In Conclusion....

I have seeked to find new and exciting ways of conserving and recycling. I gave tips, links, and so on. Recycling and conservation truly can be fun for people, and great for the earth. People need to realize that simple everyday things we do, really effect the way we live, our bodies, minds, and most important our earth. The world we live in produces so many toxins, products that cannot be decomposed, diseases etc... We are fueling these causes, and we need to make a change. I hope that with my blog I have showed some easy, fun ways for people to get a start on being more green, and helping our planet. Just little things around home, school, or the office, can make a big change.

Flash-lights...lights..lights...

BMW and SIEMENS has worked together, and created a new type of traffic light that may help save time, fuel, and lives. The two companies have unveiled a system of networked traffic lights that can communicate with nearby cars to warn them about road conditions, help them better use anti-idling features, but that can also learn about traffic patterns from those cars and adjust cycling times to optimize traffic flow, saving time and fuel. The idea of Car2Car talk has been brought up as well. Car2Car talk means that cars would be able to warn each other, in other sense 'talk' to each other. This could mean that a car slipping on black ice could warn cars behind it about the traction conditions so they could know to slow down and be careful.

Street lights sensor when it turns dark outside, causing them to turn on. They stay lit for about 6-12 hours each day. In many places, such as Barcelona, LED sensor street lights have been installed. These lights detect when someone is walking by and then automatically switch on. Depending on the distance of the person and the time of year, the lights adjust the amount of light emitted. This system has reduced power consumption by 30 percent. Why isn't everyone doing this?

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Soccer balls powering the world? AWESOME!!!

Kids playing Soccer - Africa - Oct 2006 from Fundy Peace Foundation on Vimeo.

" Burning kerosene indoors equals the harmful effects of smoking two packs of cigarettes a day." In many countries people rely on the use of kerosene lamps, which cause variable health problems. Burning kerosene also generates 190 million metric tons of carbon monoxide emissions a year. Four Harvard students are trying to better this, and have com e up with the idea of using the popularity of soccer around the world to reduce the use of kerosene. sOccket, a typical soccer ball, generates electricity during a normal pick up game. The electricity that is stored in the ball can then be used to light an LED lamp or charge a cellphone, or even a battery. “Soccer is something you will find in every African country,” one founder, Jessica Lin, told Green Inc. “People play for hours a day, so we thought, ‘Why not try to get a little more out of that energy?’ and that’s where the idea ultimately came from.” Jessica Matthews, Julia Silverman and Hemali Thakkar's initial inspiration came from the dance floors that capture people's dance movement. Early models of the ball use an inductive coil mechanism, similar to the technology found in shake-to-charge flashlights. The movement of the ball forces a magnet through a metal coil that induces voltage in the coil to generate electricity, For every 15 minutes of play, the ball stores eneough energy to light a LED ight for three hours, according to trials. The team is hoping to have the balls for sale by the of 2010, with the idea of a "buy one, give one" idea. For every ball they sell, they use the profits to distribute the balls at little or no cost in poor countries.

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Dinner at Le Prison anyone? : P

"A garden is one of the few things in prison that one could control. Being a custodian of this patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom." Nelson Mandela. Inmates all across the US, London, and New Zealand are growing and harvesting their own food. Gardening programs are becoming popular in prisons, the on-site gardens help improve nutritional intake of the inmates and as a direct result can decrease violence and improve mental health. The inmates learn horticultural skills that can eventually be used upon release. Most prison gardens often produce a surplus that is sent to soup kitchens, food banks, or other community centers.

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Oakhurst dairy, located in Portland, ME has been working on becoming 'green' way before 'going green' was fashionable. (Oakhurst.com) Our own local dairy producers, who collect their milk from over 70 local farms, have converted to being green since 1992. Oakhurst is still working on decreasing their carbon footprint even more. Oakhurst's varies in its ways of being green, from being solar energy powered to CFC free refrigerants in their hybrid delivery trucks that use biodiesel that also have rerouting software that find more efficient delivery routes. As they say "At Oakhurst, we believe healthy products and a healthy planet go hand in hand. After all, our milk comes from local cows who eat, drink and breathe our local environment."(Oakhurst.com) Oakhurst has and still is doing a lot to help the environment.

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