Environment
- A few simple changes this summer can be positive for our bodies and our planet too. First, bag the beef or cut back the amount of meat each week. Grass-fed beef uses less energy. Vegetables are even more energy-efficient to raise and more nutritious too. Eating what's in season locally is a great way to support farming and cut down on carbon emissions from food that has to travel far to reach your table. Finally, eating at home saves not only money but on overall calories and packaging too.
- The best advice for gardeners is to get a rain barrel, it not only saves money but color hoses can have lead in them and home water has chlorine in it. So if you're watering your tomato plants with the hose from the house, the plants get any chemicals in the water, which can turn the leaves brown and the plants don't get as many nutrients as they need. Collecting rainwater is a better watering option not only for gardens but for lawns and even filling the birdbath.
- Opt for locally grown fruit and veggies that are in season instead of not paying extra for transportation costs.
- Vegetables require vastly less energy to grow than animals and they produce no greenhouse gases.
- This summer, use a rain barrel to collect water to use for watering the lawn or washing the car. If you don't use collected storm water, save water by only using a sprinkler at night when the water is best absorbed.
- In the US, about 147 million gallons of gas evaporate every year from cars with gas caps that are loose or missing. To get the most for your buck, try turning the gas cap 3 lcicks to make sure its tight enough.
- Drinking beer on tap is an earth friendly alternative. You eliminate the need for glass bottles and cardboard packaging
- A new study found that 64% of reuseable bags tested positive for some level of bacterial contimination. Next time you do laundry, throw that bag in and then let it dry completely.
- Over 2.6 million Christmas cards are sold in the U.S. each year, enough to circle the planet 10 times! Sending cards online is a simple way to reduce holiday waste. If you want to send cards find ones printed on recycled paper.
- Exchaning CDs, DVDs, books and magazines keep landfills less full and they stretch your entertainment dollar. Check out <a href="http://www.swapcd.com">swapcd.com</a>, <a href="http://www.swapdvd.com">swapdvd.com</a> or start up a swapping library at the office.
- Ask your stylist about eco-friendly hair coloring. Most hair dyes are made from synthetic and petroleum-based products that are harsh on hair and, when rinsed, makes its way into the groundwater, polluting wildlife. Many salons offer plant-based dyes.
- Many retailers provide in-store drop-off bins for recycling cell phones, while items such as clothing, toys and computers are great for local shelters and resuce missions. By donating we not only relieve some pressure on landfills, but we also give back to our community.
- Paying bills online not only saves trees, it helps reduce green house gas emissions by lessening the load on trucks and planes delivering paper checks. If every household paid it's bills online, it would cut waste by 1.6 billion tons a year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2.1 million tons per year.
- Try a battery recharger. Americans buy roughly 3 billion dry cell batteries a year, the majority for one time use. Using a rechargeable battery can prevent thousands of single use batteries from entering landfills.
- It might be tempting to flush unused medications down the toilet, but a lot of prescription meds have high concentrations of metal and other substances that are harmful to the environment and wildlife.
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has expressed concerns that medications flushed are entering lakes and streams and causing deformities in fish and waterfowl. Luckily, unused or expired meds can be taken to the pharmacy where you purchased them to be disposed of properly.
- When buying pots for your patio get the real terra cotta kind. Plastic pots are filled with "pvc", a toxin that has been linked to health problems. Terra cotta pots are from a natural material that can be recycled.
- Watering plants first thing in the morning or late at night helps save water. That's because soil retains moisture better when temperatures are cooler so we actually use less water.
- It takes 1.5 million barrels of oil to make bottled water in the U.S. each year, that's enough for 250,000 homes! Save some from ending up in a landfill by choosing a reuseable stainless steel water bottle, it will end up saving you money too!
- Get your lawn and garden ready with organic fertilizer. Chemical fertilizers can burn the earth and leak into the water supply. Natural fertilizers retain soil moisture and release nutrients at a slower pace with less waste.
- Ask what plants are drought-tolerant. Landscaping with those plants will cut back on the amount of water used in the garden this summer and cut down your water bill too.
- Set up a compost bin and turn your kitchen scraps into natural fertilizer and mulch for a great garden this year. The homemade compost reduces the amount of petroleum-based fertilizers going into the ground.
- With the average American using 700 pounds of paper a year, cutting back on the number of documents you print can save energy. When you do print, use recycled paper, which takes about 50 percent less energy to make.
