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Hello,

This is a small bit of information about myself that I am sharing with those readers out there who are like-minded individuals or even people that are curious about how to have a more sustainable life. It is possible to save more than just money.

I have been recycling for most of my life. I am nearing forty, and recently had a son. I am a stay at home dad, who wishes to teach (at the very least) my son about how to have a diminished impact on this planet, our only home in the universe.

Let’s not sugar coat it. We the human race have a definite effect on this planet. We, however, have it backwards. We shouldn’t be worried about saving the planet. I know some of you are thinking that is a crazy statement. But the planet will be just fine without us around to “care” for it, and it WILL be here long after the human race is gone if such a fate were to occur. I submit to you that the thing that we as a species should be more concerned about, is saving ourselves from…ourselves. That meaning that we should be taking better care of our home – the Earth – so that we will not poison ourselves out of a home that has sustained us for thousands of years.

I have to admit that my resolve at wanting to care for the Earth has attained new heights. That was due to the fact that my son was born. I wanted, no felt compelled, to try harder at making less of an impact on the environment, and also to help lead others by example (sometimes a bit aggressively). This met with some, but limited success. I found that I was haranguing the wrong people (my friends – who were more or less on the same side), and only some of the time I met an individual outside of my group of friends whom was a new person with which to share ideas. This is my attempt to reach a wider audience.

Some of the concerns that I intend to address in my, hopefully, regular posts to this and other websites are listed below and they are offered as information that anyone is free to take, use, verify, debate, or simply read and file it away for later. I have to say that some of what I say is pure conjecture. In those times that I am stating my own opinion, I will try to label it as such. Anything that I am quoting from a source or interview subject, I will do my best to make sure that the proper credit is given to the correct person or source. My main goals are to inform and not to brow beat. I can only hope that readers will see value in what I write, and be able to improve something about their own affect on the planet if that is indeed what they seek.

Some topics that I am most concerned with are: Recycling; Cumulative effects (positive and negative); Energy Conservation; Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy (specifically Passive and Active Solar, and Wind Power); Sustainability; Eco-Friendly Living; New Techniques of Living in Harmony with the Environment; New Technology that is more Sustainable; and Businesses/Organizations that are Eco-Friendly. This is by no means a complete list of things that are important to me, but it is some of the things that I would consider essential to improving our situation with regard to global climate change, lessening the impact that we have on this planet, and moving our society towards a more sustainable life.

So in conclusion, thank you for your time and reading what I hope was informative. I shall endeavor to post as frequently as I can, but I am afraid that it will be as often as a parent raising a two year old is able to manage. Hope you are having a pleasant day.

Dean

Go Green In your house – And Save Too

If you would like to go green in your house, and save a little money at the same time, it’s never been so simple. As the planet faces a doubtful future of global temperature rises, which is thought to be the results of us all burning traditional fules indiscriminately, we all have a duty to do the best we will to redress the balance. These are some crucial pointers that may help you get started… Your house is where you spend a large amount of your earnings, so it is smart to be spending it as efficiently as practicable. You can begin to go green in your house by insulating the house. Flat insulation, wall hole insulation, double or maybe triple glazing – it’ll all make an incredible difference. Yes, there’s an investment to think about, but you may save in the long run, and save a lot too. We all use too much water.

Go green in the home by cutting back as much as you can. We could all, collectively, save one bln gallons of water a year by changing our old flush toilet cisterns.

The old ones use 3 and a half gallons per flush and the new high-efficiency ones use just over one and a quarter gallon. It creates a gigantic difference! If you probably did only this to go green in the home you would save twenty thousand gallons of water each year, and pay a ton less in water bills. The standard light bulbs that most houses have are extraordinarily incompetent. Compact fluorescent light bulbs burn around five pc of the old bulbs and they last ten times longer. They may cost a little more to buy at first, but this is a clear way to go green in the home and save a bundle in the long game. But you can do even better, The new LED lights are virtually twice as efficient as even the compact fluorescent light bulbs, and they are going to last even longer too. Heat leaks out of a home in winter and into the house in summer. Better insulation all round is a way to go green in the home. Look at your flat, your wall cavities, your windows and your doors. Sort out all these and you can go green in the home and actually save too.

Home uses are a drain on energy. Are you aware that modern washing powders are so good that they do not truly need hot water? Your washing machine uses the majority of its energy heating the water, so wash your garments cold.

They will clean great whilst you go green in the home. You might imagine your dishwasher is also an energy drain, Unusually , it’s not. If it’s used by you completely filled it uses less resources than if you wash by hand. When you know these tiny tips, it’s simple to go green in the home!