This considered, product and [...]]]> The Internet has changed the purchasing behavior to a higher level that customers habitually research suppliers of goods and services online before they buy. The fact is that the online transaction increasingly significant, and this means that if you get customers to your website, you have the opportunity to increase sales further.

This considered, product and service directories can be compared with full-time sales staff, answering customer questions about where to find the necessary products, services or business segments, including commercial, public services that connect them directly through a convenient web links. The internet directory is the simple way of finding the business, organization, manufacturer, goods and services that you are looking for. One of the directories is Ethical Directory UK which provide comprehensive listing of ethically produced goods and services. This directory contains websites and companies that offer organic, natural, ethical, fair trade and environment friendly products and services. You can find the news and ethical issues on Ethical Directory Blog. This directory have the number of different search options like a quick search, and advanced search. It is easy to find what you are looking for with one search.

Since there are more public awareness about environmental catastrophe that caused by climate change and other green issues, there are many manufacturer and service provider create environmentally friendly products and services to support the reduction of global warming more seriously. If you want to find the products and services that give priority to environmental friendly, you can visit Ethical Directory. You will find the listing of ethically product and service link to connect you to the websites and companies which focusing their operations on the ethical products, services and environment friendly.

1. Do not use plastic bags for shopping. Bring your own shopping bag that can always be used again. 2. Do not just throw away plastic bottle after [...]]]> That is one of the slogans of the trends that exist across the world. We can begin to reduce our plastic waste to not wear it but replace it.

1. Do not use plastic bags for shopping. Bring your own shopping bag that can always be used again.
2. Do not just throw away plastic bottle after drinking. Fill with water again and again, although not too many refill. Approximately 5 times disposable still okay. For the usual drink in the car, prepare a bottle is always fully charged.
3. It’s better to buy a drink bottles that can be refilled and do not always have to buy another bottle of mineral water.
4. In western countries many cafes like Starbucks have started to allow customers to bring their own mugs or better to fill a coffee Thermos. Plastic bags can still be used again. But if the plastic glass can only once.

Sometimes it is also difficult if not inserted with an incentive to the customer. Yet if we do not use plastic bags or plastic cup of cafe will also reduce their costs thereby increasing profits.

So in western countries have a lot of entrepreneurs who want to come help provide incentives such as supermarkets which offer a discount when not using their plastic bags such as Aldi or Albertsons. IKEA instead will force customers to pay for plastic bags. With this IKEA expects customers will reduce consumption of plastic bags which reach 70 million bags per year just for the United States.

Singapore began to assign a particular day as “Bring Your Own Bag” Day, where customers are required to bring their own pockets and who does not carry required to pay the 30 cents that will be used for environmental activities. Shopping bags that can be reused now a best seller in Singapore.

In fact we have to laugh at those who do not understand the importance of environment and lack of awareness to reduce waste. Now many shopping bags with unique and funky design as well so that young children do not feel inferior. Drink bottles also are getting cool so do not feel like a kindergartner who brought a bottle to drink.

2. To be healthy, at least we can start with what we eat everyday. Because rice (rice) is 60% [...]]]> 1. Stop consuming chemicals. All food are conventionally using synthetic pesticides / chemicals, contain residues of chemicals. All types of pesticides are carcinogenic substances (a substance that caused due to burning can stimulate the growth of cancer).

2. To be healthy, at least we can start with what we eat everyday. Because rice (rice) is 60% to 70% of the total that we eat every day, so the rice (rice) is very influential to our health. You can Imagine how many milli grams of chemical elements into our bodies every day.

3. Protect the Children
Children are vulnerable to toxins than adults. A study conducted in 1980 concluded that on average children exposed to cancer-causing toxic ingredients four times more than in adults, where most come from the kinds of kid’s food that they eat. Choosing foods have an important effect on health of future children.

4. Protecting water quality, air and soil Consuming organic food means that we can participate in the restoration of ecosystems that have been damaged and to participate actively maintain the balance of nature. There are some toxins POP (Persistent Pollutant Org) to watch the result of the use of synthetic pesticides / chemicals other than DDT found in soil, air and water, among others are: aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, mirex, toxaphenyl, hexachlorobenzene , PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), dioxins, furans.

5. Protecting the Agricultural Worker Health
By consuming organic products that assist in their struggle for a healthy work environment. Example cases:
a. 18 Population migration in North Lampung died from rat poison, tuberculosis or respiratory tract cancer.
b. 12 people in klaten farmer died from poison DDT.

6. Supports Local Farmers in Small scales
Helping our communities to achieve food security. Low price of conventional foods shows that agricultural workers do not receive a fair wage/income.

7. The taste of organic is better.
According to people who used to consume organic food, is more sweet and crunchy, and also more aromatic freshness fragrant, soft, and more durable.