- Tissues help destroy acres of ecological forests, next time you have the sniffles stash a hankie or two over disposable tissues.
- Christmas trees can be ground into woodchips for mulch, no wood chipper handy? Go to Earth 911 and enter your zip code to find out where to have your tree recycled.
- According to the E.P.A. there are up to 130 milliion unused cell phones in the U.S. recycling them would save enough energy to power nearly 200,000 households for one year.
- When gas caps are too loose, fuel evaporates, in the U.S. about 147 million gallons of gas evaporate every year from cars with gas caps that are too loose, broken or missing.
- Lessen the yuletide carbon emission by sending gifts by ground service and try to skip on the styrofoam peanuts for packing. Instead, use edible peanuts, air-popped popcorn or even peppermint candies.
- According to The Pay it Green Alliance, if 1 in 5 households makes the switch to online bill paying, the impact would save 151 million pounds of paper and avoid producing nearly 2 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year!
- Besides buying recycled wrapping paper there are other earth-friendly ways to wrap gifts. Try a reuseable fabric bag for oversized presents. Brown grocery bags look great with some natural rafia ribbon on them or even try wrapping a gift with newspaper or some magazine photos.
- Ever notice that haze created by cars waiting at schools, malls and train stations? That's carbon dioxide and we can reduce it...ask for a sign to be posted that requires people to turn off their vehicles when they are waiting. You'll create an idle-free zone and a cleaner earth too.
- Eat fruits and vegetables in season...it saves enormous transportation costs and the energy needed to transport them.
- Avoid products with a lot of packaging: You can save 1200 lbs of CO2 if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
- When we brush our teeth, simply turning off the tap water can save as much as ten gallons a day. For a family of four, that's over 14,000 gallons of water a year!
- Turning off electronics...by simply turning off our TV, DVD, stereo and computer when we're done with them saves energy – thousands of pounds of C-O-2 a year!
- Drive less: Walk, bike, car-pool, or take mass-transit more often. You'll save 1 lb of carbon dioxide for every mile you don't drive!
- Pump up the tires...by keeping our tires properly inflated we improve gas mileage by 3% and every gallon of gas saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere.
- According to the National Arbor Day Foundation, the net cooling effect of one healthy tree is equivalent to 10 room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.
- E-vite Your Guests: Emailing invitations saves paper (and money), especially if you have a long guest list. If a printed invitation is an absolute must for your event, use postconsumer recycled paper -- easily available in stores and online -- and give a phone number for RSVPs instead of reply cards.
- Want shrimp? Go domestic. Most experts agree that shrimp that rate high in food safety come from the U.S., specifically wild caught white shrimp from the Southern U.S. Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
- The stuff in your trunk may be weighing you down. The more the weight the car carries, the more fuel it burns. The EPA estimates for every 100 pounds, you lose 2 percent in fuel economy.
- Mass transit is a great way to help reduce highway congestion and the pollution it causes. People who use mass transit report other benefits too, buy less gas, avoid parking fees and save on frustration.
- Planting carrots and tomatoes in different sections of the garden every year makes it difficult for pests to find them again. It significantly reduces the need for pesticides, keeping toxins out of the soil and groundwater.
- As it gets warmer out, forget the treadmill. Run outside twice a week instead, and over a month, you'll save enough energy to watch TV for 12 hours or do 24 loads of laundry!
- Plant a tree. Over the course of 50 years, a single tree can provide $62,000 worth of air pollution control and every tree provides enough oxygen for 3 people to breathe!
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Sunday, Aug 1, 2010
| 7:00am | Rock 'n Roll Roots The Remastered "Exile on Main Street" from The Rolling Stones (encore presentation) (3hrs) |
| 9:00pm | The Classics Riff Rock: The Catchiest Chords in Classic Rock (2hrs) |
Monday, Aug 2, 2010
| 3:00am | Overnight Album Side The Grateful Dead |
| 10:00am | Ten @ 10 1988 |
| 5:00pm | Live @ 5 Traffic |
| 9:00pm | Long One @ 9 Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
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| 3:00am | Overnight Album Side Yes |
| 10:00am | Ten @ 10 1977 |
| 5:00pm | Live @ 5 Phil Collins |
| 9:00pm | Long One @ 9 Ted Nugent |
| 10:00pm | Ten @ 10 Replay 1977 |
