Posts Tagged ‘people’

Changing out older incandescent bulbs for an energy saving fluorescent bulb is one of the most simple ways to start saving energy. The common name for these bulbs are compact fluorescents. Yes. they can be expensive, but only if you buy one at a time. Don’t buy single compact fluorescent bulbs, buying in bulk can save you as much as $2.00 to $3.00 per bulb.

Reducing Energy Costs for some my seem a little overwhelming. All this talk about Solar, Wind and Thermal can be confusing to the average person. Below you will see the benefits of using compact fluorescent’s as a simple way to start reducing your energy cost .

Replacing your existing incandescent bulbs with super efficient compact fluorescent bulbs is one of the easiest ways to start Reducing Energy Cost immediately and anyone can do it. The best way to purchase CFL bulbs is in bulk, they’ll average around $1.75 to $2.50 each in bulk. The cost will also depend on the brand you buy. GE, of course is one of the top rated brands and has a decent price in bulk.

Is the high cost worth the the trouble? I think it is, I’ve replaced all of mine. But, you can buy a 4 pack of incandescent bulbs for $2.00-$3.00. Well, keep in mind that each compact fluorescent bulb replaces the life of 8 incandescent bulbs. That’s a saving of $5.50 just on bulbs. A compact fluorescent will save you an average of $38.00 per bulb life span according to the folks at GE.

Let’s look at the five year average:
If each compact fluorescent can save you and average of $38.00 and the average household has around 20 bulbs. The yearly savings would be around $152.00 per year for just one Energy Reducing Idea.

According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy the life span of a compact fluorescent bulb can be affected by the number of times it is cycled, meaning turned on and off. So if you leave a room a plan to revisit that room within the next fifteen minutes, it’s best to leave the light on. You will still be reducing your energy costs using the compact over incandescent, even though you leave the light on longer. Just don’t leave the lights on for hours……

GE claims their 13 watt CFL bulbs are guaranteed to last 8,000 hours based on a 5 year consumer average of 4 hours per day. Nothing is mentioned by GE about the number of cycles affecting the life span of their bulb. Each manufacturer has different specifications, so make sure an read each life span claim on the product packaging before buying. Amazon is a excellent place for customer ratings before you purchase.

Benefits of Compact Fluorescent over Incandescent Bulbs:

1. Saves an average of $38.00 per bulb
2. Uses a quarter of the Energy of an Incandescent
3. Produces more light per watt than Incandescents.
4. Produces less heat, 80%-90% less.

Benefits of Incandescent Bulbs over Compact Fluorescent :

1. Produces heat for applications where heat is needed by light, ie; non insulated well houses.
2. Color rendition is far better than CFL, however CFL’s have made lot’s of improvements in this area.
3. They look better, I personally think CFL are ugly. So if you like decorative lighting, CFL’s are not for you.

Compact Fluorescents Can Only Do So Much, Learn How You Can Cut That Energy Bill In Half at www.reduce-energy.info

While there are many disadvantages and problems that are caused by not recycling, this article provides information on the benefits of recycling to date and the positive outcome that we have experienced as a result of businesses and individuals who have decided to get behind recycling for personal and less selfish reasons. On one level the cost of recycling is actually much less than incineration, land fills and waste collection meaning that the more we shift towards recycling the more the world can benefit as a whole through reduced taxation, meaning funds are spent in a better way which will ultimately benefit everyone.

According to information provided by the Nation Recycling Coalition many cities are starting to change their perception on recycling, years after claiming that it would be a drain on their economy. New York is one of the more prominent examples. City decision makers felt years back that recycling would be a $40 Mil drain on the economy, however after speaking with experts they re asserted their position and found that they could save $20 Mil with a carefully planned and well executed recycling campaign.

Now local councils are trying to increase people’s propensity to recycle with new measures being taken to charge people for as much waste they throw away. Now this really means that people can save big by turning towards recycling, and they have further incentives when they are actually being charged for the burden on the economy that they create.

