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“Sea-Shock!”
I am a dreamer, writer, crafter, and artist. My influence in many of my works incorporates the ocean. I was born and raised in Southern California, and was living every extra hour at the beautiful beaches. The sun brightly burning high above, heating bodies drenched in tanning oils, caused coconut scents to permeate the salty air.
By Charleen Richey5 years ago in Earth
Waves of Change in Oneself Create Ripples of Change in Others
Self-regulation is the only control we possess in this lifetime. The way we treat our resources and ourselves is vital to our journey on earth. Our actions influence people around us and should always be done with benevolence. As humans, there is a lot of monkey see monkey do. With this concept, we can make dynamic changes in the world with our lifestyle and by example.
By Fallon Hookailo5 years ago in Earth
Environmental Friendly Cleaning Supplies That You Need To Have
Cleaning the workplace not only makes for a better working atmosphere for workers, but it also helps businesses become more competitive and profitable. Cluttered tables, discarded food, and waste paper are only a few things that lead to a cluttered work environment. A clean workplace is thought to improve employee professionalism and motivation while also fostering a safe working atmosphere.
By Hygienelinks5 years ago in Earth
Lobster is theoretically able to live forever
Have you ever stared at a lobster and wondered curiously what makes a creature look so much like an extraterrestrial visitor? Have you ever wondered what our lives would be like if this creature eventually ruled the Earth? Want to hear some spooky knowledge? Theoretically, from a biological point of view, lobsters can live forever. If they are not predated, not starved, not afflicted by disease, and not involved in any terrible disaster, they can live forever; but they do not.
By Ricardo salgado5 years ago in Earth
Everyone Needs to Know Which Transport Is the Greenest
If the last year has taught us anything, it is that a proactive change on reducing global emissions through travel is effective. Since industrialisation, our planet has warmed by roughly 1.2°C. Due to lockdown and COVID-19 policies over the last year, there has been a significant drop in travel and subsequently fuel consumption and emissions. While lockdown didn’t have a dramatic effect on lowering the temperature of our planet, a temporary suspension on usual human activity like international travel, for example, did reduce CO2 emissions. We experienced a record fall in fossil fuel emissions in 2020 by seven per cent.
By Alicia Walker5 years ago in Earth
Planting A Garden Amidst A Pandemic
What will gardening do to aid in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic? Gardening has long been promoted as a therapeutic leisure hobby with many personal benefits. Gardening may be a positive family-inclusive hobby to follow at this period, as many people are working at home and children are studying at home.
By Jen Hensey5 years ago in Earth
10 Things Will Help
As the daughter of an environmental scientist, I grew up a little differently. When the world first began to care about Climate Change and the damage that was being done to our planet, when everyone got excited about Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, and when conscious consumerism first entered popular usage, I was confused. Was this not common knowledge?
By Diana McLaren5 years ago in Earth
Beware: Aggressive Elk
The sign said to beware of aggressive elk. I had been warned. I just didn't expect to see them there in the middle of downtown, sprawled across the median, through the street, and over toward the concrete parking lot. They congregated in small clusters, like teenagers loitering at a strip mall. Some seemed to be showing off. Others looked on lazily from the grass.
By Robyn Reisch5 years ago in Earth
Those Beautiful Damn Clouds…
Deep clouds heave under such a weight and yet not a drop do they offer. For days, I’ve wandered amongst the dry red sands of the Australian outback. My meagre bottled water supply abandoned me within hours of becoming stranded. All alone I’ve trekked in search for a sign of another human being, or at the very least, a few drops of dew at dawn light in this arid land. Yet morning dew evades my parched soul, and I am alone.
By Karen Eastland 5 years ago in Earth
Re-Ocean
Technology today is not subpar but it’s not where it’s potential lies. That doesn’t mean we can’t save the life blood of our planet just as efficiently with modern tech and new methods which is what my idea for innovation and this article is based on. The plastic in the ocean poses a threat to many things such as ocean life, sanitary ecosystems both in water and on land, and it just not do anything for the earth cosmetically. (Used plastic doesn’t make for a good accessory). My ideas identify a few institutional voids in a few industries, repurposing recycled plastics and combining them with new innovations such as anti microbial surfaces and self and automated cleaning tools. The potential for growth that these innovations present is unlimited and would hypothetically span far into the future. The potential for new jobs and integration of industries to make our home planet always the sanctuary it was intended to be such sanitation systems installers and supervisors etc. The main issues that people usually come across are costly recycling techniques, speed of supply as far as actually obtaining the recycled material and lack of uses. In this situation as the ol’ saying goes “Nothing goes to waste” because the imagination is infinite. So during the aftermath of the pandemic the lack of employees for all industries is evident. Meaning one of the most important elements to a recovery will be suffering the Public Sanitation Department this doesn’t have to happen and we call also help stop the spread of infectious disease with stalls and portable walls made with recycled materials and anti microbial technology. Don’t know if’ve been to a public restroom near your local city hall even is disgusting, I’ve seen things in public restrooms that I’ve never saw in my own home after Taco Tuesday. So more sanitary material will help keep down on the things that lurk (insert look emoji). These plastics can be used in the design of new toilet seats which is something we often overlook when thinking of making the bathroom cleaner than with use of the high end cleaning products. They should should be pliable and be able to be turned into useful self cleaning tools as well as self cleaning storage boxes. The potential for these products is thru the roof. With the decline of employment and increase in space travel innovations this may be the time for people to start learning how to survive in space causing again another void in the public sanitation department. Therefore using recycled materials to build auto cleaning systems would all but eliminate the need for an attendant but open up opportunity for someone to also learn engineering and expand their skill set before it’s done by computer literally. Floor wash systems, self washing walls, and retrofitted casings for a plethora of new and existing devices. All of these ideas would eliminate a major portion of the plastic that’s hurting our plant just floating away, proceeds could be used to aid the plastic extraction process as well. The potential is limitless. The application for recycled materials in planetary exploration is pivotal in wide diversity of exploration machinery and excavation technology. Expensive housing components can be replaced with recycled material. The same could be said for ocean exploration and salt water recycling plant. This process can be an entire industry countless jobs and institutional voids can be filled with right attitude and understanding for advancement of all of humanity. This is a major stepping stone in the reform of all old systems that no longer benefit advancing societies and cultures which should be allowed to flow unrestricted like the Ocean. This is the call to RE-OCEAN
By Ned Guilford5 years ago in Earth
