November 2009’s issue of Creative Reviewcomes in a revolutionary new bag that dissolves in water, taking the standards of green living one notch up. I am impressed. The bag is made from a packaging material called Harmless-Dissolve which was created in the UK by Cyberpac.Harmless-Dissolve is made from a hydro-degradable substrate which is 5 times stronger than normal polythene. It is a readily biodegradable, water soluble polymer which completely biodegrades in a composting environment, in a di
Composting is both great for the environment and for you wallet. It saves lots of waste from ending up in the land fill. It also reduces the strain on local garbage sites as well as saves a bit of fuel each week (garbage truck makes less trips to the dump). You can compost just about any organic materials that you want. You can put in grass, leaves, household food waste, vegetables, fruit (although citrus rinds take a long time to compost). If you are just starting out you most likely will w
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August 26th, 2009 No Comments » » 12 views It’d be rather far-fetched to call myself an environmentalist. I mean, I try to do my part as a citizen of Planet Earth, I think about my future offspring and I hope that when I’m finally reduced to dust that they’ll still be able to live and breathe normally, just like how I am now. Sometimes when my parents talk about the days gone by, how the weather used to be so predictable and so much cooler, I wish I could go back in time and experience how it
Prior to volunteer outreach among City residents Wednesday, Jared Blumenfeld detailed expanding recyling program and newly avaiable kitchen pail. Blumenfeld servces as director of the San Francisco Deparment of Environment. Special to The Sentinel title=jared-2-21 width=515 height=342 class=size-full wp-image-38504 /gt; Prior to volunteer outreach among City residents Wednesday, Jared Blumenfeld detailed expanding recyling program and newly avaiable kitchen pail. Blumenfeld serves a
US in key environment meeting with Mekong countries (AFP) AFP - The United States held an unprecedented meeting Thursday with countries from the lower Mekong basin in what Washington said showed its commitment to combating climate change in Asia. 5 Important Enviro Actions If you feel you#8217;re not doing enough for the environment by replacing your incandescent light bulbs with CFLs and composting your kitchen garbage, maybe you#8217;re ready to m
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