Site of the Day for Wednesday, November 21, 2001
EarthEasy
The List offers a site which may make most of us feel guilty, in one way or
another.
Are you a devotee of natural fiber clothing? Modern cotton farming uses
more pesticides than any other non-food crop. Using disposable diapers for
your wee ones? 10,000 tons of disposable diapers go into landfills each day
and can take up to 500 years to decompose. Enjoying a hamburger for lunch?
Almost half the grain grown in the U.S. is used for livestock, which also
uses half the water consumption in the country. Just having a cup of
coffee? Sun grown coffee has accounted for a 20% decline in migratory bird
populations in the last ten years, due to habitat loss. (all data from the
website)
Don't despair; EarthEasy has alternative suggestions. This visually
pleasing and thoughtfully designed site from author Greg Seaman strives to
"help us reduce our impact on the earth's resources; bring more simplicity
to our lives; help us spend less and enjoy more; bring us closer to
nature." - from the website
With practical suggestions for saving energy, for family and earth friendly
recreation, recipes of benefit to your health as well as the earth's, there
is much to be learned from this website which conveys the knowledge of
someone who has cheerfully lived in an earth friendly way for twenty years.
Actually, that's the operative word for this site - it's cheerful.
So chirp your way over to the website, collect a few facts and perhaps even
make a few changes. Shade coffee, anyone?
http://eartheasy.com/homepage.htm
A.M. Holm
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