So the true summer has finally begun, grilling season! In any neighborhood, on a weekend, you can smell sweet morsels of meat cooking on a grill. The greatest thing about grilling outside, I believe, is the fact that you and a few friends can enjoy the weather while eating. The other awesome thing about grilling ...
One of the places I find myself going to more and more is the Missouri Botanical Garden. A luscious treasure encapsulated near downtown Saint Louis and the Hill, the Missouri Botanical Garden is a beautiful place to be any day of the year. In my opinion, admission is cheap as well. I personally like to walk around the ...
There are many little things you can do to not only save money on bills by adjusting things in your home but also help save the environment. If you are looking for ways to conserve energy within your home, I have a tip for you that you may or may not have thought of. According ...
Although it took us a while, we (meaning the people of this planet) have finally started to realize that Earth as we know it isn’t going to last forever if we don’t take care of it. Hopefully our children and our children’s children will continue the efforts to be thoughtful of the environment. And why ...
When most people think of recycling, they probably think of the standard paper, plastic, and glass deal. If you happen to be one of those people, you should listen up, because it’s actually a little deeper than that. You’d be surprised how many things are reusable these days and usually for unconventional purposes. Of course ...
Ecosystems are more than just environment to me, and the balance is a very sensitive thing. The animals and other organisms there have a lot to do with it, because with what seems like hard coded instinct, they all have a “job” of some sort, even if it’s something as simple as eating every day. ...
Newspapers vs. the Internet This website here lists some great facts that you all should really look into. One of them states that to produce each week’s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down. That’s a lot of trees, but is getting the news from the internet better for the environment in the end? ...
Helping Our Economy According to the SEAC – Student Environment website the Washington, DC-based Institute For Local Self-Reliance calculates that recycling creates 36 jobs per 10,000 tons of material recycled compared to 6 jobs for every 10,000 of tons brought to traditional disposal facilities. So recycling is not only better for the environment, but great ...
Don’t Print the Receipt Too Many of us prefer to pay for things by credit/debit card instead of carrying a bunch of cash in our pockets all of the time. When it comes to paying at the pump, there is a small favor you can do for the environment that will add up in the ...
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Something I have noticed in the last few years is that people need a reason to make a significant change in how they live. To make a noticeable change in the environment we all need to work together or nothing will change. Most of all to get people to take notice you need to show ...