It's a green thing

I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn. ~A Chieftain from Nigeria

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb


Any good Scout knows to leave their campsite better than when they arrived. This goes for all of us. It’s hard to know how much impact we really have on the earth – and even more difficult to identify everything you can do to help. Many of us get hung up on not believing it’s a problem – or somebody else did it. So – start with the simple things.


Here are a few websites that have good information:



http://planetgreen.discovery.com/



http://www.greenplanet.com/index.html



http://www.greenplanet.org/

Here are a few facts about land pollution:

• Every year one American produces over 3285 pounds of hazardous waste


• Land pollution causes us to lose 24 billion tons of top soil every year
  
• Americans generate 30 billion foam cups, 220 million tires and 1.8 billion disposable diapers every year


• We throw away enough trash every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks
  
• Every day Americans throw away 1 million bushels of litter out their car window
• Over 80% of items in landfills can be recycled, but they’re not

How to Prevent Land Pollution~ The best way to prevent land pollution is to recycle.

Here are a few other ways you can reduce land pollution:

• Reuse any items that you can


• Buy biodegradable products


• Store all liquid chemicals and waste in spill-proof containers


• Eat organic foods that are grown without pesticides


• Don’t use pesticides


• Use a drip tray to collect engine oil


• Buy products that have little packaging


• Don’t dump motor oil on the ground

We had a great work project this week. The management at our plant, including the President of the company, took an hour away from the day to clean litter from a mile of road leading into town. AND we skipped a meeting to clean up the road – a win/win :-) !!

In less than an hour, we were able to fill a pick up with litter, bottles and tires - good job!!!! Here are a few pictures:

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. ~Marshall McLuhan, 1964

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~Anne Frank