Posts Tagged ‘cold water’
Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Forced Green Turns 2 – We Have So Far To Go, Yet We Have Come So Far
There’s a gruesome little saying that goes – if you put a frog in boiling water it will jump out, but if you put it in cold water and slowly heat it until the water boils, the frog will stay there and die. Ergo, if slow and gradual, change goes on for the most part, unnoticed. This is so often used as an analogy to caution for bad changes. But it also serves to make us pause and take time to realize the good changes. (more…)
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Posted in Going Green, Green Living, Technology | 26 Comments »
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
It’s Global Warming Believe It Or Not
This will be a totally different planet with an increase of just 3 °C (5 1/2 °F), in our global warming, a planet that hasn’t existed for millions of years. There was no humans when it was 3 degrees warmer. Some scientist say that may be the tipping point, when changes in the world’s climate could cascade out of control. (more…)
Tags: 3 feet, air temperatures, antarctic ice sheet, catastrophic impacts, climate, climate agreement, climate change, cold water, Copenhagen, environment, Everything Solar, fresh water, global air, global climate, global warming, Going Green, green, hot water, Kyoto Protocol, pleasantries, point of no return, sea level, tipping point, verge, water, wind, worst case scenario
Posted in Going Green, Natural Living, science | 18 Comments »
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Today is a few tidbits that I thought might be useful information.
There are 49 million disposable diapers dumped into landfills every DAY and it takes
500 years for them to decompose. That means your great, great, great (you get the
picture) grandchildren’s diapers will start before your baby’s diapers disappear.
Cloth diapers are chemical free and switching to cloth will reduce waste by over
1/2 ton per baby per year. (more…)
Tags: babies, ceiling fan, chemicals, cloth diapers, cold water, dish soap, dishes, disposable diapers, equator, grandchildren, heating and cooling, hot water, landfill, landfills, petroleum, plastic and styrofoam, savings, systems, washing clothes, waste, water, water faucet
Posted in Going Green | 9 Comments »
