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.

Human generations has been farming for their daily meals. [...]]]> The use of biodiesel is being campaign by the government which is expected with this solution is the use of diesel fuel can be reduced because of the mix with diesel, which is the result of the oil palm oil, corn, soybeans, space, sugar cane, cassava, etc..

Human generations has been farming for their daily meals. Even today we still see a lack of food from some country. We still can not self-sufficient in food. With the growth of both sides of the human population and the car, if we will use some food items that need to be energy, whether we want to feed people or cars?

There will be no land, water or soil productive enough to be able to replace all our energy needs. Production of biodiesel itself also uses a lot of land and energy. Production of land plants such as palm oil or distance will require fertilizer made from natural gas results, the pesticide is also derived from oil, the input of energy such as fuel for tractors, trucks, and distillation plant. In addition, the land will also need to reduce water and soil fertility power.

When we see the energy used, the biodiesel will use more energy in the production stage compared with ordinary oil, from exploration wells to be used in the car.

With the competition between the need for human food and energy, so the supply is running low demand and high commodity prices will increase so that by the end of the chain then the final product sold to customers would be more expensive. For example, when palm oil prices rise, because oil palm is the basic ingredient for the manufacture of ice cream, biscuits, butter, cooking oil to soap and shampoo, it is conceivable consequences of CPO prices rose to around inflation and our economy.

Employers also with the price increase would be their incentive to plant more. And if our heterogeneous forest full of useful plants and animals that depend on these ecosystems, would be destroyed by the homogeneous forest of large plantations. Finally is the destruction of plant and animal species that important to our natural balance.

The best solution remains to find the best solution alternative renewable energy from water / wave, wind and sunlight.

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.
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- Planting In addition to reforestation, the following activities are also very good for the health of the body. Quiet soul balanced with the ideal body. Water movement, and gives plant fertilizer for 5 minutes [...]]]> Here are some ways to save the earth, which not only affect the living, but also has good benefits for our bodies.

- Planting
In addition to reforestation, the following activities are also very good for the health of the body. Quiet soul balanced with the ideal body. Water movement, and gives plant fertilizer for 5 minutes can streamline your hands

- Washing Plate and Dishes
Do not be confused when reading this is not a web household, but believe it or not activity is the other one is very useful for our earth. Use utensils not disposable reply, with this we have to reduce plastic waste is difficult to directly destroyed. Don’t impractical and inconvenient, because the movement of the dishes are beneficial for reducing more than 50 calories in our body. With washing dishes one day a month 3x guaranteed make your body slim!

- Ride a bike!
Choose bike rather than motoric vehicles! Besides not producing poluttan, cycling is also beneficial for the body healthy and heart and a more proportionate body.

- Reduce the use of microwave
In addition to providing opportunities for our planet breathe, microwaves are also not good for the body. The food often heated by microwave do not make us wait any longer, but this is dangerous because the body involved ultraviolet consumed!

- No Plastic at house!
Come on, let’s spread the use of plastic. Find a more friendly products environment. Green product is so rock!

Roof color is a traditional red brick, blue, black, dark green, and others. Very rarely do we see the white roof. For any buildings with no mortar used to follow the color gray.

It turned out for us who live in the tropics and hot, white roofs can reduce air conditioning usage [...]]]> What Color is your roof?

Roof color is a traditional red brick, blue, black, dark green, and others. Very rarely do we see the white roof. For any buildings with no mortar used to follow the color gray.

It turned out for us who live in the tropics and hot, white roofs can reduce air conditioning usage by 20%. State of California in the United States even require that all new buildings, since 2005, white roof, for a flat roof surfaces or applicable.

Surface of the roof covering on average 25% of the entire surface of the city. Meanwhile, the streets covered approximately 35% of the entire surface of the city. According to research from Hashem Akbari, a researcher from the Heat Island Group, when 100 cities in the world to replace the roof with a white color, and also streets with more materials reflect light, such as concrete roads than asphalt roads, the global cooling effect generated would be enormous.

My own experience is to paint the roof of my house with materials made from asbestos Insultec whose licenses have been produced in Indonesia, a white base color (though can order any color) which is the most effective colors to reflect sunlight back. Cat-based insultec water has the ability to reflect ultraviolet light up to 85% and reduce the heat to the roof of 47%. The roof of this cooler will automatically make the interior cooler.

