The Mess We MadeThe Mess We MadeHow are we damaging our world and maybe what can we do to save it 
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Take the stuff
2008-05-07 17:33:00 What happens to all the stuff they leave at you table when you go eat out? Yes you guessed right things like clean napkins, sauces, left over food you didn’t take will all end up in the garbage. So what can we do to help getting more stuff in our landfills? Just take those napkins and candies home ... More About: Environment , Stuff
Boiling Eggs
2008-05-03 20:15:00 If you like a boiled egg like I do then try this new way of boiling them it will save you some energy and by that your wallet and the environment. It’s simple I use one of those plastic eggs that turn color when the eggs get boiled so put that with the eggs you want ... More About: Eggs
Save money save the environment (1)
2008-05-01 18:46:00 Let’s start a little new series of posts about the little things that we can do if we ignore all the marketing efforts from the BIG companies and start using our brain again. Most of us these days buy liquid soap but did you know that the “old Fashion” bar of soap will last you a ... More About: Environment , Products , Money , Save Money , Save
Music
2008-04-24 04:29:00 We all like to touch the stuff we buy but if we would just go a bit modern and not buy Cd’s any more and just order it online we could save a lot of resources from the environment and they would also not end up on a landfill any more. See how easy it is ... More About: Music , Environment , Products
Bulk shopping
2008-04-10 02:09:00 Lots of us out there are not keeping to much inventory of the products they need and have said that then you also know what that means. It means that we buy smaller quantities and therefore need more packaging then if we would buy a bigger bulk. You know you can of course start shopping some ... More About: Shopping , Environment , Bulk
Clock working on Water
2008-04-08 23:24:00 We all want to know what time it is and to do that we need a device that tells time and most of those use batteries and batteries are bad for the environment. But not this little clock because it works on Water and it keeps working for weeks and weeks just on a single ... More About: Electronics , Products , Clock , Working
A Plastic bag solution
2008-04-07 21:30:00 Last week I was shopping at a COOP grocery store in Calgary and when I told them that I didn’t need a plastic bag because I brought my own bag they told me if I wanted the money for the bag deducted from my bill or give it to a good cause. That of course ... More About: Environment , Plastic , Solution
iStraw Emergency Water Filter
2008-04-07 19:22:00 If you are in need of some clean water but didn’t bring you home water filter and don’t want to wast some more plastic bottles then the iStraw Water Filter is the solution. The iStraw reduces up to 99.99999% of all waterborne bacteria, including Giardia and Cryptosporidium and that makes it ideal for you holiday. You can ... More About: Travel , Food , Emergency
Recycle not trash
2008-03-28 01:39:00 From close by I a see on a daily basis how products just got thrown because it probably cost more then recycling. Like one of the big greeting card companies trows their envelopes when they change sections of their stock for instance when a seasonal section like Easter gets changed lots and lots of envelopes just ... More About: Environment , Recycle , Trash
Earth Hour 2008
2008-03-22 03:11:00 On March 29, 2008 Earth Hour 2008 will be held and what does that mean? At 8 P.M. at March 29 we are asked to keep our lights of for 1 hour and if enough people join in then we will use so much less electric that we will make the world a little bit cleaner. Check ... More About: Environment
The Shift Movie
2008-03-20 18:05:00 You are not the only one that wants to make this world a better place to live. Check out this movie. Isn’t it interesting to see that more of us are out there wanting to change?Check out the The Shift Movie website and see how you can help!
