Archive for June, 2009
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Energy Saving Strategies For Rebellious Spenders!
With today’s economy, we have to be even more aware of our everyday spending habits, even though we wish we didn’t have to pay attention to them!
Who would have ever thought that we would need to be aware of the energy draining habits we have been doing for years? This new change is as bad as quitting a bad habit such as smoking or being a shopaholic!
How are we going to remember to turn the television off, turn the lights out when leaving a room and unplug electronics each night? When we get the utility bill, I’m sure that will be a huge reminder…ouch! This may mean we are unable to buy that newest designer handbag…torture!
Other things that will help save money would be to replace your old doors and windows with new energy-efficient ones. But you say “Wouldn’t that be too expensive?” The government is now offering tax credits of up to 30% or $1500 for installing these. There are a few other good reasons for doing this. First, you’ll receive a tax credit from the government, while enjoying immediate significant savings each month on your energy bill. Not too shabby for a one time investment. You won’t get any returns for last years’ outdated shoe collection!
Paying the window company to install these energy saving windows and doors will help the economy by keeping people working! Keep in mind these windows must need to have a U-factor rating of .30 or lower for maximum efficiency and to be qualified for the credit.
Another energy saving strategy that will earn tax credits is new home insulation and roofing. Air conditioners, boilers and furnaces can meet the energy guidelines if they were installed no earlier than 2009. Solar water heaters qualify if half the energy generated comes from the sun. The solar water heater must be certified by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC). The water from these solar water heaters must be used in the dwelling and not for swimming pools or hot tubs. I wish they would revise those qualifications!
Letting go of that gas guzzling Hummer might be a little hard to do, especially trading it in for a Hybrid car or SUV! You may have to think about the space and the power you lost when you start driving your Hybrid, but you’ll have quite a bit more money in your wallet for…well, paying down credit cards? This would be the smartest thing to do the savings; not too exciting, but smart!
Earn from $250 to $3150 with a tax credit from Hybrid purchases made after December 31, 2006 and on or before December 31, 2010. The tax credit amount depends on the fuel economy and the weight of the vehicle. This will be phased out from each manufacturer after they have sold 60,000 qualified vehicles and will be gradually reduced after that over the course of another year. Note: even if you buy a gas or diesel powered vehicle, certain models will be eligible for a tax credit.
Remember the good ol’ days when we could drive around in muscle cars and fill up on $20.00? Well maybe you don’t, but with this new economy and implementing new energy saving strategies, we will learn to enjoy the more basic things in life. There’s a good possibility we will see people coming together. We might be coming together at the newest thrift shop!
Population and Environment
I made this for my Population and Environment class, Fall 2006, University of Oregon, Geography Department. Leave a comment, I’d like to know what people think.
Consequences of Littering on the Environment
If everyone in this world threw garbage and litter indiscriminately wherever they went, the environment as we knew it would soon be in ruins.
Litter in our surroundings is an important environmental issue, which many people overlook. While a majority of people do know that littering is a bad thing, many continue to carelessly scatter their trash around nonetheless.
A host of problems stem from littering, and as a result of some people’s inability to control this habit, the environment has been suffering. Money is also wasted because of it. The government has to employ people to pick up trash, and that means tax money.
Littering can be hazardous to one’s own health as well. Trash in an area attracts vermin and bacteria. Broken glass and other sharp objects are dangerous when they are left lying around in public places.
Litter is harmful to wildlife as well. Plastic can cause animals such as birds to choke, when they mistake it for food. And, even worse, small bits of plastic can accumulate in the stomach of a bird, never digesting or decomposing, to the point where there is no more room for real food and the bird starves to death with a full stomach.
Lastly, but most obviously, litter makes an area look bad. When a large amount of litter can be found in a particular environment, it reflects badly on the people who live there.
Sources of Litter in the Environment
Probably no one is completely innocent of ever littering. And the environment is what is essentially being punished by it. Pedestrians drop garbage in the streets. Motorists throw their trash out of their windows. Trailers, when not properly covered, can have some of their load blown away by the wind. Some households dispose of their garbage improperly and irresponsibly.
Even commercial places of business are guilty of this one. Events which create large amounts of litter can overflow to other neighboring areas, if their organizers don’t plan things right. Construction sites can produce significant amounts of litter, due to improper waste management.
These are just some examples of the sources of litter your our areas.
Misconceptions
There are misconceptions about what constitutes litter. Some people think that if an item is organic (and will “turn into dirt”) it’s alright to throw it anywhere. Banana peels, apple cores, and the like, are just some things that come to mind on this one. But in reality, throwing garbage around, organic or otherwise, is littering. And the environment is adversely affected by it.
Why do people litter? Quite frankly, the main reason is simple laziness.
Our environment can be made much more attractive if people simply use garbage cans properly.
If you have garbage to dispose of, and there’s isn’t a garbage can nearby, then wrap your trash up (in a napkin, plastic, paper bag, etc) and place it in your pocket or carry it with you until you reach a garbage can. Also, make sure that the trash actually goes into the garbage can, and does not fall to the side.