Do you know that saving the use of paper means also saving water? So, what to do? It turned out to make a sheet of copier paper, at [...]]]> For environmentally friendly, one more thing we need to reduce their use: paper: paper production requires a lot of energy, water, and of course the king of trees!

Do you know that saving the use of paper means also saving water? So, what to do? It turned out to make a sheet of copier paper, at least require 400 ml of water, equivalent to alias 2 cups. And we all know that water is now a commodity which includes rare and should be saved as much as possible. But not only that, save the use of paper also means saving the forests in the world who increasingly been denuded. This is because the raw materials of the major paper-reaching 95 percent of the wood.

It may be hard to find relationships in data on the daily life of our home. Moreover, more awaits the use of paper associated with the activity in the office. For more details, see around our house. Newspapers, shopping receipts, credit card bills, brochures, packets of rice, until the tissue, can easily be found in the house.

Everything is a product of the paper, which often only end up in the trash. This shows that the amount of paper usage in many households and its impact can not be ignored.

We can not close our eyes and handed responsibility to the affairs of this paper offices. This is our responsibility too! Many fact that we can do at home to reduce paper consumption.

Maximum Use
Invitations using paper on both sides, should not be considered as a mere slogan. Seemingly easy way is still not practiced a lot of people. Begin to use the side of the paper is still no respond.

Papers that come into the house, such as invoices or leaflets, do not immediately discarded. Separate the paper can still be used in a special basket. Cut paper into small scraps of paper. Section beyond the empty can be used to record phone messages or shopping lists.

When opening an envelope, then don’t tear it up. That way, the envelope is still in a clean and tidy. Save this envelope to be used again. In this way, save paper jam, can also save money

For birthday? Usually we give someone a gift wrapped in pretty paper. The paper presents an unnecessary extravagance. Often, the paper specifically purchased for only torn out and thrown away. Try to create with wrapping paper of the existing materials in the house. Newspaper, magazines-colored, comic pages long, interesting gift wrapping made. Add decorative style that match natural to support the theme of “recycling”.

Newsprint is one of the largest contributors to the waste paper in the household in general. Before it sold to the junkman, use of newspaper for a variety of purposes. Maybe some already we apply at home, but it never hurts to remind again of how a newspaper can be useful. In addition to gift wrap, use newspaper as a protector when glassware stored or transmitted. Remember also the teachings of our grandmothers used, the cleaning of glass windows with newspapers. The fibers in newsprint can pave the glass surface and make it look translucent.

Variety of waste paper can be used various materials unique crafts. Encourage children to put their creativity by processing waste paper back in the house, one of which is to recycle paper. That way, they are taught early on to appreciate every piece of paper there.

Go Online!
Computers are finding that trust can reduce paper usage, because all documents will be stored in the form of files. At home, start getting used to life “without papers”; receiving and transmitting digital information through. For example, switch credit card bills and phone bills are sent by mail every month with the bills through electronic mail (email). That way we have come to reduce ‘the use of unnecessary paper.

Furthermore, the scan (scan) the documents still need to be considered, such as proof of payment to the bank, and save the file in the computer. If you already have a copy like this, the physical form of paper can be recycled. It’s not all documents can be scanned, for reasons of security and authenticity, such as birth certificates or letters of land ownership. But with reduced majority, our file cabinets to be more relieved!

Because we become more dependent on computers, computer consequences should be “maintained”. In that sense, the computer must be free from viruses that risk damaging the documents. Computers also be in top shape, with no problems on the hardware and software. In addition, “treatment” is making another routine back up, just in case if there is something that can destroy the document.

Back to the past
After struggling with the idea online, time to go back to the past practice to save paper. Right now we are used to clean everything with a tissue. Wiping the sweat from his face, we rely on the tissue. Drinks spilled, the water is absorbed by tissue. Hands wet from washing hands, dried with a tissue. And finally that clump clump tissue in the trash pile.

Tissue paper is a product of modern times. Disposable nature ensures that it is more hygienic. Considering the consumption of a very large napkin around the world, saving the use of tissue would have an impact big enough for saving paper.

If possible, use a fabric cloth back to the kitchen, the sink, and a front wiper. Fabrics can be washed and used repeatedly so as not to waste paper. Avoid also the use of beverage packaging and plastic plates in the house, even at a certain time like a party. Always select cutlery that can be reused. In addition, the paper utensils are generally made of plastic containing waste more difficult to recycle.

Lastly, always separate the waste paper with other debris. This is to facilitate the staff in the sorting of garbage, so this paper can be directly taken to the recycling place. At present, waste paper and its derivative products include the 25 percent of all garbage in garbage disposal. Help us in saving and sorting garbage.

