Hi,

I sent many an E-Mail, reminding you of the urgency of need of stronger buildings along the Grand Strand and all of South Carolina. Now I want to share this with the rest of the world

See how you can help us:

**Save The Planet
**Save The Tourism Industry of our home
**LIVES

I have found an environmentally friendly answer for building better, stronger and more durable structures on the Grand Strand which will last longer and protect better than the ones we have now.

Lets turn The Grand Strand of SC and Mother Earth into one of the most environmentally friendly places to live.

Please take a moment to look

Please take a moment to look over what I am offering you, at no cost to look or gain access to further information. No strings attached.

You can sign in to gain full access to all information and then delete yourself at any time.

http://www.massrecycling.com/kandi

There is no other company that can offer all these qualities and benefits for the same price as "stick homes", PERIOD! Besides, even the three little pigs knew not to build with sticks!

**Can be used to build any type of building you choose!**

A Custom Super Home is a SMART-MASTER-PIECE...
Benefits To "Mother Earth" Compliance Income Opportunity

Since we are one of the fastest growing areas in the nation why not built Built with recycled materials?

-A Custom Super Home Earns You Income
-Has Built In Equity
-it is Fire Proof
-Sound Proof
-Bullet Proof
-Water Proof
-Hurricane Proof
-Mold Proof
-Termite Proof
-Extremely Energy Efficient
-Systematically Superior
-Sustainable
-Environmentally Friendly when it is "done our way". Built with recycled materials!!

There is no other company that can offer all these qualities and benefits
for the same price as "stick homes", PERIOD!

All at the same price it costs to build the traditional way.

Besides, even the three little pigs knew not to build with sticks!


Benefits To "Mother Earth"
-Minimize the pollution caused by Cement Production
-Minimize the KILLING of trees to extract lumber!
-Mass Recycle materials that would otherwise pollute Mother Nature!
-12.3 million tons of wood waste is dumped in land fills every year. (EPA)
-The US has 1.5 billion waste wood pallets, 6 for every American (Wall Street Journal)
-The US produces over 100 million tons of coal combustion byproducts every year
-The construction of a house can recycle more than 100 TONS of fly ash and wood waste'
-Mass recycling of millions of tons can be achieved and duplicated by people like YOU
-NO toxicity, radiation, out-gassing, or any other harmful "side effect"
-And much...much more!

Compliance
In compliance with International Building Standards (ASTM/BOCA):
Our Proprietary (recycled) Building Materials capabilities, according to
the independent laboratory certifications, are in MUCH MORE THAN JUST IN FULL compliance with applicable ASTM/BOCA building standards:
-ASTM C-518
-ASTM E-136
-ASTM C-78
-ASTM C-666
-ASTM C-67
-ASTM C-140
Complying with ASTM and BOCA standards means that municipalities must allow the use of the system in construction within their city according to the law.

There is NO toxicity, radiation, out-gassing, or any other harmful "side
effect".

We have a COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY performed by independent laboratories certifying that our proprietary building material is 100% in environmental compliance. This means that NO ONE can legally stop us from building anywhere in the USA!

(See ASTM book for detailed testing information)

Income Opportunity
On top of this this company is offering an income opportunity for all who
own a building made with this recycled material or just want to spread the word, no investment involved:

The citizens of the Grand Strand of South Carolina and Custom Super Homes want to:

HELP YOU FOR FREE, PROFIT SHARE WITH YOU and BUILD A CUSTOM SUPER SHOW STRUCTURE FOR YOU WHOLESALE!

REMEMBER:
There is no other company that can offer all these qualities and benefits for the same price as "stick homes", PERIOD!


Thanks for your time,
Kandi Ranson
http://www.massrecycling.com/kandi

When eating out, you often need paper napkins, and if you're like me, you don't want to run out once you sit down. That means, once you're done, you might have some un-used napkins. Don't throw them away. Put them in your purse, pocket, glove compartment, etc. It's always handy to have them around and put them to good use.

Here's another article from St. Lawrence University via Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/green-shopping-list-for-i_n_114543.html   Read More »

It's good to be back. For the past week, I've been slammed by a project that made me loathe the thought of spending more time at the keyboard. But that's behind me now. Thanks to Krithika for his posts.

Here's a good article I read on the Huffington Post, which is available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maura-judkis/4-easy-ways-to-be-a-freeg_b_115439.html.   Read More »

Occasionally you've got to print a formal document, one that prevents you from re-using one-sided paper or printing in draft mode. But there's still a way to be more environmentally friendly: print the document double-sided. Even if you don't have a printer that automatically prints double-sided, there's an easy way to do it, and I'll tell you how.   Read More »

In addition to resealable containers, there's other food packaging we can re-use, namely rubber bands.   Read More »

As I've pointed out, a lot of our printing is for non-formal, utilitarian purposes: maps, rough drafts, lists, etc. Many don't realize their computers offer a way to print these documents in a way that will save ink--printing in draft or economy mode.   Read More »

A couple of years ago, Epson settled a lawsuit for selling ink cartridges that signaled they were empty when they weren't. A similar lawsuit followed for HP. Which begs the question: do we need electronic signals to let us know our print cartridges are empty? Won't we know when they stop putting out ink?   Read More »

Ottawa, Ontario's city counselors have unanimously approved the building of a waste-to-energy facility that will daily convert 400 metric tons of trash to 21 megawatts of net electricity. The plant will be able to power about 19,000 homes. That's a whole lot of garbage lighting up a whole lot of homes.

