Turn off dripping faucets. One drop per second can add up to 165 gallons of hot water a month-that’s more than one person uses in two weeks.

No one knows what happens to the seahorse during winter as it is only seen during the summertime.

The Amazon army ants raid nests of certain black ants and carry back to cocoons and larvae to their own homes. When the cocoons hatch, they will become the slaves of these army ants and do all their work.

Choose locally grown food. Transporting food long distances, wastes fuel and creates extra CO2.

The nest that an osprey is a huge and attractive one which is unhidden from sight and the bird adds new material each year to the same old nest. The nest can weigh up to 450 kilograms.

A porcupine loves salt so much that it would walk into a camp and gnaw on anything that has been touched by salt or even by perspiring hands.

A study has shown that there are possibly over 30 million species of insects dwelling in the canopies of tropical forests.

The uncontrolled fishing that is allowed has reduced the amount of commercial species. Some species, up to one-tenth of their original population.

Already a train system has been developed (back in 1987) which is based on magnetic levitation and causes minimal pollution. These versions of a train are already in use in several countries.

Take short showers instead of baths. Aim for five minutes-but still get clean!

Penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere and never in the Northern Hemisphere.

A scallop moves by sucking water into its shell and then squirting it out suddenly. It likes to wander around and this give it enough force to push it in front in a zig zag manner.

Every day 50 to 100 species of plants and animals become extinct as their habitat and human influences destroy them.

One ton of carbon dioxide that is released in the air can be prevented by replacing every 75 watt light bulb with energy efficient bulbs.

Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline.

Glass produced from recycled glass instead of raw materials reduces related air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%.

Americans use 50 million tons of paper annually - consuming more than 850 million trees.

Every year we throw away 24 million tons of leaves and grass. Leaves alone account for 75% of our solid waste in the fall.

Over 100 pesticide ingredients are suspected to cause birth defects, cancer, and gene mutations.

Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.

About 1% of US landfill space is full of disposable diapers which take 500 years to decompose.

If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 billion bags a year.

On the average, the 140 million cars in America are estimated to travel almost 4 billion miles in a day, and according to the Department of Transportation, they use over 200 million gallons of gasoline doing so.

Every year approximately four billion tons of carbon accumulates in the air each year, about 30% of this comes directly from the continued burning of rain forests.

More than anything else, rainforest is destroyed by peasant farmers. However, the responsibility for this lies largely with the governments who fail to promote land reform and sustainable agricultural practices as an alternative to forest clearance.

Greater than a quarter of our rainforest is in Brazil

Madagascar is the home to a rainforest where 60 percent of it’s 12,000 different plant species are unique to that island.

When you visit a pharmacist, one in every four purchases will have come from a tropical forest.

Medicine produced in tropical forests bring in commercially 30 billion dollars a year.

Large areas of South and Central America are cleared and burned for cattle ranching. This is so that farmers can provide cheap beef to consumers in the west.

The United States is responsible for almost 25% of the world's total energy consumption. We use one million gallons of oil every two minutes.

All but one species of the magnificent ocean-going salmon in the Pacific Northwest face a growing risk of extinction throughout most of their range, due to habitat degradation and over-fishing.

While the U.S. makes up only 5% of the world's population, we produce 72% of all hazardous waste and consume 33% of the world's paper.

Humanity is now consuming over 20 percent more natural resources than the Earth can produce, causing rapid declines in wild animal populations.

Organic flowers address the main purpose of organic production, which is to enrich the soil and produce crops in a responsible manner.

The U.S. organic market was projected to reach a value of $30.7 billion in 2007.

If we recycled all of the newspapers printed in the U.S. on a typical Sunday, we would save 550,000 trees — or about 26 million trees per year.

If every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 1,000 sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissues with 100% recycled ones, we could save: 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space, and 155 million gallons of water.

If every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 1,000 sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissues with 100% recycled ones, we could save: 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space, and 155 million gallons of water.

Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of air pollution

plastics take 500 years,

aluminum cans take 500 years,

organic materials take 6 months,

cotton, rags, and paper take 6 months.

Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they photodegrade—breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways and entering the food web when animals accidentally ingest.

3-7 gallons for the toilet,

25-30 gallons for the bathtub,

50-70 gallons for a 10 minute shower,

1 washing machine load uses 25-40 gallons,

1 dishwasher load uses 9-12 gallons

For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we save 7,000 gallons of water free from chemicals.

Recycled paper requires 64% less energy than making paper from virgin wood pulp, and can save many trees.

Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees.

The amount of wood and paper we throw away is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.

Scrap tires pose three environmental threats: they are an extremely difficult to extinguish fire hazard; they trap rainwater which can breed mosquitos that spread diseases; and they are bulky, virtually indestructible hazards that often work their way back up to the surface of landfills after burial.

Consider adopting an organizational policy that will ensure all individual documents are printed on both sides of the paper. Also, consider adopting and in-house policy allowing internal documents to be submitted with minor legible handwritten corrections. You can save time and paper by making a simple hand correction and by having several people review the same draft, rather than reprinting each successive draft. Let employees know that their paper reduction efforts not only save paper, but also postage costs, and storage space requirements. All these savings add to a leaner, more efficient office that benefits everyone.

Ink cartridge recycling is a great tool for fundraising. Every year more than 1 billion Inkjet Cartridges are used; most are thrown away. Recycling inkjet cartridges is great for fundraising. It helps schools and non-profit organizations to achieve fundraising success or makes some extra cash for you or your company. By the end of 2009 the industry is forecasting the usage of ink cartridges exceeding to more than 2 billion Inkjet cartridges worldwide. Do not wait; start collecting used ink cartridges today and make money with recycling.

The typical U.S. house loses 25% of its heating and cooling energy through its windows.

If all the windows in the U.S. were energy efficient, we'd save up to 2.5% of the amount of energy the U.S. consumes each year.

We could save about 200 gallons of oil for every household in the U.S. if all windows in the country were efficient.

Environmentally improved windows have the potential to pay back up to three times their cost in energy savings.

Battery-maker Duracell built its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste. More than half of the building materials contained waste material from the company’s own manufacturing process. This included flooring made from crushed glass and broken light bulbs, ceiling tiles made from recycled newspapers and roofing from recycled aluminum.

Idling school buses can pollute air in and around the bus. Exhaust from buses can also enter school buildings through air intakes, doors, and open windows. Diesel bus exhaust from excessive idling can be a health concern. For more information go to the EPA website @ www.epa.gov

Because they use carbon dioxide as they grow, trees can offset and even reduce CO2 emissions. If you plant three trees on the southeast and southwest sides of your home, you can cut your air conditioning bills as well as clean up the air and cool the globe. According to American Forests, the nation's oldest citizens' conservation organization, there are at least 100 million spots around our homes and in our towns and cities suitable for trees. When trees shade houses, buildings and pavement from the sun, they help cool down the "heat islands" that build up around pavement and other dark surfaces. "Nature's air conditioners" also help clean up the air, by filtering airborne particles with their leaves and branches.

Planting three trees around your house can block incoming sunlight by as much as 70 percent and reduce air-conditioning cost by 10 to 50 percent.

Awnings, overhangs and shutters mounted on the south, east and west sides of your house will save you $100 to $150 each year thereafter in cooling costs.

Tree-filled neighborhoods can be up to 9 degrees cooler than unshaded streets.

One of the biggest sources of pollution in the western world is the automobile. Reducing the use of our cars will help but in many places, it is not practical. We depend on our cars for much of our daily life that replacing them is unlikely in the near future. VW has had an environmental program in place for many years from which they developed fuel-efficient engines. They also have a program to recycle old vehicles. Many car manufacturers have begun to build electric or electric/gas hybrid cars. Toyota launched the 'Prius' in 1999 www.prius.toyota.com and General Motors has the 'EV1' www.gmev.com. If one of these vehicles is not in your near future, then at the very least, try to combine errands into single trips to save fuel (and money), or consider walking or cycling.