Spring changes
2008-03-20 18:04:00 Spring is here and that means that we can start thinking about more things we can do to make this place a better world. You know if you would sacrifice a little part of your great green lawn for a vegetable patch you would help yourself in numerous ways first of all you don’t have to ... More About: Environment , Food , Spring
SecondHand
2008-03-20 01:05:00 You know Garage / yard Sale season is coming soon with Spring just a couple of hours away. And isn’t getting some barely used goods a great way to recycle and a great way to keep good stuff from ending up at the landfills. My advice see if you can find some cool yard sales and maybe ... More About: Environment , Products
Meat and greenhouse gasses
2008-03-14 16:53:00 A pro whale catching group in Norway showed some interesting information about how much green house gas 1 kilo of meet creates. Here are the facts. 1kg of Whale meat creates 1.9kg of greenhouse gasses 1kg of chicken meat creates 4.6kg of greenhouse gasses 1kg of Pork meat creates 6.4kg of greenhouse gasses 1kg of beef meat creates 15.8kg of ... More About: Food , Meat , Greenhouse
Drying
2008-03-05 19:12:00 Everything seem has to go quick these days but is that always necessary? For instance we have a dryer next to our washing machine but is that really such a useful machine? first of all it shrinks my clothes, second the clothes don’t last as long any more either. And then if you think of it do our ... More About: Environment , Electronics , Products
Taxi?s waiting
2008-02-28 19:20:00 Yesterday I was visiting the Airport and there was of course a whole line of cabs waiting for customers. I noticed that all those cars where idling and at that time point there was not to much happening at the airport so i guess they all needed to idle at least 5 minutes before they ... More About: Products , Travel , Waiting , Taxi
Orange Juice
2008-02-25 20:18:00 Many of us like their glass of Orange Juice and of course we wonder how healthy it really is. And with healthy I don’t only mean for you but also for the environment. Lets start with the two most common preproduced Orange Juices the frozen one and the packaged one. I didn’t look at what was healthiest ... More About: Products , Food
Library
2008-02-25 01:08:00 You know it is not so difficult to help to save our planet. For instance I love books but do i really need to own them all? I guess not and that made me get a Library Card. First of all it is cheap and by getting you books from the Library you save money because ... More About: Services
Packaging
2008-02-21 18:04:00 Last night when I was watching TV I saw the ad for a washing detergent and they where saying that now is more concentrated so the package is smaller but you can do the same amount of laundry with it. After seeing that commercial i was thinking if more products would do that then we ... More About: Products , Packaging
Cordless Phone hurting your brain?
2008-02-20 18:53:00 We all heard stories about how bad calling with you cell phone is and the changes to frying your brain. But now there is a new study that says that your cordless home phones are even worse. The research shows that some base stations for the cordless phone transmits twice the amount of radiation as a normal ... More About: Electronics , Products , Phone , Brain
Plastics a bit more clearer
2008-02-15 16:54:00 These days we hear all these stories about how bad this plastic is and how bad that plastic is but what does it all mean and where can I see what kind of plastic it is? Let me start by telling you how you can distinguish the type of plastics out there. Plastics are put in different classes each ... More About: Products , Bottles
Walking or Driving
2008-02-11 18:02:00 You wonder how much we would change the world if we would take a walk instead of driving to some short by destinations. For instance it is not really that hard to walk to the grocery store that is like 5 minutes walk away. First off all you don’t have the hassle to find parking then ... More About: Travel , Driving , Walking
Aspirin TV advertisement
2008-02-09 19:35:00 I wonder about TV advertisement for medication on TV. For instance there is a commercial on TV for Aspirin it go’s as followed. Two girls just finished a workout class and are changing and then one complains about muscle pains and the other says she should take an Aspirin. And to me that sounds so wrong. First of ... More About: Medical , Advertisement
Plastic Baby Bottles
2008-02-08 17:12:00 There is a concern about plastic baby bottles. As you may well know is that plastic bottles that contain Bisphenol A are not very healthy for you, but now there is evidence that if you heat your baby bottle it will leak even more Bisphenol A. Bisphenol A is linked to lots of damage that it ... More About: Baby , Products , Plastic , Bottles
Cell Phones and sleeping
2008-02-07 23:53:00 You know for months and months I had a teribla sleep. I could just not sleep at all just a couple of minutes here and there and that was it. And then one day I read an article in a Dutch online newspaper about cell phones and sleeping problems. The story said that if you keep ... More About: Electronics , Products , Cell Phones , Sleeping , Phones
Flying
2008-02-07 01:50:00 Flying these days doesn’t cost as much as it use to. Specially if you look at low cost airlines in Europe where flying often is cheaper the taking the train. These price reductions of course also make it that more and more people fly for more and more occasions. And I guess we all know ... More About: Travel , Flying
Baby shampoo, powder or lotion.
2008-02-06 21:24:00 How does the world go one if we already poison our babies? In a new study on babies researchers found low levels of phthalates. This man made chemical is used in common baby products like Shampoo s, baby powders and lotions. As now known by scientists Phthalates is linked to changes in reproductive hormones and other possible health ... More About: Baby , Lotion |
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