The biggest point in this concept is saving water and energy and use renewable energy. In Indonesia, access to [...]]]> The concept of green building or green building trend driven into the world of property development today. This environmentally friendly building has put a halt to the contribution of global warming with the correct micro climate.

The biggest point in this concept is saving water and energy and use renewable energy. In Indonesia, access to renewable energy is still weak. Electrical energy supply to the property only rely on electricity company which are not yet using renewable energy sources.

In the United States, a variety of electric energy supplier companies with a variety of fuel options, including renewable fuels. Developers who choose electric energy from renewable sources will have the biggest points in the green building concept.

In many countries, the application of proven green building concepts to add value to sell. However, in Indonesia still need a long education process. In Indonesia, the confusion that comes even environmentally friendly building is expensive, difficult, and not feasible in the business.

The managers of the building as a large energy users now have the responsibility to reduce global warming in ways that save energy, water, fuel, and so on. Activities facilitated panel discussion of PT Colliers International Indonesia and PT Cisco Systems Indonesia is at once to introduce the reference through the concept of green building Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

The application of the concept of LEED is essentially a recognition of his efforts to provide environmentally-friendly property works or who hold the concept of green building.

85 introduces the concept of LEED rating points with a certified rating, silver, gold, and platinum.

Efficiency

The implementation of LEED for property development also requires absolutely some things, such as water use efficiency, use of minimum energy, or efforts to protect the ozone layer. Some countries, like India, China, Dubai, and Vietnam, also had quite a lot of applying LEED concepts. LEED certification was originally formulated Green Building Council United States.

Understanding of this architecture. Green building measures open up opportunities to put the building in a wider network, related aspects of climate, natural resources, social, and cultural. Education plays an important role in the understanding of sustainability.

The main issues related to environmentally friendly buildings, among which are necessary to build only and do not use more than necessary, the principle of relevance, as well as looking at professional architects as a caretaker of the earth.

Design strategies that can be applied, among others, the use of sustainable materials, linkages with the local ecology, the relationship between transit and residence, recreation and work, as well as water use efficiency, waste management, and highlight local conditions both physically and socially.

The slogan used for Global Handwashing Day is also a “Clean Hands [...]]]> October 15, is the World Hand Washing Day is held in order to make a clean habits, especially for children. Washing your hands is a very good habit and the most effective way and cheaper to prevent diseases such as diarrhea, infectious diseases, etc..

The slogan used for Global Handwashing Day is also a “Clean Hands Save Lives” so expect the kids will learn how to wash their hands well by organizations and companies participated in this global event.

What to do with the blog I Want Green? Clean water is not necessarily efficient, but I think it could be more efficient clean water. The purpose of this statement is, if we are to wash hands with running tap water, then we will wash their hands more quickly because it was throwing water and hunted down by the sound of water. But if at the time to wash our hands first turn off the faucet when we wash with soap, then we can wash our hands with soap with a better, longer and thorough and will certainly be healthier. In addition to a healthy, water-efficient, too.

So, not only have to wash your hands clean, but first turn off the faucet when washing with soap so that we can wash your hands with long and complete. Do not forget to not open the water tap is too big, too, so be more frugal.
]]> http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/2010/03/global-handwasing-day-clean-hands-save-lives/feed/ 0 http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/2010/02/the-companies-should-save-electricity/ http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/2010/02/the-companies-should-save-electricity/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:58:17 +0000 admin http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/?p=154 Some ways to save, especially for offices and companies are as follows:

The fire that burns itself is because no media that can withstand the heat of the earth. For example, the fire in the warehouse came from the pile of goods. Piles [...]]]> Greening or reforesting is not only useful for improving the quality of health and beauty. Reforestation is also able to reduce the risk of fire.

The fire that burns itself is because no media that can withstand the heat of the earth. For example, the fire in the warehouse came from the pile of goods. Piles of goods in the warehouse over time remove the heat. Because there is nothing to absorb the heat, the fire had come.

The trees, is the media that absorbs heat released earth. Thus, there are piles of goods in the warehouse fire is not sparked.

Realizing the importance of greening the environment, in developed country campaign for citizens to do reforestation, at least in the front yard of each. It’s mean that one person, one tree. But, in one house, at least one tree.

In addition, it also gives regular tree to the citizens. The government should give various kinds of trees that is given to the public every few months.

Greening program is not only supported the authorities concerned. Party shopping center have to do the same thing. Through the Go Green program, they should distribute seeds and planting trees in the neighborhood mall. Shared tree types vary, ranging from the seeds of leafy plants, to plants.

