The Green Space

This is Off Topic But I Need Your Help

Green Girl — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:54:15 +0000

I know I’m getting off topic but I and Haidi students and resedents need your help. I’m raising money to start a school in Haidi and they will have a recycle bin if I can get your help. If you want to help, e-mail redhat7@bellsouth.net. If you want to help that’s up to youbut I would really appreciate it. Thanks for visiting my website and I’m kinda new to this so see you later or more like come back soon and tell all your friends.

School Helps

Green Girl — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:36:11 +0000

Most schools I know of recycle. So I want to say thanks for making the world a better place for everyone. Saving the world is a big deal. If we don’t who will. So we should all thank the schools who do that for us. Try to use a recycle bin sometime if you don’t already.

Shaw plant uses bio-diesel from cooking oil

Lee Baldwin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:18:36 +0000

Shaw Industries, the nations leading flooring manufacturing has began using bi-diesel manufactured from cooking oil. This keeps us from using more oil, costs less, burns cleaner and eliminates the need for sulphur. The story is awesome and shows that not only is Shaw a leading floring manufacturer but is equally concerned in reducin the demand for foreign oil. If the rest of the American olil companies were as concerned as Shaw we would be in a better situation.

Article can be seen here.

Thank you to Walmart

Lee Baldwin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:37 +0000

A big thumbs up to Walmart for the things they do to help our world. They have for years been offering people the opportunity to return their plastic bags to be recycled, but now now they have gone a step further in helping to reduce the number of bags making it out of their store. They are doing this by offering reusable canvas bags for sale at their checkout stands. I love the idea and the only step would be to offer them at the same price that a plastic bag would cost Walmart. So lets see if we can get them to make this move to go green and save shoppers some green in the process.

Ethanol Takes a Blow

Lee Baldwin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:08:31 +0000

President Bush and some of his other compadres are at it again, cmplaining about the ethanol requirements. Texas governornor Rick Perry is asking that the EPA relax its ethanol regulations citing rising corn and soy bean costs affecting farmers. But is that the real reason? Probably not. If America starts being weened off its dependancy on oil, then the Texans and others involved in the oil business start losing.

I know, I know. Treehuggers everywhere are going to say that instead of going ethanol, go hybird or total electric. But if someone does not have the money, then ethanol is an alternative.

You can see the story that I read over at USA Today.

Victory for the Everglades

Lee Baldwin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:49:21 +0000

As we all know, development has been taken the Everglades of Florida away at a very high rate of consumption. However, US Sugar has agreed to sell back 187,000 acres of the Everglades to the state of Florida. It is projected to cost $1.75 billion for the land with $50 million of that coming from cash reserves and the other coming from long-term notes called “certificates of participation”.

The original article came from here and the full in-depth write-up is here.

Green Roofs

Lee Baldwin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:14:11 +0000

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/26/green.roofs/

I was over at one of my favorite sites and noticed this article on green roofs. They are supposed to help cool down cities, reducing the heat island effect and they are supposed to help fight climate change. Green roofs are simply gardens planted on a roof instead of in beds and yards.

But how easy are they to maintain. Do you have to water them often, feed them, pick them, prune them, replant each year. What would be the price of upkeep. I saw this on the Planet Green channel the other day and it is a novel approach, but if you know any answers to the maintainance required, please let us know by posting a comment.

Compost Bin

Green Girl — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:51:10 +0000

A compost bin helps save the Earth. It breaks down most outdoor things. It breaks down leaves and twigs to make dirt or soil. You can get one here on my website and start making the Earth a better place.

Recycling

Green Girl — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:14:26 +0000

Have you ever asked yourself why you should recycle? I know I have. I will tell you why. You should recycle so the Earth doesn’t get polluted because if the Earth gets too polluted we would die of no oxygen. I know I don’t want to die any day soon! Once I didn’t recycle either until our school started a recycle program. So next time you wonder why you should recycle that’s why!!