This is a special time of the year for us. We are very dedicated environmentalist and Earth Day is important to us. We like to take take Earth Day as a day to take stock of our commitment to doing our part to keep our planet healthy and clean. Remember if we foul up planet Earth there are no emergency exits for us to use!
In his testimony before congress, Al Gore advised lawmakers to cut carbon dioxide and other warming gases 90 percent by 2050 to avert a crisis. Doing that, he said, will require a ban on any new coal-burning power plants, a major source of industrial carbon dioxide, that lack state-of-the-art controls to capture the gases.
"There is a sense of hope in this country that this United States Congress will rise to the occasion and present meaningful solutions to this crisis," he said. "Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination."
What do you believe? Will you rise to the occasion and to do your part?
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The Buck Stops Here
Global warming. It’s the buzz word making the rounds. There are movies about it, political positions on it, organizations working to stop it and we go about our daily lives as if we can’t have an impact on it as individuals. We say the environmental buck stops here … with each of us.
Rather than wait and look to governments and corporations to “do something about it”, how about setting an example individually? Historically, significant change was not brought about by businesses and governments, but by individuals committed to doing the right thing just because it was.
As Margaret Mead said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has”.
So how can we as individuals have any impact? Considering that over half of the world’s pollution is sourced from households, each of us collectively can make a difference.
Here are a few ideas.
- Plant a tree! Trees increase levels of oxygen in the air and filter out pollutants we produce.
- Replace a light bulb! Exchange the incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent one. They last 10 times longer and use only one-fourth of the energy compared to incandescent light bulbs.
- Recycle! Recycling lessens the amount of waste that goes into landfills and reduces the amount of toxic chemicals absorbed into the earth.
- Visit a Farmer’s Market! Buy locally produced foods instead of goods that must be trucked in.
- Remember that each year Americans throw away 25,000,000,000 Styrofoam cups. Even 500 years from now, the foam coffee cup you used this morning will be sitting in a landfill!
- Use non-toxic, biodegradable cleaners to clean your home. Just one of our starter kits is the equivalent of planting 10 trees, eliminates 108 lbs. of packaging wastes in landfills and 248 lbs. of greenhouse gas emissions. Bonuses are it saves you money and time. We make it easy to get rid of all those undesirable cleaners you may have in your home in one full swoop. One starter kit makes the equivalent cleaning power of:
60 bottles of Fantastik
32 bottles of Mop and Glo
728 bottles of Windex
1 Bottle of Woolite
1 Container of Clorox Wipes
1 Bottle of Soft Scrub
2.5 Boxes of Cascade
2 Boxes of Tide
3 Bottles of Downy
1 box of Bounce
You'd have to spend more than $3,400 to get the same amount of clean! With a starter kit, you have an easy way to create a toxic-free home without sacrificing cleaning performance. In fact, the products in the starter kit were proven to outclean 11 national brands. If you don't think our non-toxic, biodegradable products work better than what you're using now, the company will refund your money for the cost of the products.
Please visit our educational site dedicted to environmentally friendly, effective and economical cleaners. Remember, only you decide how to spend you money. Please let us know if we can be of help.
