It takes 16 pounds of grain and 5,214 gallons of water to produce a single pound of beef.
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Thought for the Day
Nothing will ever be accomplished if all possible objections must be first overcome.
— Samuel Johnson
10 Reasons to Become a Second Hand Rose (or Roger)
Buying second hand is a major way to reduce your carbon footprint on the earth. It is the REUSE in the green mantra “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
Buying used merchandise helps to reduce waste in both the manufacture of new products and the disposal of old products. Any used and unwanted furniture, household items and clothing that is reused will not have to be manufactured and will stay out of landfills longer, toxic sites which contribute to global warming and green house gases.
By shopping for second hand goods in charity, thrift, consignment, vintage and antique stores, you can help to support a charity or a small entrepreneurial business.
Second hand costs less than [...]
Eco Fact
A recent study has found that the chemicals in the 4000-6000 tons of sunscreen washed off beach goers annually is killing coral reefs worldwide.
Thought for the Day
At long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitible to dispense it.
— Dick Cavett
The Story of Stuff
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
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Thought for the Day
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible— Voltaire
Eco Fact
Up to 80% of all car tires are underinflated. Underinflated tires waste approximately 5% of a car’s fuel, which equals out to be around two billion gallons of gasoline wordwide per year
Green Skeletons in Our Closets
What do our closets have to do with saving the planet you might ask? While at first glance what’s in our clothes closets may seem to have a benign influence on our environment, a closer look reveals quite a different picture. Let’s start with the ordinary wire hanger.
A famous line from the movie Mommy Dearest is “no wire hangers”! While Joan Crawford might have been justified in her distain of wire hangers for aesthetic reasons, our reckless disposal of them has become a major environmental issue. Steel is 100% recyclable yet most hangers get thrown away, leaving 3.5 billion hangers per year in landfills, weighing in at 195 million pounds, [...]
Thought for the Day
A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.
— George Carlin