When you can see the difference recycling makes in your house, you can begin to imagine how big an impact it can have on the world.
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The Green Book
Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment. Inside
It all goes back to awareness and knowing better and then making a simple shift in habit.
How we treat the earth says much about us as a society, about our spirit and strengthen as a nation.
The little things count as much as the big things when enough people are doing them
What has always given me hope is that small steps can lead to sea change.
Politics will always be part of the equation. Whom we elect to office on every level will always play into it all.
People don't realize how little it takes to change our world for the better.
Our world is becoming so convenient that we take it for granted.
You can do this. Not you must do this. You can, that is the creative act. Must is an instruction. Can is an openness to creativity. So we ought to decide what we can do.
Human beings existed on this planet in harmony and in balance with it [resources]. There was a give and take between us and our resources. Now all of a sudden we feel like everything is getting kicked out from underneath us.
The world often sees environmentalism or being green as being less bad. It's not really being less bad, it's about being more good . . . When all of a sudden you realize that we have to become a creative force, not just a less destructive force.
There is no one thing that we can all do that will make it all better. It's about making the best choices that are available.
Paper is the most common form of waste. Much of it can be recycled, but that still means more energy has to be used to process it. Using less paper means saving energy, trees, water, and the chemicals needed in the manufacturing process. Trees are important because they prevent erosion and they abso…
Only 3 percent of water on earth is freshwater, the rest is saltwater. Fresh drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce. Only 20 percent of the world's population has running water, and more than one billion people do not have any access to clean water.
Global warming can cause sea levels to rise, intensify storms and weather patterns, and increase the likelihood that diseases will spread faster and farther around the planet.
Plastic . . . is made largely from synthetic material . . . composed mostly of petroleum. Some plastics, such as a common type called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, can be worse for the environment than the others because they're made from more toxic materials . . . They can release toxic fumes if burn…
Pollution can infect water, air, and ground. Pollutants can cause diseases and illnesses and even kill us.
Renewable resources are those natural resources that regenerate, such as wind, water, trees, and sunlight. Renewable resources are never in danger of running out for good, only of our using more of their supply at a rate faster than they can regenerate.
Recycling prevents the need for more raw materials to be used when making things; therefore it saves natural resources. Recycling also helps save energy because it reduces the need to manufacture new things.
Electronic appliances contain parts made from hazardous materials and needed special care when they're disposed of.