It’s all a simple matter of proper waste disposal, which is vital for our environments and for our ecosystems.
The truth is, we all know about the problem. Now its time to act on it, if you haven’t been. But if you already do have proper and responsible waste disposal habits, remember that you can make a difference by encouraging others to follow your example.
When we dispose of our garbage properly, instead of polluting our environment, it does more than just help our locale to look good – we all feel better about it as well.
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The 3 Levels of Reality: Perception or Thought, Behavior, & Environment
Are perception or thought, behavior, and environment related? Does good perception or thought improve behavior, improving environment? Does bad perception or thought worsen behavior, worsening environment? Or is there a complete disconnect between these variables?
Perception Affects Behavior
Success, which is something so simple in the end, is made up of thousands of things, we never fully know what.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Success is simple; it is also complex. It is simple, in that success consists of accomplishing your goal. It is complex, in that there are thousands of things you must do along the way to goal accomplishment. If you view success as simple, you persist confidently. If you view success as complex, you hesitate alarmingly. The former leads to accomplishment, the latter to procrastination. Therefore the trick to getting anything done is to view it as easy rather than difficult. Viewing affects doing; perception affects behavior.
Behavior Affects Environment
Karma basically means that in doing good things, good things will come to you; and in doing bad things, bad things will come to you. Karma generally applies to all human behavior. Karma is the environmental result of your behavior.
Some examples of bad karma are if you disrespect others, others will disrespect you; if you murder others, others will murder you; if you cheat others, others will cheat you; if you steal from others, others will steal from you; if you deceive others, others will deceive you.
Revenge, though not a virtue, is part of human nature. People naturally anger at injustices done to them. In serious criminal acts, the justice system attempts to punish the perpetrator by matching the punishment to the crime. For example, a murderer receives death (execution) or the death of his time (life in prison). Also, a court-ordered fine takes a thief’s property or imprisonment takes his time.
Some examples of good karma are if you respect others, others will respect you; if you help others, others will help you; if you are honest with others, others will be honest with you; if you give to others, others will give to you; if you are loyal to others, others will be loyal to you.
Gratitude is part of human nature. People naturally feel grateful for favors bestowed upon them, and seek to repay the favors. For example, a neighbor would be more apt to give you food and shelter, if you gave the neighbor food and shelter in the past. Also, a coworker would be more apt to give you a loan, if you gave the coworker a loan in the past.
Oftentimes, evil deeds get rewarded and good deeds get punished in the short run; and evil deeds get punished and good deeds get rewarded in the long run. For example, a dishonest bank robber is richer than an honest banker in the short run. But in the long run, the honest banker is richer than the imprisoned bank robber. Indeed, positive behavior eventually leads to positive environment; negative behavior eventually leads to negative environment.
Thought Affects Behavior, Affecting Environment
Nature gave men two ends – one to sit on, and one to think with. Ever since then man’s success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.
- George R. Kirkpatrick
Action equals success; inaction equals failure. Action or inaction begins in thought, working its way to behavior, ending in environmental success or failure. Actively thinking about accomplishing your goal generates ideas on this. You may make many wrong turns on the road to your goal; but if you keep driving, you will get there. Oftentimes, trial and error teach best, especially if there is no road map to guide you. In contrast, inactive thinking generates nothing. You are parked, going nowhere. Trial and error play no role, since you never begin driving.
Sitting on your rear brings failure near; thinking with your brain brings successful gain.
Behavior & Environment Affect Thought
According to physics, the interaction of mass and velocity produces kinetic energy. Changing mass or velocity changes kinetic energy. Changing Mass: A car hitting you at 50 miles/hour will do more physical damage to you than a housefly at the same speed, because the former has more kinetic energy than the latter. Changing Velocity: A car hitting you at 50 miles/hour will do more physical damage to you than the same car at 5 miles/hour, because the former has more kinetic energy than the latter.
Likewise, the interaction of environment and behavior produces thought energy. Changing your environment or behavior changes your thought energy. Changing Environment: Living in a slum will thoughtfully depress you more than living in luxury. Changing Behavior: Resting away aimlessly will thoughtfully depress you more than striving toward a goal.
Hence, the interaction of luxury and goal striving produces heightened thought energy.
In summarizing, we see that perception or thought affects behavior, affecting environment – and that behavior and environment affect thought. All of these variables make up a universal reality; each of these variables makes up a particular reality.
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Creating a Cleaning Environment
A cleaning environment is one where the pollution of the past is remediated and cleaned with time to remove existing historic risk to the environment and public health. A cleaning environment implies a return of the natural endemic local ecology, and is an ideal to strive for.
We need to create a cleaning environment if our marvels of science and technology are going to be matched, and not outweighed, by many current tragedies, including human starvation in some parts of the world and extinction of other life forms. Global warming is taking place and is an increase in the Earth\’s average temperature. This, in turn, causes climate changes. Global warming also could cause droughts and disrupt agriculture.
