Goal For The Green

Special Thanks to Audrey’s Country Crafts, for giving me the “Green Earth Award.” I am very honored to have been chosen to receive this wonderful award.

This award is given to blogs that offer “recycling tips” and promote “green” content.

The only rules for this award, are to mention the blog that gave you the award, and to pass it on to blogs that promote recycling, and offer “green tips” on their blogs as well.

So, here are my top 5 favorites.

1. Forced Green

2. Living Well Naturally

3. Green Nation Today

4. Closer to Sane

5. Futurism Now

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Editor’s Note:  I am bringing this post forward to my front page, because of its relevance and importance.  It is my hope and desire that you will make recycling, and your own personal waste management, a top priority.

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It is the third R in the term reduce, reuse, and recycle. It is the re-making of old materials into useful new products.  The goal of recycling is to reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials and energy usage, which then reduces green house gas emissions. By  recycling, we also lower the  amount of raw waste that would otherwise end up in our landfills. Recycling is the key component in waste management as we know it today.

The convenience of recycling at your curb-side now serves half of the U.S. population.  The top five most recycled items are paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and steel/tin cans.

In 2007, my area implemented the use of single stream recycling.  The company provides 65 to 94 gallon carts in which all materials are commingled.  This means that households no longer have to separate their materials into recycling bins.  Evidence has already proven that this method has increased the quantity of household recyclables.

My area also has a recycle depot.  I have not had garbage service for years, because of an altercation with the company.  I set up my own system in my garage.  It consists of two 32 gallon trash cans, one for plastic and one for trash,and 4 blue recylce bins for newspaper, magazines/junk mail, glass, and cans. We also have an area to break down and stack cardboard. When my children were still home we went to the dump every other Saturday.  Now, my husband goes once every 4-6 weeks, with one 32 gallon bag.  They know him at the dump, and the most they ever charge him is $3.00.  Many times they let him go for free because they know he is a disabled vet.  The average rate for disposal in my area is about $35 a month.  That’s a pretty good savings for not very much work.

Written in association with waste management experts

We all have to choose what to eat everyday.  Now, there is a new application to help you do just that.  It is like bringing the local farmer’s market right to your finger tips… REALLY!

Whether being at the supermarket or choosing a menu at a restaurant – we have to decide what to eat every single day. Seasons, an application made for the iPhone, makes it easier for customers across Northern America and Europe, to experience produce all at the very peak of freshness, just as nature intended.

Seasons, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, provides all the information you need to make the right decisions when choosing your food. The database of the application contains 170 entries of fruits, vegetables, lettuce, herbs, mushrooms and nuts.

The recent release, expands its support for seasonal data from Central Europe, United Kingdom, and Ireland to the United States and France. This includes information about local seasons as well as seasonal imports.

The nice user interface, gives a weekly overview of produce currently being in season.
It also allows you to browse the content by month, or category, as well as searching by name. In addition to a photo of every single entry, there is a detailed seasonal chart, as well as a brief description text to get some background information.

The application is listed under category Lifestyle at the iTunes App Store

Special thanks to the team of Christian Klotz and Saskia Schmidt, for creating this wonderful and very useful application.  Now, there are no more excuses for not making healthy choices.  We now know what is fresh and in season and at the best price, and best of all, it is right there at our fingertips!

Christian Klotz has been working in new media and interaction design for more than five years. He recently joined the London based production company, Pirata as their Creative Technologist. Since 2004,he has increasingly changed his focus to mobile application design. Since 2008 he is also working on iPhone applications.

Saskia Schmidt is working in animation, interactive media concepts and media production, as well as media education. During the last couple of years, she successfully put multiple concepts into practice which focus on working with children and youths.

Special and talented people such as this, help make wonderful advances in the world of technology. They help make our lives so much easier, and in this case healthier.  We really are working toward a better tomorrow!

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