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Celebrate Earth Day

The Blue Marble

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Unofficial Earth Day flag

By

John McConnell

There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

— Albert Einstein, physicist

Here are a few ways to be more environmentally helpful.
Shop for organic products.
Use reusable shopping bags.
Clean with cleaners that aren't harmful such as baking soda and vinegar.
Freshen the air with essential oils and potted plants.
Of course an energy efficient car helps with costs saving too.

Of course there is also recycling but I don’t mean the put it out on the curb for pick up kind. This is the re-use of items. A friend of mine is an eBay recycler. She truly enjoys finding ‘treasure’ and then listing it with eBay. Some things she has to fix but others are just ready for someone else to ‘treasure’. And besides she earns money for her family too!

The Wonders of the Eco-friendly...Cork!

Today, I thought about cork. It’s the bark of the cork oak tree, and there's some pretty neat stuff it can do.

Cork is harvested every nine years, with harvesters only taking one-third of the bark off a tree. The tree is fine because the amount that the harvesters take grows back.

This lightweight and water resistant natural material can be used for things like flooring, bottle corks, laptop carriers, umbrellas, and rocket science (where fire resistance is required)! You can also use cork for building bricks. Portugal even made a stamp out of cork!

So next time you think about redoing your floors, or building a rocket, think cork! But, remember to use ‘green’ glue. You'll want your rocket to hold together, and have low carbon footprint.