Earth Day 2007! Green Up Everyone!
April/22/2007 09:44 AM
By now we've
all seen newspaper and magazine articles, reports
& TV specials on Greening Up and on Planet Earth!
National Geographic and Discovery Channel have been
running some amazing shows that everyone should
watch! Hopefully most of you have seen An
Inconvenient Truth, a movie that should be shown in
every school and at home with the family. All of
these can be great sources of information on what we
can do to truly make a difference and not just talk
about!
Here at our home, we've been working on "Greening Up" for quite some time now, a step at a time but definitely in a healthy and environmentally sound direction. We too have switched out our light bulbs to CFL's (Compact Florescent Light bulbs). We "power down" appliances, we check out our car's tire pressure weekly. The longer list of steps we have already taken have reduced our emissions by 11,112 pounds per year, 31 percent of our total emissions!
Calculate your Carbon Footprint:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
Everybody can do something "Simple", if you haven't already, that will make a difference and an actual impact! The impact is not just on the environment but your wallet (in a good way!) too! A good start is switching out your light bulbs to CFL's ... here are 2 links on CFL's, what they are & how to choose the right 1....
http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/25_44_169
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls
We hope you have found this information helpful and useful!
Thanks For Supporting Our Earth!
Here at our home, we've been working on "Greening Up" for quite some time now, a step at a time but definitely in a healthy and environmentally sound direction. We too have switched out our light bulbs to CFL's (Compact Florescent Light bulbs). We "power down" appliances, we check out our car's tire pressure weekly. The longer list of steps we have already taken have reduced our emissions by 11,112 pounds per year, 31 percent of our total emissions!
Calculate your Carbon Footprint:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
Everybody can do something "Simple", if you haven't already, that will make a difference and an actual impact! The impact is not just on the environment but your wallet (in a good way!) too! A good start is switching out your light bulbs to CFL's ... here are 2 links on CFL's, what they are & how to choose the right 1....
http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/25_44_169
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls
We hope you have found this information helpful and useful!
Thanks For Supporting Our Earth!
Shorebird Stewards Protect Shorebirds and Tell Us Why.
April/16/2007 09:01 AM
For information
please visit this link...
http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/explorations/spring07/shorebirds.html