Going Green With Rain Barrels

Now that spring has finally arrived we look forward to the warm rays of the sun to warm us on the days when a chill slowly blows from the cold and still ice-covered lakes and ponds. Though it may officially be spring there are days when you feel the chill when the sun sets at the end of a beautiful day. Those type of days are usually enjoyed around a warm fire with a cup of hot chocolate and possibly some marshmallows. The days get longer and makes for more enjoyable time with family and friends.

Spring is a time when we begin the planning of flower gardens and lawn ornaments to beautify our yards and to have the lawn chairs and picnic tables cleaned and painted if needed. The leaves raked to maintain some semblance of order with the arrival of the new season. The rain gutters cleaned to keep the rain water in its place to prevent any type of back flow to the foundation of a home. It is an exciting and anticipating time of season as we look forward to the blooming and beautiful flowers to arise when they were nothing more than seedlings.

Rain barrels are put in place to collect the rain water to help water the plants and flower beds throughout the spring and summer. By placing rain barrels to trap the rain water, this will help to lessen the pressure of using water from your taps which has a dramatic effect on the water usage as some cities and towns are beginning to limit the use of water. With spring comes rain and it usually can be a wet one, with these barrels in place, they will save you enough to water your plants and what ever else you may need the water for. These barrels are usually in a 45 gallon size drum and are made of some type of hard resin plastic material. The price range will vary from store to store and the difference is not all that much, they are worth the investment and time in doing our part to alleviate some pressure from mother nature.

The summer season will surely provide us with plenty of water and with the rain barrels in their proper place, you can wash your home, vehicle and what ever else that may need cleaning. By early summer your flowers should be in full bloom and you will have more than enough to water them until the arrival of the cold season in late fall. Using these barrels is just one example in how we can do our part to save the precious water that can give life and take life as we have seen from other disasters in other parts of the world.

By using these rain barrels for other uses in our everyday lives we can help the environment and our community by setting an example for everyone else to see and hope that others will follow in buying rain barrels to save water.
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Go Green To Clean The World

It seems like we are hearing news in the media about floods, tsunamis, earthquakes or a war that is happening in some foreign country every other day. The world seems to be on the brink of collapse or is this precious earth trying to tell us something? Maybe, mother nature is telling us that we need to look at the current world conditions and change our ways and help to prevent humanity from becoming extinct on this earth.

The rest of society is not too concerned for the time being until such a catastrophe is upon us, that is when we will react, when we could have been proactive all along, it will be a sad day indeed when fossil fuel and other valuable resources are depleted and gone.

Generating electricity through Nuclear power is a deadly one and has proven to be costly to the people of Japan and this will prove to the rest of the world that this method is too costly to human life and to the natural resources such as water to generate power in this fashion. The end result for this type of power is too dangerous and it seems to have proven it-self that containment is impossible, once leakage has happened. Imagine the scenario if a tsunami were to hit the shores of North America, could you imagine the panic or the lives lost if this became a reality?

Polar ice caps are slowly receding and melting every year, changes to the weather patterns are having a negative effect on the habitat in the far north of Canada. The Great White North may have to change the name to the “Great Green North”, only time will tell. Global warming is real and continues to be an issue with scientists that are closely monitoring the changes to the north in Canada. We continue to ignore the warnings from scientists about these negative effects to the animals' migrating patterns and the way of life it has impacted on the residents of the far north. I suppose the thinking is, “this has no effect on me or my family and why should I be concerned”, but how soon people forgot about the oil spill in the gulf and the negative impact they saw on Tv from this horrendous accident. That way of thinking has to change and it starts with us.

Using energy-efficient appliances is a start, but not enough, we need to take it one step further by using all the free and natural resources to help our environment and lessen the negative impact on the world. Inventions such as electric cars, wind mill farms and solar farms are a step to ensuring that our world will have a chance to live on for centuries and in the hopes of helping the earth for a cleaner and green world.

Steps can be taken to help and prevent any further damage to our environment by looking into green technology and learning how we can harness the natural resources for our benefit to warm our homes, generate free power and help to eliminate green house gas emissions into the environment.

Imagine what the world would be like if we all did our part in using green technology, waters, rivers and oceans would be much cleaner and safer, instead of having beaches closed due to contaminants being present in the water. The air we breathe would be cleaner and living in harmony with mother nature would make her a lot happier.
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