After turning everything in my room off and lighting a few candles. I sat down and started reading a book I have had for a year but never read. It was a wonderful experience. I was so relaxed and just enjoyed myself. I loved it so much that I only took one electric break, after 9pm to make some tea and get my snack. I then sat and read for another hour.

This was a great experience for me and I think it is something I’m going to try to do at least once a month. I think next time I’ll head to the library for the book as the one I’m reading now will be finished by tomorrow. When I’m done I’ll write a review about it. I really can’t explain how relaxed and unstressed I am right now. It’s strange how things happen is it not?

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Stupid me read everything I could about earth hour and still didn’t get that it was a traveling thing. In other words at 8pm in every time zone lights will be turned out in several major cities. So that means that at 8pm EST tonight (March 29th) I will be turning off my computer and reading by candle light.

I can’t believe I missed the part about it being 8pm in each time zone. I don’t’ think it said it that way. The article I read stated 8pm Sydney time and 0900GMT, meaning 9am. I wish they would not use army time in articles, it’s really confusing even though I knew what it meant I don’t think the person writing it did.  

You can read more about it on yahoo

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Is this the way of the future: A cell that is powered with hydrogen and oxygen that will produce electricity like a battery, but never die. I hope so. This technology is called a fuel cell and it runs clean and quiet.

These fuel cells can be used to power anything from your laptop to your mp3 player. You probably have heard about them being used in cars to replace our engines. There are a few cars that already run on fuel cells, Honda has one, and so does Chevrolet. Fuel cells can also be used to help provide power in remote places, since they can be left alone without worry.

The following is taken from the website Fuel Cells 2000, You can get more information about fuel cells there.

A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water and heat as its by-product.  As long as fuel is supplied, the fuel cell will continue to generate power.  Since the conversion of the fuel to energy takes place via an electrochemical process, not combustion, the process is clean, quiet and highly efficient – two to three times more efficient than fuel burning.

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As an interior design student we talk alot about the environment and global warming. We talk about ways to decrees global warming by building green and recycling. The big question is does it even exists and what can you do to slow it down.

I think that even if you believe it doesn’t exists. pollution is still a true factor of life and many of the things that you would do to prevent pollution will help with global warming. So do those things. If you live in a city and don’t leave it often take a drive way out in the country. You must be at least 2 hours from the nearest major city. When you see the word village and miles of farmland around it your there. Step out of the car and breath. It smells different, you can actually breath better and you can see alot farther then you can in the city. Why? There is not as much pollution. Wouldn’t that be nice to have in your city?

So if pollution is real and pollution is a cause of global warming wouldn’t that make global warming real too? Now I don’t think it is just pollution that is causing global warming, but a natural warming of the earth that we have just helped speed up. So instead of it happening 5000 years from now, it may happen within the next 100 or 1000 years.

What can you do to help stop global warming. There are many things you can do and they will even help you save money. Use less heat and air conditioning by insulating your home. This will save you alot of money in the long run. Also buy better fuel efficient cars, Yes I know you like your truck or your gas hog hummer, but think about how much you spend in gas with one of those. If your not worried about gas prices, then you need to be donating some of that cash to charity instead of putting it in your gas tank.

If you have a good amount of land check into thermal heat. I have done some research on this and it’s a great system that will heat and cool your home using the constant temperature of the ground. It can even be converted into electricity. Perfect for the northern areas that don’t get much sunlight.

There are also many more ways to help stop pollution and global warming. I will be starting a new series on that called Going Green Monday.  I hope you enjoy it.  If there is a environmentally friendly system you would like to have featured or know more about, please comment here or contact me and I will get a post done about it.

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