Tips for Starting a Community Garden

October 14th, 2011

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If you’re interested in starting a community garden in your area to improve environmental awareness and bring your neighborhood together, we commend you. Getting everyone out of the house and away from their football on http://www.Direct.TV/ satellite or their romance novels is a great way to foster awareness and communityhere are some tips:
Talk to a Rep: If you’ve got neighborhood representatives or even a local congressman talk to them about funding for your garden. Go Read More…

A Brief History of Global Water Pollution

November 18th, 2011

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Water pollution is as old as waste itself, and dates back to well before recorded human history. Moving bodies of water in particular have long been regarded as easy and harmless ways for individuals and even entire communities or civilizations to dispose of their waste and pollution. For millions of years, the impact upon the environment was negligible, as human populations were still small and the waste they generated tended to be organic and treated naturally by the bodies Read More…

The War Against Bottled Water in Canada

November 17th, 2011

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Bottled water has been an extremely popular concept in the world for decades now. People in the United States of America are obsessed with their bottled water and continue to purchase this product far more than they actually bother using their sinks at home. Bottled water has become a multi-billion dollar industry over the years, although some activists in certain countries have been fighting this trend for a long time now. Canadians are starting to wake up and smell the roses when it comes to looking at how bottled water affects their great and prosperous nation. They Read More…

War vs. Polluted Water: Which Is Deadlier?

November 16th, 2011

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Water is life and humans need it to survive. It constitutes about 60 percent of the total body weight. Without it, human beings would die. Since it is a vital fluid required by the body, it should be very clean for human consumption. Water can be polluted by broken sewers and impurities in the ground. Some substances such as chlorine are added to the water to kills harmful substances but the chlorine itself can cause cancer or bind with other water pollutants to form toxic compounds.Didn’t catch that? This explains it.
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Plastic Waste: Polluting Rivers, Lakes, Oceans

July 24th, 2011

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Water is the most valuable resource on this planet. Although most of the planet is covered in water, most of it is not for human consumption. The worlds population is rising, leading to a shortfall in drinkable water. The United Kingdom issues hose pipe bans across the country during hot weather to preserve water supplies. Fresh drinking water tables below the land are shrinking every year.

In most major cities, 90 of water from the faucet is recycled. Without recycling water, the human race would already be on the brink of Read More…

Demand For Water Outpaces Supply within 20 Years

July 21st, 2011

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The abuse of water supplies has been replenishing fresh water reserves over the past century. The overuse of limited aquifers and pollution of fresh water sources is quickly depleting the available water resources. With a water shortage comes many consequences. These may include food shortages and crop devastation as water resources are squeezed to the last drop.
Protecting our water resources from this looming disaster will require a change in how we use this precious resource. Agriculture is the number Read More…

Three Billion Severely Short Of Water in 50 Years

July 17th, 2011

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Clean, accessible water is becoming a luxury. Due to the combined factors of climate change, pollution and poor management, three billion people may face critical shortages of water in 50 years.

Vast swaths of America face water shortages due to the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer. Additionally, climate change has made melting snow less predictable, threatening agricultural land and urban centers dependent on mountain-fed rivers in Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and California.

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Water: The Sustainer Of Life on Earth

July 13th, 2011

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Water is surprisingly the main source of everything besides sunlight. It can cure so many things that you never thought it would be able to. It helps plants grow, it can cure many things in your body as well. Many issues that arise medically with people, water can mostly prevent. A good daily dosage of eight to twelve cups of water per day. It can prevent dry throats (obviously), it can make asthma a lot less severe, and it can even help you lose extra weight. Some people who have Read More…