Please take only your memories and not anything dead or alive from the sea.

A touch, a step, or a kick with your fins will damage and may kill the corals and will take decades to rebuild.

Kicking sand with your fins near the corals may cover them with sediment and they will suffocate.

Please do not buy, take from the sea or eat conch; it is a species in danger of extinction.

Buy greener gifts: less packaging or locally made gifts.

Make crafty gifts.

Re-gift: host a “re-gift swap” with like minded friends, shop for quality second hand items at Throwplace.com, Freecycle.org and Craig’s List.

Make a donation in someone’s name.

Give a friend a membership to a non-profit organization. Have a great weekend!!

Look on the bottom of your cereal box to see if it's made from recycled paper. Kellogg's Froot Loops, for instance, come in a box made from 100 percent recycled paperboard. You can also get cereal, often for less money, in bags that have no box. Quaker Oats, for example, sells its bagged cereals for 35-40 percent below the price of boxed cereals.

In 1910: Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, organizes the first Father's Day celebration on June 19, her own father's birthday. The mayor of Spokane and the governor of Washington state officially support the event. Dodd's father, a farmer and Civil War veteran, had been a single father to six young children after the death of his wife.

In 1924: President Calvin Coolidge publicly supports plans for a national Father's Day.

In 1926: The National Father's Day Committee meets for the first time in New York City.

In 1956: The observance of Father's Day is recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress.

In 1966: President Lyndon Johnson proclaims Father's Day to be an official national holiday.

In 1972: President Richard Nixon signs into law a permanent U.S. Father's Day to be observed on the third Sunday of June.

Circumference: 24,901.5 miles

Diameter: Nearly 8,000 miles

Surface area: 196,935,000 sq miles

Percent of Earth's ocean: approximately 70%. Of the 70 percent of water; 97 percent is salt water, 3 percent is fresh water.

Percent of Earth's land: approximately 30%

Highest point: Mt Everest 29,028 feet above sea level

Lowest point: Dead Sea 1,302 feet below sea level

In 2000, more than 12.3 million tons of paper used for printing and writing were collected for reuse and recycling. Nearly twice the amount collected in 1990. Today, Americans recycle more than 40% of all office paper.

If offices throughout the country increased the rate of two sided photocopying from the 1991 figure of 20% to 60%, they could save the equivalent of about 15 million trees.

Employees at financial businesses generate about 2 lbs of paper a day... per person!

When you are out hiking, pick up trash along the way.

Organize a community group to clean up a local stream, highway, park, or beach.

Form a tree-planting group with family and/or friends: commit to planting and maintaining an agreed-upon number of trees over your life times. Plan regular gatherings for tree planting and watering.

Never release balloons outdoors. They frequently find their way to open water (even from 100's of miles away) and can harm or kill turtles, whales, and other marine mammals.

Julia Ward Howe suggested the holiday in 1872.

Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) played a very significant role in getting the day officially declared as a holiday. She held the first Mother’s day on May 10th, 1908 in the U.S., and was a church service at Anna’s request to honor her mother.

Congress officially declared Mother’s Day as the second Sunday in May, May 8, 1914.

Mother’s Day can be traced to ancient times. Spring festivals included tributes to Goddesses.

Earth Day was started in 1970 by a man named John Mc Connell from the United States. It was originally held on the annual celebration of the March Equinox and still is by many people. However, it is generally celebrated on April 22. Earth day is now celebrated worldwide.

Earth Day is a very special day specifically designed for all of us to think about earth issues. It is not only a special day in the town where we live, but a day that the whole world participates in! Often there are celebrations, events or campaigns that concern us with earth matters.

Food waste is the 3rd largest component of generated waste by weight, but the largest component of discarded waste by weight.

The average American throws away 1.3 lbs of food every day, or 474.5 lbs per year.

