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Friday, December 30, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Dust Particles
Hey guys!
Have you ever wondered why dust 'appears' on your coffee tables or TV screens after you clean it with a cloth? Well, it's actually really interesting!
You see, there are three sub-atomic particles: Electrons, Protons and Neutrons.
Protons = positive charge
Electrons = negative charge
Neutrons = neutral charge
There are also 3 ways of 'charging' an object to give it a charge: Conduction, Induction and Friction.
Friction is the act of rubbing 2 objects together. When you rub the 2 objects together, a charge is transferred from the object you are using to rub and the object being rubbed. REMEMBER: ONLY ELECTRONS MOVE! So that means electrons are being transferred from the cloth to the screen you are cleaning.
Here is another important fact: OPPOSITE CHARGES ATTRACT, and LIKE CHARGES REPEL. That means the positive charges and negative charges come closer together, while 2 negative charges would go away from each other. So since the dust is negative and the screen now is negative, the dust gets attracted to the screen!
Wasn't that cool? I'll get more in depth with the words used in this article next post. Until then, stay green!
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Have you ever wondered why dust 'appears' on your coffee tables or TV screens after you clean it with a cloth? Well, it's actually really interesting!
You see, there are three sub-atomic particles: Electrons, Protons and Neutrons.
Protons = positive charge
Electrons = negative charge
Neutrons = neutral charge
There are also 3 ways of 'charging' an object to give it a charge: Conduction, Induction and Friction.
Friction is the act of rubbing 2 objects together. When you rub the 2 objects together, a charge is transferred from the object you are using to rub and the object being rubbed. REMEMBER: ONLY ELECTRONS MOVE! So that means electrons are being transferred from the cloth to the screen you are cleaning.
Here is another important fact: OPPOSITE CHARGES ATTRACT, and LIKE CHARGES REPEL. That means the positive charges and negative charges come closer together, while 2 negative charges would go away from each other. So since the dust is negative and the screen now is negative, the dust gets attracted to the screen!
Wasn't that cool? I'll get more in depth with the words used in this article next post. Until then, stay green!
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Halloween Is Just Around The Corner!
Hey guys!
Everyone must be excited, halloween is fast approaching! Everyone will be out trick or treating, having a good time, and all that good stuff. But this year, let's try and make this halloween a treat for mother nature too, how does that sound?
As always, it's the little things that impact the environment the most. So this halloween, try and go green. For example, you could use re-usable/recycable bags to store all your candy and such. Those bags will go a long way, they will be good for mother nature as they will be re-used again, and not to mention they will be good to satisfy your hunger!
Instead of driving a car from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, just walk. It not only saves you money (from not buying gas), but your also not releasing any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so it's a win-win situation.
Also, try to make costumes yourself out of eco-friendly material. Consider the following for a moment. You go to a store and pick up a really nice looking costume that you think is really going to bring the 'Trick' out of trick or treat. Now, have you ever thought of what made up that costume? Chances are, it's a plastic, a non biodegradable plastic that will not break down into the soil. I suppose you can re-use that costume over and over again if you like it, but making a costume yourself out of mother nature friendly material will be fun for the whole family (or just you :), it will give you a real sense of accomplishment, and it will help nature out a lot as well.
Thank you for reading, hope everyone has a really fulfilling and safe halloween!
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Everyone must be excited, halloween is fast approaching! Everyone will be out trick or treating, having a good time, and all that good stuff. But this year, let's try and make this halloween a treat for mother nature too, how does that sound?
As always, it's the little things that impact the environment the most. So this halloween, try and go green. For example, you could use re-usable/recycable bags to store all your candy and such. Those bags will go a long way, they will be good for mother nature as they will be re-used again, and not to mention they will be good to satisfy your hunger!
Instead of driving a car from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, just walk. It not only saves you money (from not buying gas), but your also not releasing any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so it's a win-win situation.
Also, try to make costumes yourself out of eco-friendly material. Consider the following for a moment. You go to a store and pick up a really nice looking costume that you think is really going to bring the 'Trick' out of trick or treat. Now, have you ever thought of what made up that costume? Chances are, it's a plastic, a non biodegradable plastic that will not break down into the soil. I suppose you can re-use that costume over and over again if you like it, but making a costume yourself out of mother nature friendly material will be fun for the whole family (or just you :), it will give you a real sense of accomplishment, and it will help nature out a lot as well.
Thank you for reading, hope everyone has a really fulfilling and safe halloween!
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Cool Campaign
Hey guys!
I was just reading the newspaper 'The Globe and Mail' where I found a really cool campaign. Basically, it's a recycling project, where the newspaper gives you facts on recycling certain types of material. Today's fact was really interesting, it says:
"You can make an XL size T-shirt by recycling 5 plastic bottles."
...And another fact:
"If you recycle fibres of plastic material, you can make many items, such as tissue boxes, other bottles, and many more!"
It just goes to show that if your recycle, you are helping the Earth, so recycle, you never know what your creating by doing so!
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I was just reading the newspaper 'The Globe and Mail' where I found a really cool campaign. Basically, it's a recycling project, where the newspaper gives you facts on recycling certain types of material. Today's fact was really interesting, it says:
"You can make an XL size T-shirt by recycling 5 plastic bottles."
...And another fact:
"If you recycle fibres of plastic material, you can make many items, such as tissue boxes, other bottles, and many more!"
It just goes to show that if your recycle, you are helping the Earth, so recycle, you never know what your creating by doing so!
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Cool Scientific Terms!
Hey Guys!
I just wanted to share with you all some really cool science terms that I learned in school over the past few weeks. There're all related to biology, so if your looking for physics or chemistry terms, sorry! Anyway, here they are:
Salinity: Salt
Oligotrophic: Low in nutrient content (refers to a water body)
Eutrophic: High in species richness, biodiversity and nutrients (refers to a water body)
Primary Succession: A type of ecological succession that starts in a virtually lifeless area, where soil has not formed yet. For example, if a volcano erupts, the lava and smoke would kill off all the eco-systems around it. So if a new eco-system is born out of that kind of situation, it would be called Primary Succession.
Secondary Succession: The second type of ecological succession. Basically, this starts with an event such as a forest fire or hurricane (an event that weakens or damages an eco-system) and a new eco-system emerges out of an already established but weakened eco-system.
Biodiversity: The variety of life in an ecosystem.
Species Richness: The number of species in an area.
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I just wanted to share with you all some really cool science terms that I learned in school over the past few weeks. There're all related to biology, so if your looking for physics or chemistry terms, sorry! Anyway, here they are:
Salinity: Salt
Oligotrophic: Low in nutrient content (refers to a water body)
Eutrophic: High in species richness, biodiversity and nutrients (refers to a water body)
Primary Succession: A type of ecological succession that starts in a virtually lifeless area, where soil has not formed yet. For example, if a volcano erupts, the lava and smoke would kill off all the eco-systems around it. So if a new eco-system is born out of that kind of situation, it would be called Primary Succession.
Secondary Succession: The second type of ecological succession. Basically, this starts with an event such as a forest fire or hurricane (an event that weakens or damages an eco-system) and a new eco-system emerges out of an already established but weakened eco-system.
Biodiversity: The variety of life in an ecosystem.
Species Richness: The number of species in an area.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Impact of The Food Chain!
Hey guys!
Have you ever thought of the food chain before? Basically, the food chain consists of many different food webs that are connected with each other. It has many levels, starting with:
Autotrophic Level: This is the producers section, the starting point of the food chain, excluding the sun. This level is mainly green plants and trees, anything that can carry out photosynthesis* and cellular respiration*.
Photosynthesis is the process in which plants absorb sunlight and use it to make food for itself.
Cellular respiration is, to put it simply, the process where plants take the energy and nutrients from the food it made and use it towards other processes.
Primary Consumer: Then we get to the primary consumers. These types of consumers are herbivorous, meaning they eat only plants. So primary consumers eat organisms from the trophic level to obtain energy.
Secondary Consumer: This type of consumer is called carnivorous, which is basically an organism that eats primary consumers or other animals to obtain energy. Carnivorous species cannot eat plants for food. For example, a tiger (secondary consumer) eats zebras (primary consumer) for energy.
Tertiary Consumer: Then we finally reach the point where humans are involved. Tertiary consumers are consumers that are omnivorous, which means we can eat both plants and other animals. An example would, of course, be humans.
(If you have a mirror, look at one, and you will see a very cool human :)
The sun is what starts and keeps this cycle going, believe it or not. Without sunlight, photosynthesis couldn't be carried out by the autotrophic level, and if that's not there, then there would be no primary consumer, and if that's not there...well, you get the picture.
That's just a brief description of the food chain, hope you guys enjoyed it!
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Have you ever thought of the food chain before? Basically, the food chain consists of many different food webs that are connected with each other. It has many levels, starting with:
Autotrophic Level: This is the producers section, the starting point of the food chain, excluding the sun. This level is mainly green plants and trees, anything that can carry out photosynthesis* and cellular respiration*.
Photosynthesis is the process in which plants absorb sunlight and use it to make food for itself.
Cellular respiration is, to put it simply, the process where plants take the energy and nutrients from the food it made and use it towards other processes.
Primary Consumer: Then we get to the primary consumers. These types of consumers are herbivorous, meaning they eat only plants. So primary consumers eat organisms from the trophic level to obtain energy.
Secondary Consumer: This type of consumer is called carnivorous, which is basically an organism that eats primary consumers or other animals to obtain energy. Carnivorous species cannot eat plants for food. For example, a tiger (secondary consumer) eats zebras (primary consumer) for energy.
Tertiary Consumer: Then we finally reach the point where humans are involved. Tertiary consumers are consumers that are omnivorous, which means we can eat both plants and other animals. An example would, of course, be humans.
(If you have a mirror, look at one, and you will see a very cool human :)
The sun is what starts and keeps this cycle going, believe it or not. Without sunlight, photosynthesis couldn't be carried out by the autotrophic level, and if that's not there, then there would be no primary consumer, and if that's not there...well, you get the picture.
That's just a brief description of the food chain, hope you guys enjoyed it!
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
How Hurricanes Are Formed!
Hey guys!
I'm sure most of you following this blog know about hurricane Irene. It wasn't as bad as hurricane Katrina, but it certainly did do a lot of damage, tearing up trees, even causing a few deaths. A lot of you might be wondering, how are hurricane formed?
Basically, hurricanes are formed when warm moist air from the ocean start rising up from the water to the sky, leaving less air near the water, thus creating a low air pressure gradient near the water surface. The air cools as it rises, and it can't hold all the moisture it contains. The water then condenses out of the air, which is a natural way for water to produce heat. That heat fuels the winds that start to pick up to faster and faster speeds, feeding of more warm moist air to go even faster. That is what triggers and starts hurricanes, but as soon as it comes to a point where it reaches cold water areas or land, the hurricane starts losing the wind speed because of the lack of the warm air.
Fun Fact: For a hurricane to be official, it needs to have the wind speed of 119 km/h (74 miles an hour)
I'm sure most of you following this blog know about hurricane Irene. It wasn't as bad as hurricane Katrina, but it certainly did do a lot of damage, tearing up trees, even causing a few deaths. A lot of you might be wondering, how are hurricane formed?
Basically, hurricanes are formed when warm moist air from the ocean start rising up from the water to the sky, leaving less air near the water, thus creating a low air pressure gradient near the water surface. The air cools as it rises, and it can't hold all the moisture it contains. The water then condenses out of the air, which is a natural way for water to produce heat. That heat fuels the winds that start to pick up to faster and faster speeds, feeding of more warm moist air to go even faster. That is what triggers and starts hurricanes, but as soon as it comes to a point where it reaches cold water areas or land, the hurricane starts losing the wind speed because of the lack of the warm air.
Fun Fact: For a hurricane to be official, it needs to have the wind speed of 119 km/h (74 miles an hour)
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Earthquake!
Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted here in a while, I just wanted to share some important breaking news.
An earthquake struck Virginia (Washington D.C) with a 5.8 magnitude measured by the Richter scale. The quake was felt across the East coast, as far as places such as New England . Places like the White House and the Pentagon were evacuated because of precautionary measures. What was strange was that earthquakes with that magnitude don't usually happen in places in the East. The last known terror to hit Virginia happened more than a 100 years ago.
The good news is that no damage was reported, atleast on the Canadian side, so that was a relief. Hope you readers out there are in good health, and I will update my blog as soon as I can. Thanks guys!
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An earthquake struck Virginia (Washington D.C) with a 5.8 magnitude measured by the Richter scale. The quake was felt across the East coast, as far as places such as New England . Places like the White House and the Pentagon were evacuated because of precautionary measures. What was strange was that earthquakes with that magnitude don't usually happen in places in the East. The last known terror to hit Virginia happened more than a 100 years ago.
The good news is that no damage was reported, atleast on the Canadian side, so that was a relief. Hope you readers out there are in good health, and I will update my blog as soon as I can. Thanks guys!
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Ways To Keep Your Garage Clean!
Hey guys, I just wanted to share some ways to keep your garage clean. Not only will it help your garage get cleaner if you maybe take time out of your day to read these steps and follow it, it will also help mother nature!
1) Tune your vehicle: If your car or SUV is leaking gas or other liquids like anti-freeze, it will make puddles in your garage, polluting the air around it. This makes it unhealthy for people in the long run if you just keep running a car that leaks fluids, so remember to service your car when it's required!
2) Get a push mower: Using a gas powered lawn mower uses precious resources, as against the push mower, which gives you more exercise and it doesn't use any natural resources. Interesting fact, running a 10 year old gas powered lawn mower emits as much pollution as running a new car for 320 kilometres.
3) Maintain your garden without chemicals: Instead of using pesticides, use natural compost. Using garlic or cooking oil is a good compost in itself, and it is bio-degradable, so it's a win win situation for keeping your soil fertile, getting rid of your pests, and helping your plants stay healthy.
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1) Tune your vehicle: If your car or SUV is leaking gas or other liquids like anti-freeze, it will make puddles in your garage, polluting the air around it. This makes it unhealthy for people in the long run if you just keep running a car that leaks fluids, so remember to service your car when it's required!
2) Get a push mower: Using a gas powered lawn mower uses precious resources, as against the push mower, which gives you more exercise and it doesn't use any natural resources. Interesting fact, running a 10 year old gas powered lawn mower emits as much pollution as running a new car for 320 kilometres.
3) Maintain your garden without chemicals: Instead of using pesticides, use natural compost. Using garlic or cooking oil is a good compost in itself, and it is bio-degradable, so it's a win win situation for keeping your soil fertile, getting rid of your pests, and helping your plants stay healthy.
Hope you enjoyed those little tips, if you liked it, please take 20 seconds out of your day to tweet this post, or this blog if you have been following it, or facebook it. Thanks for reading!
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Animal Of The Week (4)
Copper Shark
Fact File:
Known also as bronze whalers. They are found mostly around offshore waters alongside continental margins. Sometimes though, they move to coastal bays where they eat fish within the surf zone. This obviously brings them into contact with humans (we're not very happy to see it when they look hungry!) and attacks have been reported. There were no deaths reported, but this shark is considered to be one of the most aggressive, largest and dangerous to humans.
Length: Over 3M (10 ft)
Weight: Up to 300 kg (66olb)
Where it's located: Mostly found in warmer waters in the Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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Fact File:
Known also as bronze whalers. They are found mostly around offshore waters alongside continental margins. Sometimes though, they move to coastal bays where they eat fish within the surf zone. This obviously brings them into contact with humans (we're not very happy to see it when they look hungry!) and attacks have been reported. There were no deaths reported, but this shark is considered to be one of the most aggressive, largest and dangerous to humans.
Length: Over 3M (10 ft)
Weight: Up to 300 kg (66olb)
Where it's located: Mostly found in warmer waters in the Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Spring Is Here!
Nature is really beautiful, there's nothing like mother nature! There are a lot of things that people take for granted, but I think that nature is the one thing that people really never take notice about. Littering, squashing insects, people do a lot of things that they don't think are going to affect them in any way. But in the long run, it just might! So remember, enjoy nature, and enjoy spring! Expect more posts soon!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Japan Disaster...
I'm sure as most of you heard, Japan has just been hit by the worst set of disasters. Let me break down everything for you guys:
1) An 8.9 magnitude earthquake!
2) A huge tsunami struck right after the devastating earthquake, demolishing in it's path.
3) A volcano, that's been dormant for 100's of years erupted recently, again causing flight delays, cancellations and a lot more problems.
4) Nuclear reactors that have been damaged by the earthquake and the tsunami are now malfunctioning, causing nuclear emission to slip out. This harms humans within it's radius, and the reactor that everyone is worried about is just about 100 kilometres from Tokyo.
Japan is one the many places that are in the Ring Of Fire.
The places that are in the ring of fire are the most prone to earthquakes and tsunamis because that's where the tectonic plates are the most active. To read about the tectonic plates, click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics
A very simple definition of the tectonic plates: whenever the tectonic plates hit or rub against each other, it creates a huge amount of friction, and that causes earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. Japan is right over some of the most active tectonic plates, so naturally the population in Japan are very alert, their the most advanced with the whole 'Earthquake' thing. Everyone in Japan are taught what to do if an Earthquake occurs. But this earthquake was so sudden, and so powerful, it razed Tokyo before people could really do anything about it, and just when everyone thought the worst was over, the earthquake actually caused a tsunami, that swept away what was left of Tokyo. There was a lot of damage, many lives lost and people left homeless. Now, the most recent news is that a volcano erupted right next to Tokyo, emitting so much ash the sky is nearly pitch black. That causes not only human health related problems, but also delayed and cancelled flights. So many problems in Japan in such a short time, it's been crazy for them! But countries are doing whatever they can to help, the U.S, Russia, India, etc. have been sending in rescue teams to Tokyo, assisting the Japanese in anyway that they can.
Remember to pray for these people. It really makes you think how small your problems really are. I mean, I was complaining Friday that my toaster wasn't working and how I never had a good breakfast, and then I turn on the news channel and I see the state Japan is in. That really make me think how small my really are, so remember to always count your blessings and pray for all those affected by these set of tragedies!
Thanks guys!
1) An 8.9 magnitude earthquake!
2) A huge tsunami struck right after the devastating earthquake, demolishing in it's path.
3) A volcano, that's been dormant for 100's of years erupted recently, again causing flight delays, cancellations and a lot more problems.
4) Nuclear reactors that have been damaged by the earthquake and the tsunami are now malfunctioning, causing nuclear emission to slip out. This harms humans within it's radius, and the reactor that everyone is worried about is just about 100 kilometres from Tokyo.
Japan is one the many places that are in the Ring Of Fire.
The places that are in the ring of fire are the most prone to earthquakes and tsunamis because that's where the tectonic plates are the most active. To read about the tectonic plates, click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics
A very simple definition of the tectonic plates: whenever the tectonic plates hit or rub against each other, it creates a huge amount of friction, and that causes earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. Japan is right over some of the most active tectonic plates, so naturally the population in Japan are very alert, their the most advanced with the whole 'Earthquake' thing. Everyone in Japan are taught what to do if an Earthquake occurs. But this earthquake was so sudden, and so powerful, it razed Tokyo before people could really do anything about it, and just when everyone thought the worst was over, the earthquake actually caused a tsunami, that swept away what was left of Tokyo. There was a lot of damage, many lives lost and people left homeless. Now, the most recent news is that a volcano erupted right next to Tokyo, emitting so much ash the sky is nearly pitch black. That causes not only human health related problems, but also delayed and cancelled flights. So many problems in Japan in such a short time, it's been crazy for them! But countries are doing whatever they can to help, the U.S, Russia, India, etc. have been sending in rescue teams to Tokyo, assisting the Japanese in anyway that they can.
Remember to pray for these people. It really makes you think how small your problems really are. I mean, I was complaining Friday that my toaster wasn't working and how I never had a good breakfast, and then I turn on the news channel and I see the state Japan is in. That really make me think how small my really are, so remember to always count your blessings and pray for all those affected by these set of tragedies!
Thanks guys!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Conservation Plans
Hello viewers, if you are seeing this, you are most probably on my blog! Thanks for reading!