At the moment, recycling is responsible for 1.1 Mil jobs in the USA, with that number expected to rise as more governments get behind recycling. Already creating around $37 Million in salaries annually, we can be in no doubt that recycling has a positive effect in that regard. As well as creating jobs directly, recycling also creates many jobs indirectly in the form of private sector contracts, innovation and subsequent revenues and employment. For those reasons alone recycling has certainly had a positive impact.

Recycling and composting now moves more than double the waste away from landfill sites that it did 10 years ago. Now 70 Million tons of previously useless waste is now put to use and being resold as products and put to use in our gardens up and down the country. To give an indication of how that impacts us; for every one ton of paper that is recycled rather than thrown away, we can expect to save 15 trees from being cut down. And another great indicator is that the energy consumed from creating the glass that can be saved from recycling one glass bottle is enough to light a single bulb for 4 hours straight.

Recycling is also reducing most categories of water and air pollutants, so as we recycle more, as we are doing at the moment, we are reducing the amount of pollutants that would otherwise end up in the water that we drink and the air that we breathe. So far, our recycling efforts are working well, and a great sign that as our recycling efforts scale, we will all benefit.

We cannot change the world for the better if we limit ourselves only to the tangible things that people do and do not do. Our emotions, thoughts, and choices that we make have a huge impact on the environment as a whole.

All of life is one. Our environment can be the biggest we can fathom to the smallest that we can put our arms around. So, let us consider what our thoughts, feelings, and spiritual striving have to do with our environment:

Every time we take action, we see an immediate or delayed impact on life around us. Every time we feel something, it has power and energy. It goes out of our emotional body and affects everyone and everything around us. Consider how you feel after being angry or irritated. Your body has changed chemically and others around have felt that anger and irritation. These emanations are even impressed on the objects that are around you. Consider how you feel if you wear a piece of clothing that someone gives you and you feel “icky” wearing it. Jewelery, clothing, furnishings all carry our emanations. So do our homes and gardens and even the foods we cook. They are all influenced by our feelings, thoughts, and spiritual striving!

Every time you think something, your thought currents have a powerful effect on your body and environment. Scientific experiments have shown how our thoughts influence our health and the condition of our bodies. Our thoughts also affect the very material environment around us and also affect all living organisms around us. Animals and plants feel our emotions and thoughts. The mineral kingdom is also impacted by our thoughts and our feelings. Furniture and homes and walls absorb our emanations. Consider why some homes or places you visit have a positive energy and feelings of well being, whereas other places make us uncomfortable and agitated.

Every time we strive spiritually to better ourselves, our outer life takes on a new meaning. What we are on the inside changes our life. Our relations change, our work changes, and our environment changes. In fact, a great thinker of the Wisdom Teachings wrote that our very thinking, feeling, and striving (or lack thereof) have a direct influence on the weather patterns and environmental disasters that humanity experiences. What we do in one part of the world will have an effect somewhere in the world. He states “These thoughts, emotions, and deeds are actually charges of energy which not only penetrate the great ocean of energy, but which also build cloudy formations around the globe. When such formations reach a certain point of density, power and radioactivity, they cause great destructive or constructive effects upon the kingdoms of the globe. The nature of their content, or their polarisation, determines whether the effect will be destructive or constructive. These cloudy formations either channel global energy or hinder its flow, for good or for destructive purposes.” (Earthquakes and Disasters by Torkom Saraydarian, p. 5)

My approach to environmental improvement includes this multi-leveled approach. When we are able to see this progressive and complex approach, we can easily see that wherever a person has a more holistic and multi-leveled approach to change, their actions are clear and simple. The environment will improve and we can avert disasters when we are able to change our consciousness.

Why do some people quickly see the dangers of their actions and some do not? I see people throwing garbage out of their cars without any feeling whatsoever; after all, it is not their living room, just a road. But someone has to pick up this garbage and it does pollute and create ugliness for others who travel that road. Yet there are others who think more holistically and they volunteer to pick up garbage from the roadside!

What about those who continuously exude filthy language in ways spoken and written, think hurtful and abusive thoughts, and feel ugly feelings and are seething with anger toward others? Those subtle emanations also go out of each person and fill up space. Great spiritual thinkers show us why we need to clean up our life from the inside out, and from the outside in.

