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you know guys that... cows ... they are one of the reasons of our o-zone fading away... the fart... ALOT
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This is by no means a comprehensive list of all that we can do to start the work that needs to be done but some very good ideas have been outlined. It also serves, I think, as a forum for people to advance ideas they have developed or researched for further discussion.
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Hi....if you love nature...... AND...for the sake of humanity join this group and invite your friends too...... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?i... , I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT....PLS IT WOULD HARDLY TAKE A MIN....pls pls join this grp and PLS PLS INVITE YOUR FRIENDS..ITS FOR A NOBLE CAUSE!
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ANY THOT'S HERE!?!?!
Me, i really dont know what to think no more.. Sadly, this corrupted earth is taken controll by evil evil demons recently.. is there anything WE = as an luvin earth mother and rspct for wnviroment else to do than just wait for destroy and eXplore for all ..??? hmm.. i need to know what is true and what's not..
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hmmhh.. now anyone.. any thots.. Sadly, i really donno what to think no more .. =/
Updated: The cause has reached 12,000 members.
Updated: The cause has reached 12,000 members.
Updated: The cause has reached 12,000 members.
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Because 25% of CO2 emissions comes from car/trucks, you need to clean you own car emissions.
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EcoStrip offers up so many benefits. The money you save on your electric bill is a small reward compared to the impact this would have on cutting down on energy excess.
The consumer saves money for 10+ years and gets a rebate with the return of the old power strip.
We cut down so much of the wasted energy in this world.
We help by donating funds to many different causes and non-profit organizations.
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Out of the 270 million computers wasting energy each day is something that needs to be addressed. If each computer had an EcoStrip it would mean savings to the consumers of over 250 million dollars. It means 10+ years for an astounding 2.5 billion dollars that could be saved by the consumers.
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Perhaps some of you should take a bit to do some investigation on your own; I think that the fact that so many people take the media’s spin on world events at face value is appalling. For the first time in human history individuals have more information at their fingertips than ever before; but so many choose not to utilize it. If we look at CO2 for example; Carbon dioxide is not the major greenhouse gas (The major non-gas contributor Earth's greenhouse effect, clouds, also absorb and emit infrared radiation and thus have an effect on radiative properties of the greenhouse gases. Water vapor is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas and accounts for the largest percentage of the greenhouse effect, between 36% and 66%.[5] Water vapor concentrations fluctuate regionally, but human activity does not directly affect water vapor concentrations except at local scales for example, near irrigated fields). Carbon dioxide accounts for less than ten percent of the greenhouse effect, as carbon dioxide's ability to absorb heat is quite limited. Only about 0.03 percent of the Earth's atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide (nitrogen, oxygen, and argon constitute about 78 percent, 20 percent, and 0.93 percent of the atmosphere, respectively).
Despite the fact that 95 percent of the CO2 emitted each year is produced by nature environmentalists started referring to CO2 as a pollutant in 1988 after some scientists claimed that the 30 percent rise in atmospheric CO2 over the last 150 years was attributable to humans and was causing global warming. In response, Vice President Al Gore in his 1992 book Earth in the Balance called for "carbon taxes," stating that "filling the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other pollutants . . . is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into vulnerable parts of the natural world." The evidence shows neither that a modest warming will threaten human life through environmental catastrophe nor that the recent rise in CO2 levels is responsible for the measured rise in global temperature. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It is tasteless, colorless, nontoxic to humans at concentrations up to 13 times present levels and is essential to life. Plants breathe CO2, and as they grow and reproduce they exhale oxygen, making the earth habitable for humans.
