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TO YOUR HEALTH

You know, it is great to talk about and actually do things which have a positive effect on the environment. This is why I use as many green products as I can. I get satisfaction in knowing that I am doing my part in cleaning up the environment.

We, all to often get involved in this cause or that cause and forget about the most important thing, the health of ourselves and our family. If, you or a loved one comes down with one of the major dreaded diseases Going Green does not mean a thing. Americans are optimistic by nature. If they don’t feel well they go to the doctor and tell him to give them a pill so they can get back doing the things they enjoy. Sometimes, it is not that simple. Believe me, your whole world comes to a halt especially if you or a loved one are diagnosed with the big” C”. We as Americans, trust our doctors and hospitals to make us all better. Sometimes they do, a lot of times their treatments don’t work and we pass on.

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Thanks for listening: TO YOUR HEALTH

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on February 23rd, 2010

How to Leverage a Business with Green Shredding Policies

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Going green is at the forefront of the shredding industry, producing a rise in the development of sustainable products and services. Corporations have begun to see the financial advantages involved with producing green products and adopting operational policies which further benefit such. As producing policies, such as green shredding business models, can leverage a business’s credibility, develop affirmative branding, produce unique competitive advantages and ultimately drive sales.

A green shredding policy works to successfully reduce operational effects on the environment while maintaining a high degree of ease and convenience in practice. A policy such as this can be effectively incorporated into a business environment with the utilization of desk side document storage containers which are specifically designed to further environmentalism, locally manufactured and equipped with detailed usage guidelines.

Desk side keyed containers are beneficial to a green shredding policy as they are custom designed to slide seamlessly under preexisting furnishings which optimizes the space occupied, increases the convenience of use and ensures that guarded information is disposed of properly. The containers can also be uniformly keyed, formaldehyde free and complimented by warranties. Integrating durable, secure and environmentally friendly containers into a business model will produce a competitive advantage, whereby, products and services can be sold in relation to such.

When selecting a document storage container ensure that it will maximize the benefits of a green shredding policy by evaluating its design and manufacturing process. Consider such production elements as: where the container is made, what it is made of and if it is recyclable. These elements are crucial as locally manufactured consoles eliminate the harmful effects of overseas shipping and containers made of recycled content conserve our natural resources. Ultimately, this is advantageous for a corporation as utilizing environmentally manufactured containers increases the projection of a positive corporate image.

After the means is established for developing a green shredding policy, guidelines need to be developed to ensure its effectiveness. The guidelines should educate the end user on correct program usage and ensure that collection companies are recycling the materials. This will maximize the amount of materials recycled and better establish credibility among consumers seeking green products from companies practicing green policies.

In conclusion, a green shredding business model benefits the consumer, the corporation and the environment. Through the careful selection and implementation of environmentally conscious document storage programs a corporation can successfully position themselves in a positive relation to the consumer. A position which depicts a shared interest and environmental responsibility which will inevitability influence the purchasing process, encourage financial growth and reduce our carbon footprint.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on November 11th, 2009

Green Friendly – how to choose the lifestyle

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There are plenty of ways to choose a green-friendly lifestyle, but it all resumes to personal convictions and beliefs. There is a common belief that green-friendly products equal lack of comfort, and if we think how eager we are to pamper our bums with ultra-soft toilet paper, we may understand how true this is. Well, you may not know or care that very soft toilet is made from virgin fiber wood that requires the cutting down of trees. Next time when you fancy yourself as a green-friendly person, think about your daily habits and find out how serious your environmental concern really is.

You can recognize a green friendly person by the food he/she eats. Whether out of preoccupation for personal health or care for the environment, lots of people buy local food instead of the non-organic products available in hypermarkets. A vegetables garden will produce very nice food that can be kept 100% pesticide free. This could very well cover a family’s needs of tomatoes, carrots, peppers, peas or beans in a very inexpensive way. If you don’t have the possibility to grow the vegetables yourself, you can buy from local green-friendly farms.

Then, to give some further green-friendly lifestyle examples we ought to refer to outdoor activities more. How much time does your child spend in front of the computer or watching TV? The most important thing you can do when guiding him/her in the choice of leisure activities is to give him/her a dose of nature. Walking or playing outside in a natural setting, doing sports, going hiking, cycling or climbing are just a few examples of how you can develop a green-friendly lifestyle for the entire family. If more parents thought like this, there would be fewer video-game consoles sold all over the world.

Lots of other elements define a green-friendly attitude to life. From the effort to recycle and reuse to the building of a sustainable house, there are many ways to stay environmental. We do separate our waste for recycling but very sometimes not even that happens and we don’t even care where the garbage goes. We forget that the very fish we have for dinner comes from a dirty ocean and that it could carry the germs and toxins that we fed it in the first place.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on November 9th, 2009

The Burden Of Green Taxes 2

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If any UK government department mentions the words:- green, environment, carbon gas emissions, etc, etc, you can be sure before the end of the sentence arrives you’ll also find the word- TAX.