The plant, proposed by PlascoEnergy Group, will use gasification (rather than more commonly used incineration) to generate electricity, and they're hoping they can use a cooler gasification process to lower the cost to a competitive price. The plant will utilize plasma-torch technology to break down trash into syngas - a mix of hydrogen and carbon monoxide - which can be burned in turbines and engines to create electricity. It's an expensive endeavor, hence the worry about getting the process tweaked to lower costs. They're also relying on the right combination of rising costs for traditional electricity and fees collected from the city. Sounds a little risky, but possibly doable. There's probably a few creative financing angles they could toss around too, in terms of trash collecting and whatnot, should the new gasification process turn out to be not be as money saving as they hope.

The facility will be North America's first, but similar plants in Europe and Asia can be used as examples. And the new plant likely won't be lonely for very long. Hawaii also approved $100 M in bonds for a gasification plant using similar technology, and competitor Ze-gen is starting up a pilot plant on a much smaller scale in Massachusetts that will use molten rock to break down garbage. Other waste-to-fuel plants use gasification to make syngas, which is then used to make ethanol. Ottawa's plant, however, would turn it directly into electricity. The plant could be operating in as soon as three years, which isn't a whole lot of time to get their process and plant put together. We'll have to wait and see if they can get all their ducks lined up to make the plant feasible.

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Written by Jaymi Heimbuch
Link.
Via TechnologyReview; Photo via PlascoEnergy Group

A lot of food we buy comes in resealable containers. I'm mainly talking plastic containers like those for yogurt and cottage cheese. I've found it very convenient and green to continue using those containers after the food inside is gone.   Read More »

Most of us are familiar with iTunes and ipods, that ubiquitous and hip method of downloading and transporting music. But I've never heard any discussion of the environmental benefits of this paradigm, but they're significant.

By making music digital and on-line, iTunes sells music without any packaging, music that doesn't rely on petroleum-based distribution from manufacturer to retailer to consumer. And iTunes' wild success has proven the viability of such a paradigm. As this paradigm becomes more popular, we may be looking at media sales that have no physical artifacts (other than on hard drives), which is an enormous benefit to the environment.   Read More »

A lot of consumer products are viscous liquids--shampoo, ketchup, jelly, lotions, etc. Often when their containers are nearly empty, a lot of the product clings to the walls of the container, and we lack the patience to smack it out. But there is a way to get the last lingering bit of that product out: invert its container with the lid facing down and come back the next day.   Read More »

Before you recycle that 8.5"x11" paper, there's another way to squeeze out a little more use from it. Print on the backside.   Read More »

Nowadays, we're often given the choice of whether we want a receipt with a purchase. That's particularly true with automated transactions at ATM's, gas pumps, and whatnot. If you don't need a paper receipt to track your expenses, don't take one.   Read More »

Environment impact of plastic shopping bags

The raw material of plastic bags is oil. Therefore, the more we use plastic bags, the more we waste oil - a non-renewable energy source.
The petroleum-based plastic bags take decades to break down, so if they are not recycled they litter. It creates visual pollution: in the streets, on the beaches etc. Also, they can clog roadside drains, which could cause street flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags can be recycled but it rarely happens: according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, only 1% of plastic bags were recycled in 2000, against twenty percent for paper bags.
They endanger wildlife and particularly sea life such as sea turtles and dolphins which can die of entanglement, suffocation, and ingestion because they assume that these bags are jellyfish. What is being done
For the past few years, there has been rising international awareness regarding the damaging and dangerous impact on the environment of plastic bags. Governments all over the world have decided to get involved in that particular issue: Some governments have decided to ban them: Bangladesh, Bhutan and Zanzibar.Plastic bags should no more be given for free in China from June 1st. These bags are surcharged in Germany, South Africa, Ireland and Israel. Several countries try and promote, trough major retailers, the use of cloth bags, paper bags or grocery bags: United Kingdom (with Tesco), France (with Carrefour), New Zeland.

In the U.S. Plastic bags are already used less than paper bags by American consumers, and there have been no government actions to further curb their use. But large cities such as San Francisco and Portland, OR, have planned or plan to ban plastic bags, whereas Seattle, WA will certainly launch a 20 cent "green fee" on plastic bags.

What YOU can still do! Reuse your plastic shopping bags: use them as trash so as not to buy others that are more energy wasting; use them for storage. Use paper bags rather than plastic bags when you are given the choice.

Use reusable grocery bags, which always have a lower environmental impact.


-http://ww2.earthday.net/plasticbags

Don't be fooled by most of the voices coming out of your TV. There are time proven ways to be happy.

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