Category: Green Mindset
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Drinkable Seawater: Why Ignore it?
For a long time now, we’ve known that we can’t consume seawater – even though it makes up 70% of our planet. It’s too salty for our bodies. But is it possible to make seawater drinkable? Yes. It’s possible. Through desalination, several countries are already tapping into the sea to address their water crisis, by…
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The Importance of Clean Water for a Healthy Life
With the spread of the Corona Virus, all of us are living in a time of uncertainty. It is not just a virus that affects the immune system, but it can turn fatal for those individuals whose bodies have weaker defense mechanisms. Water is a fundamental need of every living object. It is of critical…
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Earth Day: What are we doing?
On the 22nd of April, we celebrate Earth Day. Did you know? It is sad to say that this holiday is not as popular as Valentine’s Day, Halloween, or Thanksgiving Day. Raising awareness on the state of Mother Earth is not as popular, and even if it was there are powerful interest groups that would…
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Understanding Climate Change: Why It’s Important
The earth’s climate is now changing at a pace faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization. This may be a touchy topic and claim but this has been brought about mostly by human activities. Climate change has resulted in a wide range of impacts across all continents, affecting many sectors of…
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The Reality of Rio
In the 3D animated movie “Rio” (2011), a Spix’s Macaw named Blu, the last living male of his species, flies all the way from Minnesota, U.S.A to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in order to find the last living female of his species, the free-spirited Jewel. Their adventures continue in the sequel “Rio 2” (2014) when they…
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Big Money and Unaccountability: Enemies of the Green
Most of the pollution we are experiencing today is a consequence of the production of fossil fuels. Water pollution consists mostly of oil leakages and the remaining plastic products and other non-biodegradable products and other non-biodegradable materials that are all produced with fossil fuel materials that one way or the other culminate or continue their…
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The Green Fight: Change vs Status Quo
Lately, you see many people agreeing on the fact that we have many issues globally, they only complain and point fingers and are not offering solutions or at least contributing to finding a solution. At this point, action is needed. ACTIVE YOUTH The young people understand what they read more, are fortunately more skeptical of…
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Public Ownership of Public Space
Public Ownership of Public Space may be a solution to the current waste problem we face in our countries. The idea of ownership of public space by the community comes from the behavioral difference seen by people when dealing with their belongings. People handle their homes and cars differently than public spaces. Their homes are…
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Green Energy Vol.1
There are many who like to pretend that renewables don’t exist. Unfortunately for them, they do exist in many forms like hydrogen, wind, and solar. Fortunately for us, there are a few success stories that we can learn from like Sweden, Bulgaria, Estonia, Denmark, and Costa Rica. Sweden, Bulgaria, and Estonia have reached their renewable…
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Exploring Green Packaging Vol.1
We have come to the point where we don’t need more statistics to convince us of our plastic problem. The evidence is clearly visible in rivers, the ocean, sea life, seafood, etc. There is plastic everywhere causing damage and yet the consumption is not declining. Why? The main problem for consumers is the need for…
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Decoding Plastic
Let’s talk about recycling plastic. I bet you are probably not surprised to hear about recycling but to be clear we’ll be discussing the different codes used for recycling plastic. WHAT IS PLASTIC? First, let’s define plastic. Plastics according to EcoLife are human-made synthetic polymers made from long chains of carbon and other elements. Through…
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Ignorance and Greed: Enemies of the Green
Colder Winters, Hotter Summers, More Hurricanes & Tornados, Higher Sea Levels, High Co2 Emissions, etc. In short: Climate Change. We’ve heard about this many times. Right? But unfortunately, it hasn’t been taken seriously until now after most scientists on Earth agree that it will get worse if nothing gets done. Even now that we see…
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Keeping it Clean: why is it so difficult?
We all like it when our house is clean and feel proud when we receive compliments. We all live on this planet. If this planet is our home then why are we not taking care of it? Our oceans are filled with plastic, our air is polluted, and over grounds are contaminated with garbage. Let’s…
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A Green Wave of Straws and Utensils
We all know about the plastic problem that we are making bigger on a daily basis. We all are contributing to the problem by consuming one-single-use plastic. But what can we do? Let’s go back in time. Many environmental organizations like Greenpeace reported this problem but why didn’t it resonate with people then? The main…
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Growing your Own Greens
Is growing your own greens such a crazy idea? Recently there has been an E. coli outbreak related to romaine lettuce harvested in northern and central California, United States. As a result, the Center for Disease Control warned consumers not to consume this green. Why did this happen? . The Problems Because of government deregulation in…
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The Fight Against Marine Litter Continues…
Celebrating the wins no matter their scale is important. For environmentalists and nature- friends the great news last week was the voting by the European Parliament in favor of the proposals to take measures on 10 single-use plastics by 2021 and the collection of 90% of single-use plastic drink bottles. Sounds great right? Restricted Ban?…
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We have Failed our Environment?
