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How to Grow Your own Food For Increased Security, Health, Financial and Happiness Benefits

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How to Grow Your own Food like this vegetable garden For Increased Security, Health, Financial and Happiness Benefits

Learning how to grow your own food is becoming more essential for financial and climate reasons. First of all, consider the price of food that keeps on increasing it seems with each passing day. Next we have the climate change condition, which dumps heavy rainfalls producing floods, and other upcoming disasters like droughts and other weather extremes, which not only affects the price, but the quantity of food available. The day may come when we go to the store and not be able to find the foods we would like, or that we need.

This is where learning how to grow your own food comes in handy, and, according to a Garden Writers Association (GWA) survey, and found that 7 out of 10 respondents reported having a lawn or garden and that it is now becoming ‘trendy’.
We have always been hunters and gatherers, but in today’s modern society we have shifted away from our natural instincts and become consumers. There are many benefits of having your own vegetable garden, such as the reduced cost of food, increased security, health benefits, and a great hobby! We are talking substantial savings in food costs here, but it is also a somewhat labor intensive task. We have included a substantial set of instructions here for how to grow your own garden, and we hope that it helps you in your journey back to our roots! Continue Reading How to Grow Your own Food For Increased Security, Health, Financial and Happiness Benefits Here

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Posted by admin - March 15, 2012 at 11:20 am

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Water Pollution and Control Act History And Future

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Water Pollution and Control Act History And Future - Let's make sure the powers that be don't create a future such as in the image!

The Federal Water Pollution and Control Act (Clean Water Act) was originally made into law June 30, 1948 as statute (Ch. 758; P,L. 845), which authorized the U.S. Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, in cooperation with other Federal, state and local entities to prepare comprehensive programs with the intention of either reducing or entirely eliminating the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters. During the development of these plans, due process was to be given to improvements necessary to conserve waters for public water supplies, propagation of fish and aquatic life, recreational purposes, and agricultural and industrial uses. The original statute also authorized the Federal Works Administrator to assist states, municipalities, and interstate agencies in constructing treatment plants to prevent discharges of inadequately treated sewage and other wastes into interstate waters or tributaries.

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The Federal Water Pollution and Control Act of 1948 was not the first issuance of clean water directives however, as earlier versions were created, such as the Rivers & Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 which is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. It was originally enacted as the River and Harbor Act of 1886, but was later re-codified into the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The Act of 1899 made the discharge of refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or tributaries thereof, of the United States without a permit a misdemeanor which was specifically referred to as the Refuse Act. The Rivers and Harbors Act also makes it a misdemeanor to excavate, fill, or alter the course, condition, or capacity of any port, harbor, channel, or other areas within the reach of the Act without a valid permit. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 also made it illegal to dam navigable streams without a license (or permit) from Congress and was included for the purposes of hydroelectric generation, at a time when the electric utility industry was expanding quite rapidly. Continue Reading Water Pollution and Control Act History And Future Here

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Posted by admin - March 6, 2012 at 1:04 pm

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Green School Supplies Going Green Back to School

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Green School Supplies Going Green Back to School

Green school supplies going green back to school, and going back to school means hitting the retail stores and stocking up on all kinds of stuff, right? Well, maybe it means that for some, but the eco-conscious are looking for ways to go green when they get ready to go back to school.

1. The Lunchbox

Remember your lunchbox as a kid? Was it festooned with Star Wars characters, Rainbow Brite, Smurfs, or Superman? Well, times have changed but the principle has not – lunchboxes reduce waste. Go for a used one at an antique store for a retro look, or invest in a reusable cooler bag. Thermoses are still great for transporting drinks and soup. Don’t forget the cloth napkin and reusable flatware. Continue Reading Green School Supplies Going Green Back to School Here

Originally posted 2010-08-03 15:04:26.

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Posted by admin - March 5, 2012 at 1:24 pm

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Home Made Cleaners How to Make Lavender Antibacterial Spray

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You Can Keep Your Home Clean And Fresh Smelling And Disinfected While Keeping Chemical Free With These Home Made Cleaners How to Make Lavender Antibacterial Spray

You can make home made cleaners like lavender antibacterial spray without having to invest in a lot of chemical-based cleaners to kill germs. You can easily make your own disinfectant spray at home to help keep your household free of potentially harmful chemicals. Lavender also has antiseptic properties, and it smells fresh and clean. Here are two simple to make recipes for lavender spray which can be made quickly and safely in the comfort of your own house, and with inexpensive, easily obtainable ingredients.

Ingredients for Lavender Antiseptic Spray: Continue Reading Home Made Cleaners How to Make Lavender Antibacterial Spray Here

Originally posted 2011-02-14 10:20:53.

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Posted by admin - March 5, 2012 at 1:24 pm

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Electric Car Batteries Lithium Ion Batteries Breakthrough Electric Car Range Tripled

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Electric Car Batteries Lithium Ion Batteries Breakthrough Electric Car Range Tripled

Electric car batteries or lithium-ion batteries advances effectively triple electric car range. Envia Systems, who is a technology leader in lithium-ion energy storage announced a major breakthrough in technology in this field. The new Envia technology builds on the work done at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory which is located in southwest DuPage County, IL, 25 miles southwest of Chicago and managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

Building on the existing award-winning Argonne-Envia collaboration, the Argonne license contributed complementary technology to Envia’s development of industry-leading lithium-ion battery solutions. General Motors also invested $7 million in Envia to provide its “battery engineering team with access to advanced lithium-ion cathode technology that delivers higher cell energy density and lower cost.” Other Envia Investors include Asahi Kasei and Asahi Glass, Bay Partners, Redpoint and Panagea Ventures totaling $17 million.

Advanced Research Project Agency•Energy, or ARPA•E gave them a $4 million dollar award grant to help with the research as well. The whole idea of ARPA•E was:

To bring a freshness, excitement, and sense of mission to energy research that will attract many of the U.S.’s best and brightest minds—those of experienced scientists and engineers, and, especially, those of students and young researchers, including persons in the entrepreneurial world.

Continue Reading Electric Car Batteries Lithium Ion Batteries Breakthrough Electric Car Range Tripled Here

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Posted by admin - March 1, 2012 at 9:17 am

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Clean Energy Fuel What Are They?

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Clean energy fuel definitions can greatly vary depending on who you ask

Clean energy fuel definitions vary, depending on who you ask or where you look to for an answer. Some people think natural gas is a clean burning energy source and it is widely advertised as being “clean”, however it is not clean by any means. When we look at the power plant, the burning of natural gas produces nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, but in lower quantities than burning coal or oil.

Methane (CH₄) is a primary component of natural gas and a highly potent greenhouse gas which can also be emitted into the air when the gas is not burned properly and completely. Similarly, methane can be emitted as the result of leaks and losses during transportation. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and mercury compounds from burning natural gas are negligible.

Methane remains in the atmosphere for approximately 9-15 years and is 25 times more effective in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO₂) over a 100-year period and 72 times more potent over a 20 year period. It is emitted from a variety of natural and human-influenced sources. The human-influenced sources include landfills, natural gas and petroleum systems, agricultural activities, coal mining, stationary and mobile combustion, waste-water treatment, and certain industrial processes. Continue Reading Clean Energy Fuel What Are They? Here

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Posted by admin - February 28, 2012 at 11:53 am

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