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It’s that time again folks!  A new year means new goals and resolutions for people all over the world.  Have you started on your new year’s goals yet?  This year I am trying to make an effort for my resolutions to be bigger than ever before.  My primary resolution is to encourage green living in my community.  With the involvement and support of an entire local community the impact of going green will be so much greater.  Here are the ways that I am going to encourage and promote green living in my community.  Maybe you can do the same in yours. Teach.  Sadly, not everyone understands the impact that they have on the environment.  That means they might not even think that drinking only bottled waters and sodas is harmful.  I am going to...

Tech companies representing both software and hardware makers topped Newsweek’s Green Rankings this year. This is probably because the tech industry is automatically less stressful on the environment than agriculture or utilities are. Many tech firms openly promote a green civic mindedness that pervades the corporate culture and attracts the talent pool they hope to hire and maintain.  Many jobs in the IT industry, especially those involving the production and editing of media, readily lend themselves to telecommuting, which saves energy for employers and employees alike.  And there are other examples as well.  So, what were the top ranking green companies? What is the real deal with green jobs? The following infographic shows us which companies reign...

One of the easiest ways to help out in the environment as well as other things like your community is to buy locally.  I know that sounds pretty simple, but for some reason many people are not hopping on board with the buy local mentality.  Some may argue that buying imported goods is cheaper, and sometimes that is true.  But have you ever considered the impact created by getting the item to the store where you purchased it?  Transportation, packaging, inspecting, and other costs need to be factored in.  This is not only causing harm to our environment, but it is also hurting our communities.  I buy many things locally.  For examples:  food, vortex incense, and even some clothing items. One of my favorite things to buy locally is food.  I am talking about...

Wild America consists of all the wilderness plants and animals, and even entire ecosystems, found in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  What effect has global climate change had on the migratory paths of wild animals like bears and bison since the collection of historic data was initiated?  There are several ways to find out. One good place to start is to look at the information found online at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website.  Here you can read up and research all about science facts, the impact on ecosystems, and global awareness to climate changes over time. Other interesting facts and factoids about wild America, like the animal to human ratio of bears, beaver, bald eagle, and orca and information concerning the availability of...

If there were a green diet, would it consist of eating a combination of meat, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and grains as the Unites States FDA has pitched for the past 50 years, or would it look somewhat different?   Before we decide, let’s take a look at some statistics of emissions from food sources grown and farmed in the United States.  The following results were published in 2008 by Christopher Weber and H. Scott Matthews of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh: 83% of each American’s cable internet bundles contribution (or footprint) in terms of greenhouse gas emissions comes from the foods they choose to consume.  Greenhouse gas emissions continue to be a concern for the environment, so awareness of the largest sources of emissions is a...

The earth and the environmental issues that plague its inhabitants have always been of vital concern to humanity, who are the stewards of this world.  In ancient times, early ancestors understood the importance of maintaining the sanctity of  living things and the support systems that contribute to their continuation.  Over the years, as human technologies have made strides further from these naturally self-sustaining systems of atmospheric purification, and closer to a world on the brink of destruction due to the many by-products of industry, the earth has taken a bit of a beating. Some people believe that the earth is more capable of righting itself than we are of interfering with it.  Their stance is that the earth has been here far longer than we have...