On September 15, 2018, more than 150 countries celebrated World Cleanup Day by participating in a massive cleanup action gathering volunteer individuals and groups to clean up litter and mismanaged waste from our beaches, rivers, forests, and streets. The event was organized by the Let’s Do It Foundation along with key strategic partners. Their aim…
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Vertical Farming Technology: How does it Work?
Vertical farming is a relatively new concept in the world of agriculture but already where it is already being implemented it has shown amazing results and continues to do so around the world. It is constantly being viewed as a way to solve world hunger with just how much food it can provide in such…
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Local E-Waste Recycling: Are we Paying Attention?
We so often pay attention to the main types of recycling that are done all across the board to save the environment that we have forgotten that during all of this, we have created a whole new problem for ourselves. Just think about the new phones released each year on the market. People immediately leap…
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Smart Living is Green Living?
The concept of a ‘smart’ life or smart living has been growing slowly over the past decade. This concept is about living in a more effective way and has people saving costs and cutting corners that should really be cut, and saving on useless items and services. But there is another term that is gaining…
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5 Facts about Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is a saving grace for humanity. It is looking to breathe new life into the planet and save it for generations to come. That is of course if we use enough of it. The old excuse for not using renewable energy was that it was just too expensive for use in everyday life.…
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The Different Types of Recycling
In your lifetime, you’ll produce enough trash to fill in five trucks or more. To fill in a few trucks, the waste has to be at least 9 times your average body weight, so that’s about 600 kilograms. We live life with a pretty light hand, spending and using resources without a second thought. What…
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Ways to Reduce Paper Waste the Green Way
Living sustainably is an absolute necessity nowadays as we’re plowing through resources at a faster rate than ever before and soon, they’ll all be finished. If you ask the average citizen, they don’t think that they’re contributing enough of an impact on global resources and would easily point their finger at the corporations or big…
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A Closer Look at Electric Cars
In our previous post, we discussed the evolution of electric cars. Now we will take a closer look at electric cars. The phenomenon of electric cars is taking the world by storm and has created a wave of people shifting towards electric cars in order to save the planet. But electric cars might not be…
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The Evolution of Electric Cars
The Electric Car that we get to enjoy today, hails from the new age of energy conservation and emission reduction. Electric Cars are, however, nothing new. In fact, nearly a century ago, the first cars to be ever made were electric cars. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, nearly one-third of all the cars…
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Recycling vs Upcycling: Which is Better?
We have come to know of recycling through the years as a means to reuse products that we do not have the need for anyway. Upcycling, however, is a newer term that most people might be unfamiliar with. But to clear the air of any uncertainty let us first thoroughly define recycling and upcycling. Recycling…
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Drive Less Walk More: It’s a choice!
More people today are enjoying green living and are beginning to realize that driving is actually something that can be considered a choice. As driving does remain one of the most popular methods for commuting, there are still many people across the world that are opting to try alternative means of transport so that they…
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Maintaining your Vehicle: Why is it important?
If you are working to prevent features like global warming, you need to do what you can to care for the environment. Vehicle owners are often to blame for some of the worst pollutants in the environment. As part of a green living initiative, you should strongly consider the idea of focusing on vehicle maintenance.…
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Removing Carbon The Green Way
One of the many greenhouse gases that are causing trouble in the way of creating a greener environment is carbon dioxide. The carbon footprint of humans is in dire need of reduction and better awareness can accomplish that. Since the industrial revolution, humans have developed multiple systems that emit greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide. While…
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Leaf Leather: One Green Version of Leather
The use of animal skin for fashion has been critiqued for decades. Yet the demand for leather remains high. During the years we have seen an increase of available faux leather, an alternative to animal leather. While faux leather solves the problem of not having to kill animals to get their skin, it remains a…
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The Challenges of Paperless Billing and Online Contracts
Paperless billing and online contracts could help to solve a number of environmental issues. This type of online contracting, paperless billing, however, does come with some challenges. While it would be better for the environment to have every company automatically push out online contracts and paperless billing, we are not currently able to completely convert…
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Watching your water consumption: Why is it important?
There are many homeowners today that are attempting to take on more of a green living initiative. Part of protecting the environment and living life with conservation in mind means finding areas at home where you could change or modernize to reduce the production of waste, and consumption of energy and water. There are many…