As recently as last month the UK government announced plans to increase taxes for motorists so drastically as to put the future of driving cars in jeopardy for most people, these taxes are to be raised as a method of contribution to a Green Tax Levy amounting to £150bn over the next 10 years.

One factor that never seems to be considered by the people who think up these measures is how will their decisions affect people who live out in the country. Practically everyone who lives in the country are on lesser incomes than their city dwelling counterparts and cannot rely on a good public transport system, how then are they going to conduct their lives with no travel.

A survey reveals very clearly that transport lags behind both industry and buildings in global energy usage yet is always seen as the cash cow when tax revenues are required to be topped up.

How long will it be before our Chancellor of the Exchequer makes a statement, as he did on the recent increase in Flight Taxes, that these motoring tax increases are just a revenue raising exercise and nothing to do with environment issues.

Of far greater importance to the well being of our planet is the absolutely enormous damage being carried out in the Amazon Rainforest, and not to be forgotten, other regions including Indonesia, where logging will have cleared all rainforests in 10 years and in Papua New Guinea in 13-16 years.

All this deforestation, a great amount of which is illegal, is to provide land for agriculture and crops, some of these crops are for the production of bio-fuels for our cars. Can anyone see the sense in that, clearing rainforests which absorb carbon gas emissions to plant crops for the production of further fuels, ok perhaps slightly less polluting fuels.

What we have not heard a lot of information about is where these crops and products end up; answer- BRITISH SUPERMARKETS.

There is a clear case to answer here, if British supermarkets are buying cheap products (which these products would have to be for the supermarkets to be interested in) then they are not only profiting from illegal activity and having supported indirectly the logging and deforestation but they should be making a corresponding contribution to green taxation.

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Bill is now retired but has always enjoyed travelling, which included driving on all continents of the world. He also has a very keen interest in all environment issues. He started his first website last year and is about to launch a more comprehensive motoring site www.thecarhub.net

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on November 3rd, 2009

Environment friendly products and news is growing in popularity

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Taking a few minutes a day or a few hours a week to just read some articles or do some on-line research can help all of us improve our eco-smarts and grow a more eco-friendly home.

Almost every house and yard can be turned into a positive affect on the environment. You can let the environment help you save money and maybe even add years to your life. Do some research and internet shopping and start switching out home and garden items for more safe and green organic products. There are so many websites that offer great economic environmentally safe products, like www.eco-smartshop.com. Green websites are on the move and growing. You can find almost everything green for inside the house or anything in the yard on-line.

Start creating a better future for your family and helping the environment at the same time. Little green steps are better than no steps at all and before you know it you will have a large selection of eco-friendly home and garden items. We all love our environment and the world we live in some way or another. We love our pets and the natural beauty of wildlife and mother nature’s land. We all have a responsibility to not destroy it, but to preserve it and let it grow to be older and more beautiful for our future generations to enjoy also.

So when your done reading this get to it. Start with www.eco-smartshop.com and so many other resources to provide guidance and options for change. The internet is a leader in helping the enviroment. It provides almost everyone with a channel to network and ask questions of what they can do to help and work together with other around the world.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on October 26th, 2009

Plastic Bags – What Options Do We Really Have?

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Much is being written and said about plastic bags and the harm it causes our environment. I think we can all agree that the number of plastic bags used by our society and plastic products that are part of our daily lives, is staggering and can seem overwhelming to get a grip on or to find a solution to our dependence on plastic. Let’s face it; it would take a revolution and true commitment and effort on an entire nation – not to mention the world – to stop using plastic. Plastic is a bi-product of our addiction to ease and having the least amount of effort in our everyday lives. Included in the mesh of issues related to plastic and its use is price. Plastic is cheap and allows for savings in the production of products in the immediate. The cost, however, in the long run to our environment and the energy consumed and petroleum used is high. As consumers, looking to save as much as possible, the immediate is of most concern. I think we can all understand and agree on that. However, long term costs need to become part of our thinking process and a recognition that the costs are payable today or tomorrow.

The choices that we currently have are not many, but choices as consumers we do have. What we fail to realize is that as consumers our voice can be loud and the manufacturers would be forced to listen. Pricing would be adjusted to meet the demand and an increase in available choices would be possible, if we as consumers demanded it. In the past four years, the number of available options has increased. Today corn-based plastics and other alternative materials are commonly spoken of and available in the market place. These alternative materials, such as bagasse (sugar pulp based) and bamboo and many others are not a foreign concept. Many of us have seen them and are now familiar with their durability and usage. Because of our awareness and demand for these alternative products, more have become available. Simply, that is how the market works.

A lot of statistics are thrown out there and are now ignored, but lets consider that for every one (1) ton of plastic that is recycled we save the equivalent of two (2) people’s energy use for 1 year, the amount of water used by 1 person in 2 month’s time and almost 2000 pounds of oil.

