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Why is your Electric Company Stealing your Money?
Prodromus | July 31st 2008
Our monopolized electric utilities are one of the major sources of energy waste in our country. There is a built-in system that allows them to build larger and larger power plants, passing along those costs to the consumer. Because most utilities read more
Mr. Bush, lead (little late for that, isnt’ it??) or leave….
Green Power Mexico | June 24th 2008 by Baja Infotheque N.W.
It is hard to find the words to express what a fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy President Bush’s new plan is. Actually, it’s more sophisticated than that: Get Saudi Arabia, the chief oil pusher, to up the dosage for a little while read more
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
backpackermom--the original expat-mommy blog | April 9th 2008
A little-known island continent of floating toxic plastic garbage, TWICE the size of Texas, is growing in the pacific between California and Hawaii. Officially known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is still completely ignored by U.S. officials. In read more
Plastics and us!
backpackermom--the original expat-mommy blog | April 9th 2008
Plastics, like diamonds, are forever. Plastic floating in the ocean is the number one source of pollution of the world ocean. 80% of marine debris comes from land and 20% from boats. The problem is many marine birds, turtles and fish confuse floating read more
QUICK IDEAS TO GREEN UP YOUR LIFE!
backpackermom--the original expat-mommy blog | April 2nd 2008
1. Keep your trash off the street and out of the storm drains so they don’t end up in the ocean. EVERYTHING ENDS UP IN THE OCEAN! 2. Overwatering is wasteful. It moves trash and toxins into the ocean. Turn the water off when not using it, fix leaky read more
10 BENEFITS OF ECO PUBLISHING
backpackermom | April 1st 2008
10 BENEFITS OF ECO PUBLISHING 1. Green printing means leaving zero footprint on the environment. 2. A ton of recycled paper equals a ton of new paper. No need to cut virgin wood. 3. 100% Chlorine processed free paper. When paper is bleached with chlo read more
FAQ's
backpackermom | April 1st 2008
FAQ's 1. What is eco publishing? Eco publishing, eco printing, and green printing all stand for the same concept: TO LEAVE ZERO FOOTPRINT ON THE ENVIRONMENT! 2. Isn't all paper used these days recycled? Only about 10% of printing and writing paper fo read more
10 IMPACTS OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY AND PAPER MILLS ON OUR ENVI…
backpackermom | April 1st 2008
10 IMPACTS OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY AND PAPER MILLS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT 1. The publishing industry is #3 in the world to leave the largest footprint (loss of carbon dioxide storage) on the environment from pollution and deforestation. 2. Water is th read more
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