Green Living

I live in the caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago,the climate is tropical. lots of sunshine all year round.

2007-11-02 04:03:28 · 6 answers · asked by bushblaze 1

We have stared a new enviro. group at my school and are looking at ways of reducing our schools footprint

Any other suggestions?

Much appreciated

2007-11-01 23:05:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-01 18:11:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was at the local Whole Foods the other day, and I saw lots and lots of apples. There were local apples, but they were conventionally grown. Then there were organic apples from all the way across the country. Considering conventional apples have a fairly high pesticide residue, according to the EPA, which woudl be the more environmentally friendly choice--local but conventional or distant but organic?

2007-11-01 09:48:26 · 12 answers · asked by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7

Are you proactive in the fight to save the planet ,or just a mindless mass using up the earth's resources with no conscience concerns for anyone but you?

2007-11-01 07:51:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my local recycling drop off places have a spot for #1 & #2 plastics and like everyone else in the world i use alot of plastics, I would like to know what im using that I can put in those bins. so if someone has a list of what #1 & #2 plastics are I would really appreciate it! thanks!

2007-11-01 04:08:32 · 3 answers · asked by autie5162 2

Whizzing one time in the garden eliminates having to flush 1.6 gallons of clean water down the drain. It saves money and reduces water consumption. It might even save a river or a reservoir if the boys took it outside.
No toilet seat to lower. No cleanup if you miss. No more complaints from the women in the family!

Yep, all around a great idea!

see

2007-11-01 01:55:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is rubber dead (used to be living), alive (doubt it) or was never alive? I NEED TO KNOW!

2007-10-31 21:59:49 · 4 answers · asked by Annie P 1

stop wasting the natural resources of the Earth or find another planet to live when the natural resources of this planet run out?

2007-10-31 14:29:46 · 7 answers · asked by Io sono... 4

From early 1980's until about 2002, it was all about energy. Now it's about global warming - switch things off - saving energy! anyone else thinking my way out there?

2007-10-31 09:13:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

to NOT use a living Christmas Tree? I have used artificial trees for years. Besides, real trees cost too much and I would be taking more from the environment.

2007-10-31 04:07:01 · 16 answers · asked by bandaidgirl 3

People seem to want to replace everything - instead of trying to repair things. Does it bug you?

2007-10-30 19:13:42 · 8 answers · asked by freshbliss 6

2007-10-30 09:59:33 · 11 answers · asked by Rick 4

a) Turn on the hot water and let the water run until it is hot (which results in a lot of water going down the drain)?

b) Filling the pot with cool water (thus not wasting any), but it will have a longer heating time and use up more energy?

2007-10-30 08:58:44 · 15 answers · asked by ambivalentambiance 2

habits so they consume products closer to the bottom of the food chain because it is more efficient?

2007-10-30 07:16:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-30 05:43:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-30 04:21:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-30 04:09:09 · 9 answers · asked by offeradifferentangle 3

I have an inter-school science fair coming up and I need to make a project on "Energy conservation". I really don't think that making something like a solar cooker will help me win, as my teacher needs something "big". Can you please help??? Do you know any sites that will help?

2007-10-30 03:13:53 · 7 answers · asked by durba_purba 1

I can't find any recycled (made of old papers) office paper (A4 paper sheets) in Swedish shops. As an environmentally concerned person and a member of a university environmental group, I want to influence the university's departments to start using recycled paper for their printing purposes. But if there's not recycled paper on the market, how can we make it happen?

2007-10-30 01:35:39 · 1 answers · asked by Oleg326756 2

I have an essay due in science about renewable energy. Just like to gather some opinions on these topics, please do contribute, even if its only saying "I agree with so and so" :)

What are some advantages and disadvantages of using:
1) solar cells (photovolitiacs), which use semiconductor materials to convert sunlight into electric current
2) wind turbines
3) biofuels, such as green diesel and lignin

What steps do you think can be taken to increase the use of renewable energy sources? How would these steps help accomplish the goal?

Thanks so much, your opinion helps! As I said, please answer even if you're only agreeing with someone else! I need all the feedback I can get! :)

2007-10-29 13:00:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 12:24:11 · 10 answers · asked by KerryK 4

Isn't that the time when people should have been worried about green living, recycling, saving the planet. If we had worried about it then, we wouldn't be having the problems of today.

Unfortunately stuff that isn't indestructable isn't patentable and corporations don't see dollar signs in this concept? Is this the reason.

I'm leaving global warming out of this equation, cause there is too much hype surrounding it, and it is not clear as to whether man is causing it or not. While whatever we are doing is not helping it, the science just isn't clear cut to me as to whether we are the sole cause of it.

2007-10-29 02:41:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 19:50:41 · 6 answers · asked by Arianna 1

There's a study that asserts that the average bite of food has traveled nearly 1,500 miles before it reaches the lips of Americans. This means its practically marinated in crude oil, doesn't it?

Source is an essay by Bill McKibbon.

2007-10-28 18:13:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 16:21:32 · 5 answers · asked by Kevin O 2

I understand the solid rocket boosters must output some CO2, and the large external tank holds hydrogen/oxygen mix to burn to get to orbital speeds(so they try to release as little CO2 as possible), but is it powered by it's own nuclear plant, or does it get all it's electricity from solargrids somewhere, or just off the local grids?

What got me to that idea was the energy it uses to cool down all that hydrogen/oxygen, where does it come from? and is it higher than the amount of CO2 that I use every year!?

2007-10-28 16:09:24 · 2 answers · asked by cwazybwo 1

2007-10-28 13:27:12 · 5 answers · asked by Scrubby3 1

Provided I have the land (in Greece) and the capital.

2007-10-27 19:22:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are some good ways to prevent pollution/using pollutants?

2007-10-27 11:45:13 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous