Tag Archives: environment

How Straws are Destroying the Environment

Drinking straws

In the US alone, 500 million straws are used every day. Single-use plastics are the scourge of the earth as they never fully degrade. Here are some ways you can stop sucking and break your drinking straw habit.

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Reduce your Pet’s Carbon Paw Print with these Tips

Green living tips

Our pets are capable of producing more than 140 billion pounds of carbon dioxide and methane per year; that’s a pretty large carbon paw print! Before you swear off pet ownership for good, read on to learn what to watch out for, and what you can do to help.

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Rare White Giraffes Caught on Camera

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The spirit giraffe is here! Rangers from the Hirola Conservation Program (HCP) in northeastern Kenya managed to capture these white giraffes on video. This mother and baby giraffe have a very rare condition known as leucism which is different from albinism.

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Freaks of Nature Thursdays: Weird Weather

Green living: Mammatus Clouds photo by Share 2 Aware

Breast clouds, fish rain and sailing stones. Do you want your mind blown? Then read on brave adventurer… Nature is often odd, sometimes strange and regularly downright weird. Here are some freaky natural phenomenon some which can be explained and some of which, well….

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Tired of Mowing? Try these Brilliant Lawn Alternatives

Unless you're a sheep farmer, there's just no need for all that grass. Are you spending fistfuls of money and a good deal of Saturdays mowing the lawn like a chump? Well, stop that. You can garden like a champ by considering an alternative lawn, reducing the amount of lawn you have or doing something useful with all that space. Here are some alternatives to the traditional lawn that will have you thinking twice about your patch of green.

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