment , Affordable Renewable Energy for Everyone by providing the resources they need. 6. 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What better way is there than to invest your energy , Saving By planting Nursery Stock directly into your local , New Solar Technology - Holographic Tuning micro-economy where you can cherish it ? 8. Use an ethical banking system Just what does your money do when you invest it a bank? Do you invest in the land mines that blow off children's legs ? Do you support armaments manufacturing, the over-exploitation of rainforests, globalised cartels intent on raping the planet , Tower of Power: Tallest Man-Made Structure on Earth ? Does your default investment in a bank endorse child slavery and prostitution, international drug running and money laundering ? Check the investment policies of your bank to see just where they are putting your energy , Scary Mail as an investment. If you don't like what you see, at least consider using an ethical bank that might invest in things you want in the world. Even better - reach for a lifestyle that doesn't include a bank account at all. Did you invest in this ? "Japanese physicist Professor Yagasaki calculated that the 500+ metric tonnes of depleted uranium (DU) that the US unleashed on Afghanistan was the radioactive equivalent of 51,875 atomic bombs of the size dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. During the 2003 Gulf War the amount of DU used was the equivalent of 103,750 atomic bombs the size of that dropped on Nagasaki. DU fallout will travel from the Middle East to the UK, US and parts of Asia." (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) 9. Review car use and petrol consumption The real price of petrol, if you apply economic principles to its production - that includes the time the earth , New York Green Building Initiative has taken to make it - comes in at over £1 million per gallon. Its use produces awful chemical pollution , NSH GER Used Oil Regeneration/oil filter/oil filtration System and extreme noise. Most internal combustion engines run at an incredibly low efficiency (usually about 20%). The logic of having something that weighs over a ton to transport a single person defeats me. Yes, I know they're incredibly convenient compared to the alternatives and that many motors have cult status but - come on - there has to be a better way than this ! Boy am I looking forward to hydrogen / oxygen fuel cells. Cycling is great! 10. Start a local , Doomsday Stories energy collective Your roofs , Sustainability Today are a resource ! Take a look at some of the rooftop energy , Oil Forever ? ( I think not ) panels available today. Chat with your neighbours about a collective approach to local , Lube Oil Purifier, oil filter, oil recycling, oil filtration, oil purification, oil filtering, oil r energy needs. Sell your excess energy , What's In Your Beverage? back to the grid ! 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Keep an eye out for interesting wood , Mega firmament in real estate you can prepare to make useful things. So much stuff is just thrown away or destroyed that could be useful again given a little T.L.C. Wild wood , Insights into China and India's Water and Renewable Energy Market can make attractive coat hangers, boxes, shelves, even furniture. , Lube Oil Purifier, oil filter, oil recycling, oil filtration, oil purification, oil filtering, oil r Waste skips often have objects that can easily be given a 'new life'. Working with your hands to make things 'new' can be a deeply satisfying experience. 13. Make your own Christmas and birthday presents Take time out to make things that you enjoy and give them away to people you love. These have a value way over anything you can buy. If you have a creative hobby - use it to make gifts instead of buying them. If you don't - find a hobby or activity that puts you in touch with natural , Native Trees and Plants for Hatboro Pa things. 14. Stop using pharmaceutical drugs and chemicals and go natural We are in a culture where medical consumerism is the norm. Explore some of the alternatives like using your food , Rose Diseases - All You Need To Know as preventative and curative medicine, or learn about the herbs , Saving Energy By planting Nursery Stock and spices that have traditionally boosted mankind's health for millennia. There are many gentle ways to find, promote and maintain health and you will find some excellent examples at the StarFields Network. 15. Join an environmental , supply Sino-NSH TF Turbine Oil Purification/oil purifier/oil reclaim plant/oil recovery/waste managm group Express your energy , Freecycle Means Free Stuff and a Cleaner Environment in a collective way by joining a group that voices your concerns. 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The people in heaven are feeding each other across the table ! 18. Dance, sing and laugh. Look after yourself , Family Tree Software and have fun If you are happy, fulfilled, in good humour, enjoying life's journey and so on - the chances are that others around you will be able to feel that way too. This moves us all along. 19. Don't fly in airplanes If possible, take a ship or train for long hauls or holidays. Aircraft are extremely expensive in pollution , High-Efficiency Vacuum Insulation oil recycling, oil filter,oil purifier, oil filtering, oil purific terms. Enjoy the sensation of travelling more slowly. Accept the journey as part of the trip. 20. Take an action holiday Why not donate your energy , Will Soy Candles be the Leader to Light the Future? to a cause like helping indigenous people set up sustainable economies , Looking After Leather ? There are many companies offering the experience of useful voluntary work overseas. This is a most direct way to contribute to a sustainable world and gives you face-to-face contact with other cultures. 21. Grow , IT'S STILL A “JUNGLE” OUT THERE more plants , Wind Farms and Corruption indoors Enhance your pact with nature , Lube Oil Purifier, oil filter, oil recycling, oil filtration, oil purification, oil filtering, oil r by turning your home , Oil Forever ? ( I think not ) into a plant , Freecycle Means Free Stuff and a Cleaner Environment haven. 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Consider finding employment that is near to your core values and you will find a more fulfilled 'you'. 23. Review how you are investing in your own future Concerned about pensions ? It is certainly looking like someone has pulled the plug on that one. Anyone under 45 should be looking to exactly what they want in older years and finding ways to achieve it that may not involve money. There are serious flaws in our investment systems that are becoming more and more evident. Co-operative or communal solutions to support in older years will be an increasing solution to lack of money. 24. Review your usage of water If you have metered water, , Looking After Leather review how much you use and where savings might be made. 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Of that 1%, one quarter of the world's fresh water , Freecycle Means Free Stuff and a Cleaner Environment is found in Canada's lakes, rivers and streams." (CPS June 2004) 25. Cut down on noise and light , High-Efficiency Vacuum Insulation oil recycling, oil filter,oil purifier, oil filtering, oil purific pollution Many birds , Plants and Trees Native to Lower Gwynedd Township, PA in cities sing at night as it's the only way they can make themselves heard. Generally birds , Native Trees and Plants for Hatboro Pa in cities have to sing louder and the stress this causes gives them shortened life spans. Listen for a moment now - what can you hear beyond the hum of computer fan? How much of this noise is really needed? Wouldn't just some 'quiet times' be nice? Get together with your neighbours and see if you can negotiate a local , Affordable Renewable Energy for Everyone 'quiet time', like a Sunday morning. 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Spend time with nature Take the time to visit nature , supply Sino-NSH LV Lubrication Oil Purification/oil purifier/oil disposal/oil reclamation/oil restor and spend time relating with it. Find and adopt special places , Myths and Legends thru the ages where you can go to feel the cycles and forces of nature , Native Trees and Plants for Hatboro Pa and know that it is an aspect of you, and you of it. Many people are forming 'collectives' to protect or improve special places , Native Trees and Plants for Hatboro Pa they value. About the Author SECRETS OF CREATIVITY by Simon Mitchell |
  
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