I was reading an article on the Time.com website about how abandoned ships are damaging the environment. That article talked about how a lot of fishing vessels that were sunk (either on purpose or accident) still having fishing gear on board and the fishing gear (nets and traps) continue to “fish” forever. The article also talked about how sunken vessels leach iron and fuels into the water, which contaminates the water and eventually enters the food chain and is consumed by humans. Another problem mentioned is how one vessel attracted an organism that ended up killing a nearby coral reef.

This is an environmental problem that needs to be addressed internationally, but little is being done. Owners of these ships are usually only fined about $100 for abandoning their ship, which is much less money than it would cost to recover the ship and have it dismantled properly. The government is taking steps to clean up the mess at the taxpayer’s expense, but I think that the shipowners need to be held more financially accountable, and not force the taxpayer to clean up THEIR mess. I think that if you can’t afford to pay the piper, then you shouldn’t go to the dance!

Posted: May 23rd, 2009 under Green, Internet, Issues, News, Online.
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I am a big fan of reduce, reuse, and recycle.  I try to encourage everyone to do everything they can to reduce their own personal pollution output.  I think that if everyone chipped in and did their parts, we could help keep this earth “livable” for a long time.  I do find, however, that there are a lot of people who resist doing anything to keep the earth clean.  Some of them even go so far as to pollute on purpose, out of some kind of defiance.  I think those people probably suffer from Oppositional Defiance Disorder or something like that.  That’s really a shame, too.

One thing that businesses can do to help is to get involved in Solvent Recovery.  Instead of just dumping their solvents and wastes, they can purchase either a Solvent Recovery System or a Waste Recovery System.  I recently learned from the nexgenenviro.com website that a lot of industries that are generally thought of as “clean” actually generate wastes that can be recycled.  I think that solvent recovery is a great idea!  I hope that more companies get actively involved in that type of recycling!

Posted: January 7th, 2009 under Business, Educational, Green, Internet, Life, Online, Technology.
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I’ve been reading a lot of articles, and seeing a lot of news stories on television about how bad plastic water bottles are -both for the environment and for our health.  The plastic water bottles are filling up our landfills, and toxins from the plastic leach into the water.  I’ve been looking for a better solution, and I have finally found one on the Internet being sold by allyourgreen.com - a stainless steel water bottle.  Kleen Kanteen water bottles come in several different sizes, ranging from 12 oz to 40 oz.  The bottles are dishwasher safe and they give the consumer a choice of three different types of tops - sports bottle, flat cap, or loop cap.

Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Computers / Software, Family, Green, Health, Internet, Online, Parenting, Shopping, Technology.
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Everyday I try to do something more to help the World around me, and I think this month I am going to go buy some CFL light bulbs to use as replacement bulbs when my incandescent bulbs burn out. 

Saving energy is good for lowering our electric bill, and good for preserving the earth’s environment.  We all need to do our part to help!

Posted: February 8th, 2008 under Green, Life.
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