Pollution does travel and affects everyone

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/one-third-lead-air-pollution-found-san-francisco-originated-asia.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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When you think of how polluted San Franciso is, you may not realize that 1/3 of its pollution is actually from Asia.  Research has been done showing that even though San Franciso is still causing a majority of its own pollution, it is not all to be blamed on itself.  This study goes to show how when we emit pollutants, we are affection everyone around us in a harmful way.  The next time you drive your gas chugging SUV down the road, think of how your harming organisms all over the world and even yourself.

This post relates to class because it shows how when we do something in the environment, we not only affect ourselves and our close neighbors, we affect everyone around the world.  I personally believe that to know we are affecting the entire world when we are emitting pollutants is a major eye opener to how we should act and treat the environment.

Government Should Stop Supporting Fossil Fuels

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http://www.iea.org/
To stop the use of fossil fuels and prevent pollution governments should stop subsidizing fossil fuels.  The government still spends a lot of money on fossil fuels yet wants to stop using them.  Governments all over the globe still spend around 300 billion dollars subsidizing the use of fossil fuels.  If governments spent the money on helping other countries get access to modern power sources, then fossil fuel use would be cut and so then would emissions.

Because of how our government is always pushing the use of better energy sources, then they should stop subsidizing fossil fuels.  This topic relates to class because when we try to save resources and recycle in class, here the government is out supporting fossil fuels and making our efforts seem pointless.  I personally think that supporting the use of fossil fuels is a bad thing because it promotes pollution.

Environment-extra post

Hey i just wanted to post because I saw that our school is very good at recycling un used paper.  It is a really good thing to have those blue bins right next to the trashcan, because it makes recycling so much easier.  You feel much better knowing that instead of that paper going to some landfill and taking up space, it is just being recycled and reused.  So thanks for putting those little blue recycle bins all over the school.

Environmentally Friendly Halloween Costumes

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/10-green-halloween-costume-ideas-inspired-by-the-planets-perils.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&utm_content=Google+Reader


You never thought that spreading environmental awareness could be as easy as putting on a costume that showed an environmental problem, but now people have finally started wearing them.  To show off some of the environmental problems, costumes such as a drowning polar bear, and a dying bee were made.  These show the problems of global warming and the dramatic decline of honey bees.  People can show there support to help these environmental problems with out even looking out of place, since there halloween costumes.  Besides just showing what natural disasters are happening, the costumes themselves are environmentally friendly because they are made from things you would already have around your house, and you dont have to buy anything.

I personally think this is a great idea, and is also a great way to get little kids involved in wanting to spread environmental awareness while also having fun dressing up.  This article relates to class by showing how we should be more aware of the natural disasters happening around us, and since there spooky halloween costumes, they also show how scary these disasters really are.

Actors Showing Good Power Usage

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/actors-demonstrate-how-to-save-energy-in-shipping-containers.php?campaign=th_rss

 To show how the differences in power usage change when you use smart decisions compared to not so environmentally conscious decisions, actors were hired to live in storage containers and showcase how they lived.  One actor lived in a container were the lights were turned off when needed and all unused electronics were turned off, and one actor lived in a container were the lights were on and all the electronics were on.  They both had meters showing who was using the most energy.  Of course, the actor with the lights turned off used less power than the other actor did.  This was done to show people how easy it is to save power and how helpful it really is.  The environmentally friendly container used around 80% less power than the container with all the appliances and electronics being used.


 I think it is a great idea to show how easy it is to save energy, and i think that everyone should follow the easy steps to saving energy, such as turning off the lights.  This applies to environmental class because it is showing an easy and effective way to help conserve energy and stop wasting resources.

Electric Cars

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/electric-cars-best-way-reduce-oil-consumption-rice-university-study.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Electric cars are the big thing that America needs to start using in order to effectively stop producing large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions.  If America starts using electric cars, then the major cause of carbon dioxide pollution will be stopped.  If only 30 percent of vehicles in the U.S. were electric by 2050, will cut emissions by 7 percent and it will lessen our use of oil by 2.5 million barrels.

I think that using electric cars is a great idea to reduce emissions and to lower the use of natural gas.  This blog is related to class because using electric cars reduces pollution, which harms the environment.

Giving Away To Recycle

http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2010/08/reuse-by-having-community-free-stores.html

The Brooklyn Free Store is an awesome place where you can leave your stuff for other people to take for free and anything there that you want you can take for free.  The idea behind this Free Store is so you can have an easy place to find free stuff that otherwise would have gone into a landfill and polluted the Earth.  Instead of throwing your unwanted items away, you can give them to the Free Store where someone else might be able to use what you were going to throw away.

I think that the Brooklyn Free store is a great idea and it will really reduce waste and help some people find free stuff.  This Brooklyn Free Store is related to environmental class because it is a way to recycle unwanted materials instead of throwing them away.