Instead of a disaster, the expected doubling of CO2 due to human activities will produce a number of benefits over the next century. If CO2 is a "greenhouse gas," one of several that partially trap solar radiation in the atmosphere. Without these gases the earth would be uninhabitable - at least by humans. CO2 occurs naturally and accounts for 2 to 4 percent of the greenhouse effect (here again water vapor is responsible for virtually all of the rest). Most of this CO2 is used by or stored in oceans, plants and animals. Plants Need CO2. Most of the earth's plant life evolved in an atmosphere of much more concentrated CO2. Indeed, some scientists have argued that, until quite recently, many plants were starving for CO2. CO2 is essential to photosynthesis, the process by which plants use sunlight to produce carbohydrates - the material of which their roots and body consist. Increasing CO2 levels speeds the time in which plants mature and improves their growth efficiency and water use. Botanists have long realized that CO2 enhances plant growth, which is why they pump CO2 into greenhouses. In addition, higher CO2 levels decrease water loss in plants, giving them an advantage in arid climates and during droughts. In 55 experiments conducted by U. S. Department of Agriculture research scientist Sherwood Idso, increased levels of CO2 dramatically enhanced plant growth. For example, Idso found: With a CO2 increase of 300 ppm, plant growth increased 31 percent under optimal water conditions and 63 percent when water was less plentiful. With a 600 ppm CO2 increase, plant growth increased 51 percent under optimal water conditions and an astonishing 219 percent under conditions of water shortage. Also, CO2 enrichment causes plants to develop more extensive root systems with two important results. Larger root systems allow plants to exploit additional pockets of water and nutrients. This means that plants have to spend less metabolic energy to capture vital nutrients. Additionally, more extensive, active roots stimulate and enhance the activity of bacteria and other organisms that break nutrients out of the soil, which the plants can then exploit. Based on nearly 800 scientific observations around the world, a doubling of CO2 from present levels would improve plant productivity on average 32 percent across species. Controlled experiments have shown that: Tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce average between 20 and 50 percent higher yields under elevated CO2 conditions. Cereal grains including rice, wheat, barley, oats and rye average between 25 and 64 percent higher yields under elevated CO2 levels. Food crops such as corn, sorghum, millet and sugar cane average yield increases from 10 to 55 percent at elevated CO2 levels. Root crops including potatoes, yams and cassava show average yield increases of 18 to 75 percent under elevated CO2 conditions. Legumes including peas, beans and soybeans post increased yields of between 28 and 46 percent when CO2 levels are increased. Maybe this is how we can solve our world hunger problem. International research has demonstrated that trees also benefit from increased CO2 levels. In research from the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory, doubling CO2 from current levels helped orange trees accumulate 2.8 times as much biomass in the first five years of the tests and yield 10 times as many oranges in the first two years of orange production. Other U.S. studies confirm these findings. For example: Since 1890, high-altitude conifers in the Cascade Mountains of Washington have increased in mass approximately 60 percent from previous growth trends. In New England, a study of 10 tree species showed an average growth enhancement of 24 percent from 1950 to 1980, a period when CO2 levels were rising. European studies have also demonstrated that elevated CO2 levels benefit tree growth. For example: Stands of Scotch pine in northern Finland have experienced growth increases of 15 to 43 percent since 1950. Forest growth rates in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, have increased 20 percent in the past 20 years. Scientists have discovered no environmental factor other than the CO2 increase that could explain the higher growth rates found in forests around the world. Ecosystems Need CO2. The earth's ecosystems should benefit from higher levels of CO2. Increased crop yields mean that humans will not have to convert more fragile forests, savannas and deserts into crop lands to feed growing populations.
Wildlife will get a respite from the development of their habitats. As forests increase, many currently fragmented ecosystems will regenerate - as many already have in Europe and the eastern United States. Since trees will put on more mass under higher CO2 conditions, fewer trees will have to be cut to supply humanity's demand for timber. Maybe humanity has become too focused on finding what is wrong with a situation and then trying to change it rather than finding what is right with a situation and benefit from it.
Perhaps some of you should take a bit to do some investigation on your own; I think that the fact that so many people take the media’s spin on world events at face value is appalling. For the first time in human history individuals have more information at their fingertips than ever before; but so many choose not to utilize it. If we look at CO2 for example; Carbon dioxide is not the major greenhouse gas (The major non-gas contributor Earth's greenhouse effect, clouds, also absorb and emit infrared radiation and thus have an effect on radiative properties of the greenhouse gases. Water vapor is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas and accounts for the largest percentage of the greenhouse effect, between 36% and 66%.[5] Water vapor concentrations fluctuate regionally, but human activity does not directly affect water vapor concentrations except at local scales for example, near irrigated fields). Carbon dioxide accounts for less than ten percent of the greenhouse effect, as carbon dioxide's ability to absorb heat is quite limited. Only about 0.03 percent of the Earth's atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide (nitrogen, oxygen, and argon constitute about 78 percent, 20 percent, and 0.93 percent of the atmosphere, respectively).
Despite the fact that 95 percent of the CO2 emitted each year is produced by nature environmentalists started referring to CO2 as a pollutant in 1988 after some scientists claimed that the 30 percent rise in atmospheric CO2 over the last 150 years was attributable to humans and was causing global warming. In response, Vice President Al Gore in his 1992 book Earth in the Balance called for "carbon taxes," stating that "filling the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other pollutants . . . is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into vulnerable parts of the natural world." The evidence shows neither that a modest warming will threaten human life through environmental catastrophe nor that the recent rise in CO2 levels is responsible for the measured rise in global temperature. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It is tasteless, colorless, nontoxic to humans at concentrations up to 13 times present levels and is essential to life. Plants breathe CO2, and as they grow and reproduce they exhale oxygen, making the earth habitable for humans.