Americans dump the equivalent of 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year.

It takes 1-6 weeks for a banana peel to turn to compost.

Over 90% of all products in the U.S. are shipped in corrugated cardboard boxes.

More than 70% of all corrugated boxes are collected for recycling. It is the most recycled item.

By volume, corrugated cardboard is the second largest item found in landfills.

By recycling cardboard, we save about ¼ of the energy used to manufacture it.

In 2001, newspaper generation was 5.1 million tons higher than in 1960, but the amount of newspaper in the municipal solid waste stream decreased by 1/3.

Between 1960-2001, newspaper recycling increased by 5.5 million tons, for a rate increase of 135%.

Americans generate 12.2 million tons of newspaper – or 85.6 lbs per person – per year. Of that 12.2 million tons, 10 million tons are newspaper, and 2.2 million tons are inserts.

At least 28 billion lbs of edible food are wasted each year – or over 100 lbs per person.

Food waste currently makes up an astounding 8-12 percent of the garbage we send to landfills. That’s around 320 Million pounds of leftover food every year.

Americans throw away around 10% of the food they buy at the supermarket.

When you buy organic flowers, you will not have to worry about chemicals on your flower bouquets being toxic to your children, other members of your family, or yourself.

The main goal of organic agriculture is to farm in ways that do not harm the environment, while there is no such motive for most non-organic farms.

Buying organic flowers helps support local organic farming communities and organizations, which often have charitable, philanthropic motives for selling their flowers.

Organic flowers, according to many people, last longer than non-organic ones.

Organic flowers are a natural part of a healthy, natural lifestyle.

If each family reduced holiday gasoline consumption by one gallon (about 20 miles), we’d reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one million tons.

One gallon of oil can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water (1 yrs supply for 50 people). That’s the amount you get from a single oil change. Almost 50% of the nation’s automotive oil is changed by do-it-yourselfers. Of the oil changed, about 220 million gallons is disposed of improperly.

Car batteries contribute 2/3 of all lead in municipal waste.

Polystyrene goes into meat trays, egg cartons, plates, cutlery, carryout containers and clear trays.

Polystyrene foam is completely non-biodegradable. Even 500 years from now, the foam coffee cup you used this morning will be sitting in a landfill. (Recyclers Handbook, 1990).

Of the almost 3.2 billion lbs of polystyrene used for packaging in 1988, 98 % of it was thrown away. (Recyclers Handbook, 1990)

When 2-Liter soda bottles made of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE) were introduced in 1977, they weighed 68 grams. Improved Packaging technologies have decreased the weight of the same bottle to 49 grams today, a saving of 19 grams, or 27%. (APC, 2004)

Approximately 5.6 billion 2-liter soda bottles are sold each year, so reducing the amount of packaging used by 19 grams really ads up. A little math – 19 grams X 5.6 billion bottles tells us that this example of source reduction has eliminated approximately 200 million lbs of PETE each year. (APC, 2004).

The PET bottle was patented in 1973 by chemist Nathaniel Wyeth, brother of distinguished American painter, Andrew Wyeth. (APC, 2004)

If just 1 % of Americans cut their HHW in half, we’d keep 7.3 million lbs of it out of our landfills and waterways. (Recyclers Handbook, 1990)

Americans throw away enough used motor oil every year to fill 120 supertankers. (Recyclers Handbook, 1990)

A quart of motor oil can pollute 250,000 gallons of water. (Recyclers Handbook, 1990)

What is HHW? Any waste, used in the home, that is toxic, flammable, corrosive or reactive.

We dump most of the magazines printed in the U.S. each year – about 8 million tons – into landfills. If we recycled just half of them, we could save over 12 million cubic yards of landfill space. (Recycler’s Handbook 1990)

Old magazines get made into newspapers and paper towels when recycled. (American Forest & Paper Association 2002)

Around 17,320 different magazines were published in 2002 – the lowest number of titles since 1996. Waste Age 2003)