When I see people who easily and automatically want to re-cycle, be environmentally sensitive, I see people who have an inner barometer for cleanliness and responsibility. I see the same traits of responsibility when I see someone who consciously chooses to clean up his or her emotions and thoughts and stop the flow of toxicity from their inner being. Whether the toxic waste is garbage thrown out of the car, or if it is garbage spewed out from the mouth or thoughts, these are just as polluting as the material garbage. When we see hateful and ugly thoughts coming from people, we don’t want to be around them. We can feel these subtle emanations.

Slowly we are developing instruments that measure the effect of our feelings and thoughts and actions, expressed or internal. Great spiritual teachers have always warned us about the ill effects of toxic emotions and thoughts. Now we are seeing the results of human toxicity. Our thoughts and feelings travel around space as fast as an email or Internet post does, maybe even faster. If written Blogs can have an effect on others and help change policy, what about the effects of our feelings and thoughts and practices? After all, these are just as real as written Blogs!

So, I would like to see this day dedicated to cleaning up the environment from the subtle side of our lives as well as the material parts of life. I feel strongly that the issues facing humanity today cannot be approached only from the material end alone. A multi-leveled approach is needed. We can each do something right now to clean up our actions, emotions, and thoughts. We can become aware of the kinds of emotions and thoughts we are continuously sending out of our life every minute. My feeling is that we put out much more “subtle garbage” on a daily basis than we do material garbage. And, the inner source of garbage is what influences the way we behave outwardly. It is that inner source or inner condition that we have that makes us choose to pollute or to live responsibly toward all of life. Without a real change in human consciousness, how can the end result of that consciousness, in the life choices that people make, ever change?

We are not isolated bodies in the larger body of humanity. We are not isolated nations or countries in the life of the Planet. We are not simple physical beings in the complex life of the planet. We need to approach this issue of what defines environment from the complexity of human life and even take into account the life of subtle beings all around us.

I am happy to see that humanity considers environmental issues an important part of our dialogue. I especially congratulate The Nobel Peace Prize Committee and Al Gore for their recognition of the importance of our environment. Now, let us take this a step further and deeper, and start to consider the inner workings of human beings and how much toxicity and pollution comes out of our inner life, or, alternatively, how much beauty and goodness and healing can flow out of each human being toward others and toward all of life.

Thank you.

Gita

References on the inner life and possibilities for our future lives by Torkom Saraydarian:

Entering the New Millennium

Olympus World Report, the Year 3000

Earthquakes and Disasters, Video clips of Torkom’s live lectures are available on U tube.

ali g talks some people about the environment, and recycling, etc

There’s no doubt about it: if you’re a patriot, you should feel great about recycling.

Think about it. Recycling saves trillions of kilowatts of energy every year. It conserves our natural resources. It makes our country’s air, water and soil cleaner by limiting pollution, and it stimulates our economy by creating new jobs.

Politicians and pundits from both the Left and the Right strongly agree that we should decrease our dependence on foreign oil. So recycling makes you a true patriot who’s doing something to make the people and economy of our great nation cleaner, healthier, richer and stronger!

I can see some folks in my mind’s eye (not you, of course!) with a slight sneer of disbelief on their faces. So allow me to share some basic statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency and other reputable sources that back up my argument.

Be a Patriot: Save Energy!

In 2003, the energy savings from recycling 54 billion aluminum cans exceeded the energy equivalent of 15 million barrels of crude oil, or the amount of gas the U.S. uses in one day.

Another way to look at it: recycling 1 can = 3 hours of TV, so in 2003 the U.S. saved enough energy by recycling cans to run 162 billion hours of TV, or about 25 hours of TV for every man, woman and child on Earth.

The Center for Ecological Technology found that the glass industry uses 50% less energy to create glass from recycled glass than from raw materials.

Americans recycled about 40 million tons of paper products in 2003, creating an energy savings of 163 trillion (yes, with a “T”!) kilowatt hours of electricity.

Recycling one pound of plastic soda bottles – or PET plastic – saves 1200 BTUs of energy (1 BTU is the amount of energy needed to raise a gallon of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit).

2005 saw the U.S. recycle 5 billion pounds of PET plastic, which equals a savings of 60 trillion BTUs of energy.