Instead of a disaster, the expected doubling of CO2 due to human activities will produce a number of benefits over the next century. If CO2 is a "greenhouse gas," one of several that partially trap solar radiation in the atmosphere. Without these gases the earth would be uninhabitable - at least by humans. CO2 occurs naturally and accounts for 2 to 4 percent of the greenhouse effect (here again water vapor is responsible for virtually all of the rest). Most of this CO2 is used by or stored in oceans, plants and animals. Plants Need CO2. Most of the earth's plant life evolved in an atmosphere of much more concentrated CO2. Indeed, some scientists have argued that, until quite recently, many plants were starving for CO2. CO2 is essential to photosynthesis, the process by which plants use sunlight to produce carbohydrates - the material of which their roots and body consist. Increasing CO2 levels speeds the time in which plants mature and improves their growth efficiency and water use. Botanists have long realized that CO2 enhances plant growth, which is why they pump CO2 into greenhouses. In addition, higher CO2 levels decrease water loss in plants, giving them an advantage in arid climates and during droughts. In 55 experiments conducted by U. S. Department of Agriculture research scientist Sherwood Idso, increased levels of CO2 dramatically enhanced plant growth. For example, Idso found: With a CO2 increase of 300 ppm, plant growth increased 31 percent under optimal water conditions and 63 percent when water was less plentiful. With a 600 ppm CO2 increase, plant growth increased 51 percent under optimal water conditions and an astonishing 219 percent under conditions of water shortage. Also, CO2 enrichment causes plants to develop more extensive root systems with two important results. Larger root systems allow plants to exploit additional pockets of water and nutrients. This means that plants have to spend less metabolic energy to capture vital nutrients. Additionally, more extensive, active roots stimulate and enhance the activity of bacteria and other organisms that break nutrients out of the soil, which the plants can then exploit. Based on nearly 800 scientific observations around the world, a doubling of CO2 from present levels would improve plant productivity on average 32 percent across species. Controlled experiments have shown that: Tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce average between 20 and 50 percent higher yields under elevated CO2 conditions. Cereal grains including rice, wheat, barley, oats and rye average between 25 and 64 percent higher yields under elevated CO2 levels. Food crops such as corn, sorghum, millet and sugar cane average yield increases from 10 to 55 percent at elevated CO2 levels. Root crops including potatoes, yams and cassava show average yield increases of 18 to 75 percent under elevated CO2 conditions. Legumes including peas, beans and soybeans post increased yields of between 28 and 46 percent when CO2 levels are increased. Maybe this is how we can solve our world hunger problem. International research has demonstrated that trees also benefit from increased CO2 levels. In research from the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory, doubling CO2 from current levels helped orange trees accumulate 2.8 times as much biomass in the first five years of the tests and yield 10 times as many oranges in the first two years of orange production. Other U.S. studies confirm these findings. For example: Since 1890, high-altitude conifers in the Cascade Mountains of Washington have increased in mass approximately 60 percent from previous growth trends. In New England, a study of 10 tree species showed an average growth enhancement of 24 percent from 1950 to 1980, a period when CO2 levels were rising. European studies have also demonstrated that elevated CO2 levels benefit tree growth. For example: Stands of Scotch pine in northern Finland have experienced growth increases of 15 to 43 percent since 1950. Forest growth rates in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, have increased 20 percent in the past 20 years. Scientists have discovered no environmental factor other than the CO2 increase that could explain the higher growth rates found in forests around the world. Ecosystems Need CO2. The earth's ecosystems should benefit from higher levels of CO2. Increased crop yields mean that humans will not have to convert more fragile forests, savannas and deserts into crop lands to feed growing populations.
Wildlife will get a respite from the development of their habitats. As forests increase, many currently fragmented ecosystems will regenerate - as many already have in Europe and the eastern United States. Since trees will put on more mass under higher CO2 conditions, fewer trees will have to be cut to supply humanity's demand for timber. Maybe humanity has become too focused on finding what is wrong with a situation and then trying to change it rather than finding what is right with a situation and benefit from it.
Hi friends of Green,
This is a small contribution promoting Greener Environment.
Please check this at: http://www.CheapWaterToGo.com/
Using an everyday product - Water Filter like Brita, but in Sport Bottle not only saves you a lot of money replacing bottled water. It also reduces plastic waste dramatically, not to mention the time and energy used to transport.
While these products have been on the market, they are not widely used and not getting the attention they deserve. By donating/buying Carbon Credits for every water bottle purchase, I would like to promote this idea. Do tell us what you think, and your preferred organization to support the cause.
Let’s make difference!
Ko