Okay, now for some seriousness. There are a lot of things that we can do to save energy, or just saving the Earth in general. Ontario (a province or state in Canada) is doing a lot to save our priceless energy which we use everyday. Here is an interesting statistic that I found in an article: "Ontario has shut down 8 coal units so far and plans to shut down all remaining units by 2014". To keep our lights on at night, Ontario has started upgrading our old power plants and making them more eco-friendly, but in the process making it produce more than twice the energy it did before. That means shutting down coal plants that cause air pollution and moving to much cleaner sources of electricity. (More efficient energy also means you don't need to pay as much as you did for the coal plants!)
That is what Ontario is doing. So what can you and/or your community do? After all, everything starts with an idea, and who knows, you might have an idea that might do the world a lot of good!
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Okay, now for some seriousness. There are a lot of things that we can do to save energy, or just saving the Earth in general. Ontario (a province or state in Canada) is doing a lot to save our priceless energy which we use everyday. Here is an interesting statistic that I found in an article: "Ontario has shut down 8 coal units so far and plans to shut down all remaining units by 2014". To keep our lights on at night, Ontario has started upgrading our old power plants and making them more eco-friendly, but in the process making it produce more than twice the energy it did before. That means shutting down coal plants that cause air pollution and moving to much cleaner sources of electricity. (More efficient energy also means you don't need to pay as much as you did for the coal plants!)
That is what Ontario is doing. So what can you and/or your community do? After all, everything starts with an idea, and who knows, you might have an idea that might do the world a lot of good!
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Shocking Factfile....
The Bad:
* 80% of the world's forest's are gone...
* The United States has only 4% of it's forests left
* The US has 5% of the world's population and 30% of the total waste
* Approximately, 71,000 people die every year because of cardio arrests (heart attacks) and lung cancer from some sort of air pollution
*Human population is said to triple itself by the year 2100!
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* 80% of the world's forest's are gone...
* The United States has only 4% of it's forests left
* The US has 5% of the world's population and 30% of the total waste
* Approximately, 71,000 people die every year because of cardio arrests (heart attacks) and lung cancer from some sort of air pollution
*Human population is said to triple itself by the year 2100!
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Garbage Dump Becomes a PowerPlant!
Hey guys, I just wanted to share some interesting facts I saw in the news yesterday. I have never seen or heard anything like this before, and it's really interesting!
There's about 1,200 metric tons of garbage dumped everyday in one of the biggest garbage land sites in Philippines. There's so much garbage there now, you could fill up about 4 football stadiums!
So basically what their doing is, is that their taking the methane gas that the garbage gives off, and their converting it into electricity. So the garbage is basically another source of electricity now, and since their's so much garbage, there's much more electricity generated!
I'm NOT saying make more garbage, I'm just saying that it's a really nice idea to turn something bad (garbage) into something we need now, which is electricity. So, if you have any creative ideas or any way to help save our planet in a unique way like what the Philippines are doing, leave a comment or click on the Email Me button on the side bar.
That huge mountain your seeing right there is all garbage, not even 1% land.
Thanks for reading!
There's about 1,200 metric tons of garbage dumped everyday in one of the biggest garbage land sites in Philippines. There's so much garbage there now, you could fill up about 4 football stadiums!
So basically what their doing is, is that their taking the methane gas that the garbage gives off, and their converting it into electricity. So the garbage is basically another source of electricity now, and since their's so much garbage, there's much more electricity generated!
I'm NOT saying make more garbage, I'm just saying that it's a really nice idea to turn something bad (garbage) into something we need now, which is electricity. So, if you have any creative ideas or any way to help save our planet in a unique way like what the Philippines are doing, leave a comment or click on the Email Me button on the side bar.
That huge mountain your seeing right there is all garbage, not even 1% land.
Thanks for reading!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Australian Floods...
I'm sure most of you guys know this already, but there has been a HUGE set of floods in Queensland, Australia. The floods occurred around 12th January, 2011. (Horrible start to 2011)
I don't want to go into much detail, there's too much to post here, but here's a link to the full report:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2011/2011-01-12-01.html
Thanks for reading, raise awareness on global warming!
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I don't want to go into much detail, there's too much to post here, but here's a link to the full report:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2011/2011-01-12-01.html
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