Have you heard of aeroponics? It's a new, more eco-friendly way to grow your favorite fruits, veggies, and flowers in a device called a tower garden. Tower gardens are built vertically in favor of land conservation and use less water than traditional gardening in the ground because water is recycled through a pump. This technology allows plants to be grown without dirt - just a small cube of rock wool (a cushy insulator for the seeds) and water! It's very easy to use and maintain. Here's how to get started:
Video made by Katelyn Keen and Morgan Takach. Special thanks and acknowledgements to Caprice Crebar for helping film the video with her own tower garden. Go to her website to find out where you can get your very own tower garden: www.EATGREEN.TowerGarden.com
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REASONS TO RECYCLE.....
Good For Our Economy Many American companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products. Reduces Water Pollution Recycling household materials greatly reduces water pollution. Manufacturing recycled materials generates less water pollution than manufacturing from raw materials. | Protects Wildlife Using recycled materials reduces the need to cut down trees and damage forests, wetlands, rivers, and other wildlife habitats. Creates Jobs In the U.S. alone, recycling is a $236 billion a year industry. More than 56,000 recycling recycling and reuse companies employ 1.1 million workers nationwide.
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Something to think about.....
EVERY TON of mixed paper recycled can save the energy equivalent of 165 GALLONS of gasoline.
RECYCLING just 1 ton of aluminum cans conserves more than 207 million BTUs (British Thermal Unit), THE EQUIVALENT of 36 barrels of oil, OR 1,665 gallons of gasoline.
Information source: CR&R Enviromental News