Be a Patriot: Conserve Natural Resources

Americans disposed of 83 million tons of paper products in 2003. According to the EPA, by recycling nearly half of that, we saved 705 million trees and 290 billion gallons of fresh water.

4% of U.S. annual oil consumption, or roughly 219 million barrels of oil, goes into the manufacture of plastic. Thus increasing the amount of plastic we recycle can make a significant impact on oil use.

In 1997, the U.S. recycled 13 million cars, which conserved 32.5 billion pounds of iron ore, 18.2 billion pounds of coal and 1.5 billion pounds of limestone.

Aluminum can be recycled forever. Over 2/3 of all aluminum ever created is still in use. Most of the 1/3 not still in use is aluminum cans in landfills.

Be a Patriot: Limit Pollution

Recycling just half of your annual recyclable household waste saves 2400 pounds of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. Many scientists contend that human-released CO2 is a leading cause of global warming.

Recycling household and car batteries keeps heavy metals such as mercury, lithium and cadmium from being released into our air and water. Heavy metals, when consumed by people and other animals, cause numerous health problems and diseases.

The EPA estimates that 200 million gallons of used motor oil are improperly disposed of each year. Recycling used motor oil keeps it from polluting your ground and fresh water.

Americans dispose of 270 million waste tires each year. Illegally-dumped and stock-piled tires are fertile breeding grounds for rodents and mosquitoes, and illegally-burned tires release oil and soot into the air and ground water.

Be a Patriot: Stimulate the Economy

Recycling creates a net gain in jobs – 5 to 1 over landfill management.

Jobs created by recycling cover a wide variety of skill sets, including basic labor, manufacturing, entrepreneurship, advanced science and engineering.

Recycling creates new “green” technologies designed to take advantage of the reclaimed resources.

The National Recycling Coalition reports that recycling has created 1.1 million jobs, $236 billion in gross annual sales, and $37 billion in annual payroll.

So there you have it. Patriotic people recycle! I challenge you to come up with another activity that every family in the country can so easily do to make such a huge difference in so many critical areas of the health of our great nation.

www.eco20-20.com Energy saving ideas for people struggling with rising costs.

Manage Performance In Your Organisation With StarTools. Successfully Used By Managers Around The World To Create An Inspiring And Productive Work Environment. Gain Competitive Advantage Through Attracting, Engaging And Retaining The Best Talent.
Performance Management Tools To Inspire People.

• ISBN13: 0767685144824
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
Collect the entire library of Scholastic Storybook Treasures and read along on screen with your favorite classic children’s stories, brought vividly to life on DVD.

HE S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS (Illustrated by Kadir Nelson, sung by Crystal Taliefero) This beloved folk song celebrates the connection between people and nature.

COME ON, RAIN! (By Karen Hesse, illustrated by Jon J. Muth, narrated by Laila Ali) Tess knows that the only thing that … More >>

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands… and More Stories to Celebrate the Environment

How do you find the idea of helping the environment, helping other people and still earn from your effort? You can realize this by participating in the toner recycling Canada program. This is an environmental drive that will reward you for your kindness.

The toner recycling Canada program seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate wasteful usage of toner cartridges. By recycling the toners, it can effectively solve the problem of dumping non-biodegradable plastics on landfills and waterways in Canada.

Toner cartridges are primarily composed of plastic. Toners have mechanical wheel necessary for its printing function. These empty cartridges will contain substances of ink that can become toxic overtime. The plastic on the other hand will last for millions of years. If you burn these plastics, it will contribute to the destruction of the ozone layer thus worsening global warming.

The toner recycling Canada program therefore is an excellent initiative to help the environment recover from the destructive effects of plastics. Another excellent thing about toner recycling Canada program is it can help in funding hospitals, building schools, and saving sick babies who need medical help.

So if you participate in a toner recycling Canada program, you will help not only the environment but also little and frail children who needs medical attention. The good thing is you get a monetary reward for your efforts in toner recycling Canada program. That’s because the toner recycling Canada program will pay for every empty cartridges you turn in.

So here are the ways how you can help and how you can earn from the toner recycling Canada program.

