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Green baby steps

July 12th, 2010

Guest post written by Alex Wharton

My family has finally started being a little more green than just recycling old plastic bottles.

We’re trying to make the transition to be more Energy Efficient in our home for green and financial reasons. I went online and found some useful information about heating and air efficiency – more specifically things that you can do to your home so that you won’t be air conditioning or heating the outdoors.

Our windows were old and drafty anyway. They were original with the house that we live in, which my in-laws built when my husband was about 6 years old. So I looked up sears home improvement michigan and found a great deal for some new windows. The pictures I found looked so much better than our old wooden ones that were begging for a fresh coat of paint.

I settled on those and had them installed. Our home looked instantly better and then after a few months’ time I noticed that our energy bill had gone down. Now, we had also started practicing energy-efficient habits like turning off lights we don’t need and so forth, so that definitely played a part. But I am still pretty impressed and satisfied.

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N-Viro International Corporation

March 26th, 2010

People are more realizing the necessity to take care of the environment. We now understand the call for performing responsibilities consecutively to improve the health, safety, and prolonged existence of human life. We understand how water is important to our life. To think that the world we live in is made up of water. And speaking of water, our water is polluted, especially in metropolitan areas. But water as a renewable energy, with modern technology, waste water gets recycled through water treatment.

The N-Viro Process converts waste to energy to prop up alternative energy. The N-Viro is designed for waste water and other organic wastes resulted from trash in the landfill, fertilizers in soil, bacteria, algae, chemical products from industries or manufacturers, to guarantee recycled water is safe reuse over and over again.

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What is N-Viro Internation Corporation?

N-Viro International Corporation owns and patented N-Viro Process technology that treats and stabilizes the wastewater. Thus, it reduces odors and defuses toxic elements or components. N-Viro is for opportunity fuels and clean coal for more productive use of energy. See http://www.nviro.com for more info.

Moreover, it processes the treatment and recycle of bioorganic wastes, like alkaline by-products. N-Viro International Corporation (NVIC) (“N-Viro”) also owns renewable biofuel N-Viro Fuel and, N-Viro Soil technologies to transform various types of waste into helpful reuse products.

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A $4,000 Tip

June 25th, 2009

Money isn’t the key to happiness. Yes, it is true. Money cannot buy happiness. But when someone gives you money, it makes you even happier. Johnny Depp said that Money isn’t the key to happiness. During his visit to a Chicago restaurant, his bill was $4,400. He certainly made a waiter happy with a $4,000 tip. Wow, that’s a lot of money. That seems likea two-month salary of the waiter – perhaps. Anyhow, Johnny Depp is a big star and a millionaire. But certa

inly, he brought joy to the waiter.

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The luckiest person who got the “best job in the world”

May 7th, 2009

The luckiest person who got the “best job in the world” as a caretaker of an Australian tropical island was Ben Southall, 34, a British charity fundraiser. He was picked from 16 finalists. I remember I posted about this job on January. And he will start to work on July 1st. The job responsibilities include strolling in the white sands, soaking up the sun, snorkel the reef, and taking care of the island, and should report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates. And be able to talk to media occasionally. And be able to take home 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) for relaxing around a beautiful tropical Hamilton island for six months in Australia. This program is part of the force to protect the state’s 18 billion Australian dollar a year tourism industry during the tough economic climate caused by the global financial meltdown.
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Recycling papers

January 26th, 2009

Home office and office supplies are useful in keeping your things organized and neat. I keep some office supplies at home and I am always on top of it. I keep some important office supplies neat and usable. I am completely conscious of how costly it can be maintaining office supplies. That’s why I usually buy ink cartridges, envelopes, etc. in bulk. And I prefer recycled office supplies since they are affordable for many reasons.

It is nice to get involved in eco-friendly products. Paper use leaves damage to the forests and rivers. Wouldn’t be great to contribute something to our environment by recycling some papers like newspaper, paper kitchenware, gift wraps or bags, paper bags, etc. ? Actually, there are many ways you can do with them. Like for example, paper bags – you can use them when you shop at the store, instead of asking plastic bags or another paper bags. Additionally, you can use newspapers in wiping glass panel or mirrors. I personally recycle these things as I hate throwing them away. However, I came across a site dolphinblue.com. Dolphin Blue is a good source of environmentally responsible office supplies. It is the only online source where all products contain recycled content. They carry recycled office and home supplies. And they process office and home supplies by eco-friendly materials. I really like how they participate in nature conservation.