Let's Paint the World Green!

  Think Health : Avoid re-using plastic bottles right away. Plastics have been a part of our daily lives and will not be leaving us soon. Think of how many times a day you use plastic. I bet many times as you think! So have you seen the arrow triangle symbol located at the bottom of it, with a number inside?  Do you know what these numbers stands for? Many people think the number represents how many times that this product is to be recycled. But they’re wrong. These numbers are called the  Plastic Packaging Resin Identification Code . They are used to indicate the type of plastic the item was made from. These also helped consumers to identify and know whether and how the product is to be recycled. Plastic Packaging Resin Identification Code These numbers represents the chemical make up of that plastic. Here's the name for each abbreviation: 1 - POLYEHTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET or PETE) 2 - HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE) 3 - POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC) 4 - LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LD

For centuries, scientists built devices to roam the universe and seek for life. But did they found a planet as beautiful as Earth? No. Good planets are hard to find. Help protect ours. This world is fine, beautiful place and it's worth fighting for. Painting the world green is a major and serious task to do because it will involve every individual present in this world. But, in our little ways, we can really help minimize the things that are contributing to nature issues. We always think that one person's everyday doings for nature, may it be good or bad, can only have a minimal effect on our environment, thus creating no change at all. No, it really does have effect even in smallest of way. And if that summed up, it could be a great change actually. If we unite and help minimize or reduce the ways that are contributing to the decline of our planet, we sure can help change this world for the better. We cannot help save our planet if we don't help and take care of ourselves

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