My house is located in North Jakarta with the very hot air so that the temperature in a room without air conditioning can reach 34 degrees Celsius. With insultec, room temperature can fall to 4 degrees Celsius. This alone is very felt, because when I used to go upstairs is hot and stuffy, although it is not cold, not hot as before. Any ceiling feels colder now so automatic room below too cool. Work with paint is also very easy because no need to change or replace the roof of any kind, just stay in the paint, wait 3-4 hours, after a dry immediately felt.

Using examples insultec only because according to Hasheem, without mention of white paint brand will produce a similar effect and continue to help global warming.

Let’s try together. More and more the more effective is also a white roof for a green world.

The opportunity to host the UN’s biggest event this year had been wasted by the Danish Government. Vision becomes “Carbon [...]]]> Welcome to Climate Neutral Country”. Series of these words greet the train passengers who arrived at the Central Station København, Copenhagen, Danish, a day before the implementation of the UN Conference on climate change last week.

The opportunity to host the UN’s biggest event this year had been wasted by the Danish Government. Vision becomes “Carbon Neutral Country” continues sounded. In fact, the Governor of Copenhagen Ritt Bjerregaard to mention optimistic, Copenhagen will become the first state capital with the level of carbon neutral in 2025.

Ritt added, the COP-15 participants will see how the efforts taken by the government and society to realize that dream. Danish themselves targets become carbon neutral country in 2050. So, what efforts can be found in this city?

Transportation Transformation

Problem transportation might be an example of serious efforts to suppress Danish government carbon emissions from vehicles. Local residents use more than half of modes of public transportation and bicycles. Only a fraction of those found using private vehicles, are like cars and motorcycles. In fact, for a week in this port city, I only once found a man on a motorcycle.

According to an architect, Jan Gehl, Gehl Architects founder, 40 years ago, Copenhagen is a very crowded city full of pollution and motor vehicles. “Very complicated, pollution, and crowded with motorcycles and cars. Purchase of vehicles in this city reached 2 million units each year and the roads become smaller, especially for pedestrians, “says Geh while speaking at the World Culture panel-Future as part of a side event at COP-15 Copenhagen, Danish.

He said, this transformation occurs because one culture change in society. This is an important factor of change in Copenhagen into an orderly, orderly, and discipline it is today. Would have originated from the change in culture? “The answer is simple. If you buy lots of cars, you’ll get the car. If you buy a lot of bike, you get a bike. As I see it in 15 years, the modern culture to change the mindset of society.

At the same time, the public are invited to participate actively making big changes. In this case, according to Gehl, education becomes an important factor to realize the vision of environmentally-friendly Copenhagen “Gradually, the city (Copenhagen) managed to move forward into a place like this now than several years ago. Now there are even royalty and respect for the users of the bike, “he said.

A citizen who found Kompas.com Copenhagen, Larssen (40), admitted, over time, the number of users of bicycles and public transport in the city grew. He also did the same thing. Carrying a bike onto the train and went on bike to work. The habit of using the bike was instilled from an early age to the children.

One thing that needs to be an important record, transform the culture in society bertransportasi also be effective if supported by adequate infrastructure. If noted, Danish Government, especially Copenhagen, has provided exceptional infrastructure matures, so providing convenience for the community, whatever mode of transportation he used.

Secretary General of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Hans Rat said, the convenience of public transportation services not only the physical development. “People will also feel comfortable when presented with information that allows, for example, schedules, routes, and fares. Comfort not only lies in the physical, “said Hans to Kompas.com in Climate Express train trip Brussels-Copenhagen some time ago.

Referring to the experience bertransportasi in Copenhagen, elements of physical comfort and information it has been fulfilled. In every public area, available models or pocket book that will provide guidance for anyone who would travel the country this Hans Christian Andersen. Schedule and route trains and city buses are listed in each point not far from the traffic lights or bus stops. Also at the station. Prospective passengers can see all the routes and points uruh cessation of the train so it is easy to understand. No need to fear stray, let alone lost.

Government policy support is also badly needed. Just so you know, the price of cars in the Danish practically “exorbitant”. Some people I’ve met claim to rely on bicycles and public transportation modes, such as trains and city buses. They honestly do not have a car admitted at his home. Besides reasons of expensive cars price, to get a driving license issued not a little pocket. Karen and Seigne, two citizens of Copenhagen, said, to get a driving license cost between 20,000 and 50,000 kroner, equivalent to USD 40 million-USD 100 million!

All of these integrated efforts must be consistent with the mission of government to achieve greater Copenhagen as carbon neutral city. These efforts not only the transportation sector. In various sectors, such as sewage treatment and construction of environmentally friendly building, also was encouraged. As a concept that was pioneered in the Danish property and waste management.
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