In addition to planting trees, it is also conducted emission tests on a regular basis. They also can appeal to the visitors into green shopper using the shopping bag that is environmentally friendly and can be used in multiple times.
]]> http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/2010/02/the-importance-of-greening-the-environment/feed/ 3 http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/2010/02/fact-about-paper/ http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/2010/02/fact-about-paper/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:59:38 +0000 admin http://www.askmeaboutgreen.com/?p=53 Paper for our generation is something that has become mundane and the everyday that we often use paper without thinking much about the consequences. I tried to summary some facts about paper that we all understand the importance of reducing paper usage and recycle used paper. Hopefully useful and deepen our knowledge that we are [...]]]> Paper for our generation is something that has become mundane and the everyday that we often use paper without thinking much about the consequences. I tried to summary some facts about paper that we all understand the importance of reducing paper usage and recycle used paper. Hopefully useful and deepen our knowledge that we are more aware of the environment.

Production of paper:

* Trunk 1 (wood) to produce 16 reams of paper
* Trunk 1 can produce the needed oxygen to breathe 3 people
* To produce 1 ton of paper, it takes 3 tons of wood and 98 tons of other raw materials
* Every hour, the world lost because of 1732.5 hectares of forest to be harvested raw materials of paper
* Paper industry around the world using 35% of all commercial timber harvest each year
* The paper industry spent 670 million tons of wood to produce 178 million tons of pulp and 278 million tons of paper and paperboard
* 1 ton of paper = 400 reams = 200,000 sheets of
* To produce 3 sheets of paper required 1 liter of water
* To produce 1 Kilogram of paper required 324 liters of water (environment Canada)
* 95% of paper made from wood fiber materials
* To produce 1 ton of paper produced carbon dioxide (CO2) for about 2.6 tons or equal to the emissions produced by cars during the 6 months.
* To produce 1 ton of paper, produced approximately 72,200 liters of liquid waste and 1 ton of solid waste
* The paper industry is a user of energy to fuel the world’s largest 3rd (American Forest and Paper Association)
* Once the paper is only used for writing, now Packaging industry uses 41% of the total use of paper

Recycled paper:

* Recycling paper saves 54 kg of tree 1 (Government of Canada)
* Recycling 1 ton of paper saves approximately 17 trees (Purdue Research Foundation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996)
* Recycling paper uses 60% less energy than making paper from tree trunks
* Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of fuel and 7000 gallons of water and 4000 kwh of electricity (Onondaga Resource Recovery Center)
* 30% -40% of discarded paper is paper or packaging Packaging (The Recycler’s Handbook, 1990)
* When the paper decompose or compost will produce Methane gas is 25 times more dangerous than CO2 (International Institute for Environment and Development, 1971)

However, did you [...]]]> How many sheets of paper that you use every day? How many cups of coffee you drink everyday? How much you enjoy fried foods? How much material from palm oil are you using? Very much perhaps. Especially if you live in the big city life style could not be separated from the goods.

However, did you know that by reducing the consumption of coffee, palm oil and its derivatives materials, and the use of paper, you can take to save the forests in Sumatra? Because the forests that used to be a habitat for many species of animals and soil water storage is now much changed its function, good for coffee plantations, palm oil, or tree of paper raw materials to meet the needs of the city. No wonder the forests in some inland areas damaged.

The situation is now Sumatra forests requires attention from many people. The production of paper, palm oil, coffee and processed for the purposes of urban society has been destroying forests in Sumatra. May campaign has held as the title “Let’s Explore the Forest Sumatra “. The campaign carried the WWF was held with the aim of raising public awareness that their lifestyle affects the forest ecosystem in Sumatra.

Condition of the forests in Sumatra very alarming. In the period 1995 to 2007 the number of organisms covering the surface of the lost forests of Sumatra to reach 48 percent. Now the amount of resources that can be used only remaining 30 percent. It has been used for paper production, coffee, and palm oil.

Data from WWF , the number of animals in the forests of Sumatra also decreased dramatically. Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) in nature live 400 tail, while the population of rhinos Sumatra less than 300 tails. Population decline also occurs in orangutans and elephants Sumatra. Amount remaining orangutans is 6500 and the population of elephants tail tails 2400-2800.

In fact many people can do to save the city forests of Sumatra. People should be saving and reduce consumption of products that eliminate the habitat of life, such as reducing use of paper. The reason, a ream of paper has sacrificed two square meters of natural forest habitat and damage to tigers, elephants, and orangutans in Sumatra.

In addition, another way to do the public is to not keep animals that have almost become extinct. Creatures like tigers and orangutans can not be purchased for the community as pets. Nature is their home.

Re-greening of Sumatra forests could also be a separate alternative. The bare woods have influenced the general population. Not only animals, human beings, too, experienced the negative impacts of deforestation. Floods, landslides, and forest fires are examples of the perceived negative impact of humans.

The awareness of society to participate to save Sumatra forests should be increased. People realize that freedom is not just about freedom from colonialism, but also about environmental concerns.