Blog Action Day - Climate Change

Climate change is something that affects everyone. The melting of the polar ice, both north and south is increasing and affecting animals and water levels. This is something that could endanger polar bears and other species as they lose their environment. The glaciers are melting around the world and changing local environments.

In the US many plants that were native in one area are moving north as everything warms up. States are losing their state flowers, trees, etc. as the climate has changed enough to make it inhospitable for native plants and animals.

The Northwest Passage has completely thawed out in the last few years and there is no telling how this will affect animals, environment, etc. Plus if ships start traveling through the area there will be accidents, pollution and other issues.

Continuing pollution, greenhouse gases keep increasing temperatures, changing ozone levels, changing air quality effecting everyone on the planet. Many years ago airplane pilots could see for miles when flying, now there is a blanket of pollution around the whole planet and clear days have become rare.

This is our only world and we need to take care of it. We cannot be so arrogant to assume that everything will take care of itself and pass things on to the next generation. At some point we may reach a point where there is no reversal of what we have done.

Wellness: Going Green - Part 2

I've already been trying to do many of the gas mileage tips suggested on the Consumer Reports Mileage Tips page. Driving up and down FM 1960 makes it hard sometimes. I don't use drive thru windows because of having to spend so much time idling. It's usually quicker to go in anyway.

I've gotten some fluorescent bulbs and have been changing out my regular bulbs. I need to finish doing that.

Sometime before long I need to replace my fridge. It's over 20 years old and starting to have some problems. So I can get a more energy efficient model and I have always prefered one with the freezer on top.

I like the information on care2 make a difference on how to make different cleaners. However, I'm lazy and try to buy some eco-friendly stuff.

It would be nice to recycle, but there is no place near to go. I would spend more on gas than I would save by recycling. Neither Harris county or the garbage company my subdivision uses makes it easy to recycle. I just did a search for recycling in the area, and there is a place in Kingwood at the park and ride. Keep Kingwood Green has info on what they take and when. So, I may be able to do some recycling after all.

The DIY Life website looks interesting with a lot of info. I'll have to check on it some more.

Also, I've tried to remove myself from some of the mailing lists.

Blog Action Day

I may be a day late, but I didn't get to it yesterday. The environment is something everyone needs to be concered about and Blog Action Day is a way to be involved.
I tend to have a rant about every strip center that goes in, every subdivision that goes up, the people building them come in and the first thing they do is to clear cut all the trees. Once upon a time, subdivisions at lease, left trees up as something good to have. Now they cut them all down, build houses, and plant a twig in the front yard and call it a tree. This also destroys the habitat for that area. Birds, small animals, insects are all destroyed. And at the rate things are destroyed in city areas, there will not be a place for the animals and birds to move to. Many years ago, in the evening, there were huge flocks of birds of different kinds that would roost around town. Now there are only grackles and not many of them, relatively speaking. Scissortail birds were every where, now I seldom see one except in the country. Lightning bugs have vanished from many areas. It's all very depressing.
Businesses need to realize trees are necessary and valuable to people, animals, birds, and insects. Don't cut the forests down! Leave trees for everyone and everything to enjoy.