1.Spread the word about a toner recycling Canada program. Learn the requirements in participating in the toner recycling Canada program. In this way, you can do your own efforts and others can also join in this environmental drive.

2.Every empty toner cartridges you collect reduces the waste in the environment. So collect many empty toner cartridges to make an impact. You will surely be rewarded by the toner recycling Canada program for your hard work.

3.Of course do not expect that all empty cartridges you may collect can be paid by the toner recycling Canada program. Only good condition empty toner cartridges can be monetized. The toner recycling Canada program will test each cartridge and determine if it can still be recycled. Your earnings will depend on how many empty cartridges are accepted by the toner recycling Canada program.

4.If you have an online money transfer account, then your earnings will be sent there. So it is best to open a free account now to get your earnings from the toner recycling Canada program faster.

5.Lastly, what you earn can do many things. For example, you can use it as your seed money for further campaigns in collecting empty toner cartridges. It can also fund your own info drive to recruit more people for the toner recycling Canada program.

Participate in the toner recycling campaign in Canada and help clean the environment of plastics and toxic materials.

How a positive spin is great on protecting the environment and experiencing life to the fullest while embracing the power of nature.

Centuries have passed while putting a positive spin on protecting the environment.

First and foremost, you’d want to prevent fires. especially forest fires by keeping it green from classic to elegant for industries that built our towns, communities and cities. Although, they say that coal, timbers, and glass all have played an important role into what we have begun and what we have to offer.

However, the beauty has evolved through towns and people have always sought new heights into protecting the environment to the highest point amidst the beauty by putting a positive spin on it. Meaning: high peaks and the highest point in the environment. So you’d want to make it a phenomenal view for nature watching in order to plan vacations and relax. first, you would have to keep everything right next to where you’d want to record everything happening in the environment to just keeping it fresh and clean.

You’d also want to multi-surface and multi-task. although, it’s a known fact that fresh plants make your environment gloomy and dreary and you wouldn’t want to leave the environment in perils. so, you’d definitely want to reshape the environment and just wouldn’t want to wait another minute for a bad look to come about.

However, putting a signature spin on protecting nature which changes a lot especially if someone else is trying to put negative spins on everything else around it because everyone knows that each winter blasts that we have, usually blankets the country and throughout the whole Tri-state area. Although, people have made too many priorities that weren’t kept when dealing with the environment.

for instance: Wintery precipitation is like this: how you pick your car, is like picking a crop and like paving away from what is reality and what’s not reality.

The cattle: Thinking of the cattle, farms, and crops you’ll need fresh crops with finishing touches on everything else around you in order to build the economy for consumer rights.

With tree recycling: You should remove all dead branches meaning you’ll need to landscape.

The mountains: Mountains make it an awesome place on the planet spectacular and want to explore the amazing outdoors and surroundings and you’d want to be able to enjoy the great outdoors in order to be able to have it where the animals and birds can breathe and run around.

However, having a positive spin on protecting the environment is a spirit of adventure with a bold new attitude and determination with a spiritual eloquence almost like a land of enchantment with the whole palm springs look which brings modern ingenuity. however, its a place where people might want to have a positive look on protecting the environment to where you can grow and maintain fresh crops in order to eat great and make the environment a special place to discover.

Although, a changing environment will continue to affect people in many different parts of the world in unique ways and statistics on the environment provides an excellent way for us to determine whether the environment is improving or worsening. humans are treating the environment better or worse than they have done in the past.

Although, pollution, hazardous waste, and many other environmental problems usually creates a major health threat for people around the world which is an environmental health organization that works with agencies in the developing world to try to eradicate harmful diseases. we can also make significant strides to improve the planet that we share by doing this.

VIP: We should recycle

-eliminate the use of electrical appliances for things that you can easily do by hand.

-Use cold water in the washer whenever possible

-don’t ever leave water running needlessly

-flush the toilet less often

-recycle cans, bottles, paper bags and definitely, recycle your christmas tree.

And last, but not least: teaching children t respect nature and the environment.

If we don’t do these steps and teach our children to do those things involving the environment and our surroundings and then we wouldn’t have a positive spin and it would continue to leave a negative spin on the world.