In theory, we all want to be a friend to the earth. We all want to be ?green?, to make a difference, to change the world. But in reality, being earth friendly can be demanding and can be intimidating. Once you start asking questions about ingredients in your cosmetics, how far your food has travelled, or what your daily vices are actually costing the planet, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and ask that question ?why bother at all??
Because little actions DO matter. Being a friend to the planet doesn't need to be ?all or nothing?. If you're newer to the ?eco-movement?, like many of us are, don't get so overwhelmed that you don't want to try at all. Instead of immediately selling the family car, perhaps start by buying a local apple. Look at what actions your family can take without feeling the pain, and work from there. We can all make small changes that affect our daily life only minimally, yet can have a huge impact on the earth. Ask your self a few questions about daily choices you make:
1. Is the lack of coffee and bananas in the 100 mile diet too extreme for you?
That doesn't mean that you can't spend an afternoon at the farmer's market or head for the apples under the ?locally grown? sign at the grocery store. A study in Iowa found that a regional diet consumed 17 times less oil and gas than a typical diet based on food shipped across the country. So, if you just buy a few local items, you may not be saving the world 17 times as fast, but 8 times counts too.
2. Navy showers not for you?
If you just can't get used to the cold breeze while soaping up, there are easier ways to conserve water. For example, turn off the tap when you brush your teeth. When the tap is on, 2 to 7 gallons of pure drinking water flow out every minute. Other water saving techniques include using a dishwasher instead of hand washing and skipping the pre-rinse. A study out of Germany indicated a 6X greater water efficiency of dishwashers over hand-washing.
3. Is vinegar just for your chips?
Sure white vinegar removes mould and mildew, and baking soda is great for scouring, but most of us are not organized enough (or simply don't want) to be making our own house cleaners. The average family uses 30 gallons of various chemical-laden cleaners each year, which inevitably find their way into water, air and soil. An easy alternative is to select a biodegradable plant-based cleaner, instead of your regular one; they are probably on the same shelf at the supermarket, and the fish will love you if you choose the former.
4. Do the wheels on your bus go round & round?
There are an endless number of reasons to use public transportation but let's be honest; convenience, reliability, and comfort are not among them, especially if you live in the suburbs. So start by making smarter choices when driving your car. Drive slower; decreasing your speed by even 5 miles per hour boosts your fuel efficiency by a couple of gallons. Don't idle your car; time spent idling results in needless pollution, carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption. When stuck at a train, simply turn off your car.
Ask yourself questions on a constant basis; what little changes can you implement to make a difference? Nobody can save the world alone. So if you start feeling overwhelmed, just put your toes in the grass, and remember that it is small and simple acts that renew your friendship with the earth. Every little bit counts.
There are some new residents that need to be welcomed into the Blog Park. One is about a City that says it is all about Golden Friendship and the other one is all about the scams and the scamming on the Internet. You may have noticed that I have removed the Adsense code that serves up the Adsense ads and the Google search bar from this site. Google Adsense has removed me from the list of publishers for violations of the TOA. I am not saying they did so unfairly and unjustly. That is not important or even remotely relevant. I am sure that I am not the first one and surely I will not be the last to be removed or as they say, banned. It is no big deal as my adventures into the Adsense Kingdom was a lark, an experiment which although very educational, was very much unprofitable financially and unrewarding psychologically.
The big hype about Adsense Wealth is, as far as I have discovered, mostly hype. It is a big way for others who came before and have learned how difficult it is to make money on Adsense, to make money from newbies who know no better. Hard as it may sound, there is a ring of truth to it as I have experienced first hand the hard sell, and the force-feeding of Adsense into all who would give it the time of day. Well, it is another day and another lesson has been learned.
I am sure there are people who make a lot of money on Adsense but it seems to me that the people who rake in the big bucks have to employ Black Hat methods to do it. And Adsense is so prone to click fraud and all other forms of fraud that Google has to scramble all over the place to prevent click fraud and other forms of fraud that are far worse than a few clicks.
This appears to me very self-evident that Adsense has some really serious flaws which Google needs to address. And I am not talking about Google becoming an even more efficient technological policeman and detective to thwart those that exploit the holes in the Search Engine's Algorithm. If something can be learned, it is that where there is money to be made, there you will always find people devising ingenious ways to get at that money my means that are not intended to be used.
I am sure that you have heard or seen the catch phrase, "Content is king!" and very often this is used in a sales page where in the same breath it tries to sell you a thingy or other that will defeat that catch phase and render it inutile and vapid and weak by rewording your content and adding a few more keywords to supposedly make your articles more valuable and palatable to the search engines. This is utterly ridiculous but such is the state of affairs which Adsense has created. Feed the robots with nonsense and they will love you. Is this the future of technology? I can remember Shakespeare saying, "it is like a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".
Google Adsense has problems which are far worse than a few illegal clicks.
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