A cleaning environment means not despoiling the remaining parts of the world which are still undeveloped. Globally, indigenous people inhabit areas with some of the highest remaining biodiversity on the planet and are actively being engaged as partners in biodiversity conservation. Issues of sustainable development, resource management and ecological restoration all include native stakeholders. Global harmony is possible, yet confrontations take place more often than meaningful dialogues for peace. Our science and technology has done much good, but if we are not careful its unimagined polluting effects will be matched, if not outweighed, by the many, including depletion of resources which is destroying the possibility for people to bring up children in a clean environment.
In some parts of the world extinction of other life-forms is growing apace. It is ironic that exploration of outer space will now only take place at the same time the earth\’s own oceans, seas, and freshwater areas while they grow increasingly polluted and their life-forms are still largely unknown and where known are probably misunderstood.
However, it is not impossible to return to a green and clean environment. Obama will soon take over the Presidency and clearly intends to take very positive action. .The world became weary that would ever Bush rein in the polluters and close the so-called grandfather loophole as the air in Texas becomes ever smoggier. Never forget though that Bush may have had his arm twisted, but he did concede that humans are causing climate change. It may have taken many a sleepless night in Bali, but his representatives did agree to draw up a post-Kyoto treaty by 2009.
In the US the general public are beginning to take on-board their profligate use of energy. Just look at recent statistics in the US for big car sales. SUV sales are down by 50%, car sales are down 50%, but small, fuel efficient cars, hybrid cars, diesel cars are up 40%.
So here we can start to shift our thinking. The US may soon start to take her place among the nations seeking a clean, or if not clean, then cleaning environment
Greenhouse emissions do not poison people, or lakes or woods, in the direct or obvious way that noxious chemicals do. But at least in the medium term, they clearly alter the earth in ways that harm the welfare of all and the poor more than the affluent.
One relatively clean energy technology cited as a possible stop-gap while renewable energy sources can be fully developed is nuclear power. It is the rich industrialized countries like France, Sweden, Japan (and many others) who are the biggest users of nuclear energy. Although new nuclear technologies reduce the problem of nuclear waste-management, and make it much more manageable, many in the west prefer to force oil-based energy use in oil-poor countries like India.
A method of cleaning technology is carbon sequestering of CO2. Carbon sequestering is obtained by chemically binding the CO2 in a material that will not dissolve in water or release CO2 with time. This eliminates the need to sequester pure CO2. IF the power generators sequester their CO2 they won’t need to buy carbon credits. Carbon credits have been called the modern day Papal indulgences for rich people. We don\’t accept hypocrisy from our preachers, they say, so I don\’t give eco-preachers an easy ride on this hypocrisy. Carbon credit administration is so bureaucratic and expensive that it is hard to justify perpetuating, on that basis alone, but in reality it will not bring us the cleaning environment we need and seek.
We talked about Nuclear energy as a part of cleaning the environment. Is it really so bad? It brings economic benefits from new jobs created to run new plants. It is like adding $500 million a year to the economy for each new plant brought on line. Nuclear currently accounts for about 20% of electricity generation in the UK. When all nuclear plants except Sizewell B in Suffolk are closed by 2020, the nuclear contribution will fall to some 4%. Many say that to burn coal would mean replacing this capacity would be a backward move and far from moving to a cleaning environment be the opposite.
Science doesn\’t reveal the best course of human actions. It gives us information that is factored into decision making. Now the decision making needs to be that of guiding the scientists away from any technologies that are not sustainable and do not promote a cleaning environment.
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Recycled Promotional Gifts – Large Varieties of Designs Available
The markets across the globe are filled with recycled promotional gifts. Due to environmental concerns, more and more people are using recycled products and therefore there has been an upsurge in the demand of recycled items. Due to increased demand, there are large varieties of eco-friendly recycled promotional gifts available in the market. Go to any gifts shop and you will find many varieties of recycled products which can be used as promotional products. You have recycled paper bags, recycled pencils and many other useful products which are manufactured with recycled materials. The large varieties of recycled promotional gifts offer an opportunity to companies to promote their products through recycled promotional gifts.
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Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment
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Basics of Energy Efficient Living: A Beginner’s Guide to Alternative Energy and Home Energy Savings
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Whether you’re building a new house or have an existing one, “Basics of Energy Efficient Living” shares the principles behind energy efficient living. Have you ever wondered: What is R-value? How much energy could I get from my creek? Can I use alternative energy in the city? How much heat will it take to keep my house warm? How much heat will I lose if I put in a bigger window? Learn what it takes to save energy, then take the next step and collect your own. Fi… More >>
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The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle
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Attractive color illustrations and easy-to-follow text combine to present factual information that younger boys and girls will readily absorb and understand. The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle is one in a series of four entertaining What Do You Know About? books, for very young children. It describes the ways in which kids and their families can avoid waste and be environmentally conscious. Four pages presenting activities for children appear at the ba… More >>