Let's Paint the World Green!

Let us dig deeper on how smoke belching can affect the environment as well as human’s health and how can we give our fair share in reducing air pollution. Smoke belching is the forceful expulsion of smoke from the vehicle’s pipe. This is the number one major contributor to air pollution. Laws were passed to stop smoke belching and full force exerted to further protect the environment from air pollution. But somehow, people just ignored it and still do whatever they wished to do. Heavy dark smoke forcefully spits out from the pipes of vehicles is very dangerous to our health. It’s like breathing poison that we knew could kill us one day. Since drivers really save even a cent to buy clean diesel or motor oil, what they do is they tend not to change it for some quite period of it. So what are the causes of smoke belching in vehicles? Using low quality and used/unclean oils. The overloading of vehicles. Improper maintenance of the vehicle. Improper way of driving like overspeeding. Weak ve

Going green is defined as making more environmentally friendly decisions such as to "reduce, reuse and recycle." “Going Green”  offers an array of benefits and it’s the best thing that you can do for your family and for the world. By living green, you don’t only save money - you also help save our environment. The choice of going green inside our home always starts within ourselves. The fact that our environment is dying really calls for all to start saving today and help tomorrow. Good news is that, when adapting to the Green Living lifestyle, you are taking an initiative to help promote a cleaner and greener environment and as well saves you money. Going green is not a very hard thing to do actually. You all need is to embrace that what we are doing is for the greater good of everybody. What's important is, going green inside our home won’t stop only on our thoughts, but it needs actions to be able to live a healthy and greener life. Changes will not happen overnight bu

Mercury was known since the ancient times and rarely occurs free in nature. What do you know about this element? This article will help you understand its characteristics as well as the effects of this element to both human and environment. MERCURY is not only a planet! When you hear the word  "Mercury"  what usually comes to your mind? Is it the first planet on the solar system?  Or maybe the mischievous messenger Roman God who wore the winged sandals, right? But other than that, we also know that mercury is an element, a liquid metal and is very dangerous to our health. Let's take a closer look and understand its characteristic, applications and health as well as environmental effects of this silvery beautiful metal. The word  "Mercury"  is a chemical element also known as  quicksilver  or  hydrargyrum  (came from the Greek word "hydr" and “argyros" which means 'water’ and 'silver' respectively). This element got its name after the p

Recycling and re-using things and items can help save our environment, not to add it helps save us money. This also helps conserve additional energy consumption and reduce the amount of garbage and waste that consumes our landfills. Yet, not everyone is motivated to do their own part in this recycling thing. Yes, the recycling thing is a little more complicated thing to do and most people want comfort and easy work. But if you know what and how to do it, then you will be directed to the right path of conserving environment. Families with no budget to buy extra things for their household would opt and find ways to recycle what they only have. It's good in a way that they are reducing waste and garbage that contributes to air and soil pollution and at the same time, they are saving money. We can find a lot of ways on our household items that we can still reuse and recycle. We are always thinking of going green and saving environment but we really don’t know where to begin. So I think

Find simple yet super creative ways on how to rescue your old newspapers and give it a second life! Ever wondered what to do with your old piles of newspaper? Don’t just toss it away on your recycle bins! Here are some ways to rescue old newspapers and give it a second life. Let’s simplify: Less is the new more! More people are now into “going green” theme and will most likely to recycle anything in any way possible. Here are some simple yet creative tips on how to reuse your stacks of old newspapers: Wrappers and Covers. Old newspapers can be one great way to cover books, textbook, notebooks or even magazines. You can then just choose a colourful page or with cool patterns so as to have a more unique output. This is also an excellent alternative way to wrap simple gifts that does not need a special wrapping paper. Wrappers will be soon ripped off and thrown away. Just make sure you use unique page designs. Windows and Floor Paint Protector. It is very easy to spill paint all over the

There are rules that everybody must follow when refilling their vehicles' tank on gas stations. Safety standard should be reminded to every customer so as to ensure we are not endangering any life. Not only drivers should be aware of the warning signs printed all over the gasoline station – everybody should. We must take extra precautions when entering a gas or filling station. These stations are dangerous not only to you but to everybody present on the place. One simple careless mistake can blow the gas station and burn many people alive. Basic and very important rules to follow: NO SMOKING TURN OFF ENGINE WHILE FILLING TURN OFF YOUR CELLPHONES USE APPROPRIATE CONTAINERS ONLY NO STRADDLING WHILE FILLING How many of us always disregard these signs or not even care to follow it? Did you know that you are putting yourself and everyone's safety on line just for your one careless mistake? Since there’s an increase occurrence of static-related fires, gasoline stations post warnings

  Facts about Styrofoam Styrofoam is the trademarked name or term of extruded  Polystyrene  foam, also known as the EPS foam, manufactured primarily by Dow Chemical. Polystyrene foam is designated as  Plastic No. 6 is a   petroleum-based plastic made from styrene monomer and has been linked to cancer in humans. How? In its production process, a carcinogenic chemical known as  Benzene , is used. So since this chemical is present, it is likely that food in direct contact with Styrofoam would be affected. This plastic foam material is usually used for food and drink containers, packing material and other items. It is really difficult to recycle Styrofoam and other EPS materials but then, some creative and unique ideas can be used with Styrofoam especially if we count the environmental benefit we can get when we reuse and recycle these things. I find it very important to reuse and recycle because this material is hardly biodegradable and can last many decades, even almost forever. Styrofoa

Always choose to reuse old things. In that way we help reduce the demand of things that contributes to environmental problems. Make something new out of these old CDs and DVDs, it may be a small thing, but it helps. Overview of CDs and DVDs The CD or Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. On the other hand, DVD or Digital Video Disc is like CD but with more storage capacity and it was the replacement of VHS tapes for its superior ability to reproduce moving pictures and sound. Sony and Philips first introduced Compact Disc in the market in 1850 as an alternative to the famous audio cassette tapes. They later extended the technology in 1984 so the storing and retrieving of data became capable, thus CD-ROM came to life. As the technology advances, there are many updates and new release of versions of these 'magic' things.  And today, since there are new trends, MP3 and iPod players on the line, people tend to just download it directly from their player. But C