What else can we do? We can start buying products that are made from alternative materials such as corn-based, sugar-pulp and bamboo. These materials are not a panacea for all that is wrong with our consumption of goods contained in plastics, but it is a start. In an “ideal” world we would have a bio-based material that would not be reliant on a food source, but it is a start. Our reliance and proliferation of petroleum-based plastics should start to come to an end. We know its harmful effects on our environment as well as our global and political choices made based on our dependence on petroleum. Lets stop buying products that are contained in petroleum-based plastics and seek products that are contained in recycled or alternative plastic materials. If we demand it, it will be manufactured.

Lastly, spread the word and make recycling part of your everyday life. It may take an additional step in separating your waste, but it is worth it. Share your thoughts with your neighbors and friends. Ask that your local government listen and that recycling program be part of your city.

There are no easy answers or successes that are not met by challenges and a commitment by a society to want better for our future. It is a national issue that has finally come to a forefront in our consciousness. The good news is that there are options available and as consumers we can make a choice and manufacturers and our government will listen if we are willing to take a stand and demand that more is done.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on October 25th, 2009

Environmentally-friendly Technologies

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Global warming poses a serious threat to our planet. If we don’t do our bit to safeguard the environment, future generations may have to pay a heavy price for it. Adopting green technologies or using eco-friendly green products are a few things that we can do to make sure that we do not cause any further damage to the environment.

Here is a list of some innovative and interesting environmentally-friendly technologies that can make a difference.

Zero-energy Homes – Several home owners in California have built zero-energy homes that combine energy-efficient construction and practices. They not only reduce the energy demand by up to 70 percent by means of latest energy-efficient technologies, but also generate all the electricity required from photovoltaic solar panels.

Motion-powered Speed Bumps – In this method, energy is generated each time a car passes over the bump from its weight and movement. These energy-generating speed bumps make use of long think pedals whose movement generates around 2,000W of electricity per car.

Oil Gone Easy S-200 – This is an oil stain remover that makes use of an environmentally-friendly technology called bioremediation. This product does not contain any harmful chemicals and degrades the harmful hydrocarbons in the oil using the bacteria present in the atmosphere. Using such eco-friendly green products that make use of green technologies will help protect our environment.

Sewage-powered Fuel Cells – In this environmentally-friendly technology, bacteria used in the treatment of sewage in wastewater treatment plants are used to generate electricity.

Energy Curtain – This energy curtain does more than just provide shade; it provides light. The outer side of the blind has special solar energy-collecting cells, which store up energy during the day and and provide light during night. All that needs to be done is to pull down the blinds during the day for it to charge.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on September 30th, 2009

Green Living Guide

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Green living is easier said than done. There are many facets to green living that need to be considered before you can do a radical change of your approach to life. First, you need to realize that green living is not just leaving your car at home occasionally once in a week and taking public transportation instead. There is a lot more to it than that. When you attempt the goal of green living, you are making a stand and demanding that the foods that you eat are healthy and free of pesticides, the clothes that you wear is not contaminated, and the water that you drink is free of chlorine.

In addition to this, green living requires lowering the amount of energy that your equipment consume, embracing solar power, and changing your way of life so that you do not damage the environment. If you own your own home, this can call for some costly changes. Your old top loading washing machine would need substituted by a machine that wastes much less water and electricity. If you live in a sunny area, you would need to take advantage of your roof space to install solar panels. Obviously, green living can be done cheaply. Nonetheless, for the serious individual, there is quite a lot of planning and changes involved in making a home environmentally friendly.

Green living can affect making changes to the cleaning products you use as well. Cleaning materials are one of the topmost sources of pollutants made from a home. Spray tins add fumes to the air, liquid mixtures add chemicals to the water that is flushed down the toilet or sink. The chemicals wiped onto paper towels end up in landfills, which then contaminate the water and soil near the trash dumps. By changing the cleaning products you use, you can drastically lower the amount of harm that is done to the environment. The more biodegradable items you purchase and use, the nearer to a state of green living you achieve.

Having a green home is not the only thing that you can do to aid the environment. Purchase products that are attested as doing little damage to the environment when they were made. Purchase cleaning supplies that are biodegradable and do not cause long term harm to the waterways and the life that lives in those waters. Do not buy products that harm the environment. If you do your part by owning a green home, you can be a living example that it can be done without sacrificing comfort and ease of living.

There are other many elementary things that you can do that won’t cost you much, or any, money and allow you to start a green living way of life. Recycle everything you can and throw away as little as possible. Purchase foods that do not have excessive packaging. There are many butcheries and fruit markets that use recyclable wrap when selling their goods. Drive your motor vehicle less and learn about how the choices you make in your life affect the environment.

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If you are truly concerned in green living you should look at using alternative power sources. Solar panels on the roof of your home, as an example, is an excellent green living solution. Visit http://www.ecofriendlymind.com.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on September 14th, 2009

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