please recycle
I know we can all come up with excuses as to why recycling is “so hard” but it really isn’t. We all need to do what we can to lessen the amount of trash in our environment. Here is a great website for environmental action as well as a list of 21 items that you probably didn’t know you could recycle. Give both a look and maybe, just maybe, it’ll spark your recycling interest.
Filed under environment, life hacking, personal, social issues | Comment (0)ugh!
Will the heat never end?! Phoenix has now seen 32 days of temperatures reaching 110 degrees or higher. Yesterday, it reached 111. If you don’t live in the valley, then it is possible you can’t understand how frustrating this is for those of us who do live here. Sunshine is a wonderful thing. I have always preferred heat to cold. But having so many days of this type of temperature is just … ridiculous. Draining. Hard to handle.
This is a record breaking summer for the valley but I am not fooling myself that this is an unique year. I believe that with global warming we, here in the Phoenix area, will see more and more summer days of temps above 110 degrees, much to our dismay. I hope I am wrong but I don’t think I am. As for now, apparently summer isn’t going anywhere for awhile. Then we’ll have a few months (like 5) before the temps start rising again. Lets keep our fingers crossed that net summer will not be as bad!
Filed under environment | Comment (0)12 National Parks at risk due to global warming
According to an ENN Article, 12 National Parks in the American West will be at risk due to global warming.
The article states that the temperatures in the West have increased faster than any other part of the country and that studies show a connection between global warming and environmental changes.
“Rising temperatures, drought, wildfires and diminished snowfalls endanger wildlife and threaten hiking, fishing and other recreational activities” in the parks, Spencer said in a telephone news conference. “Imagine Glacier Park without glaciers or Yellowstone without any grizzly bears.”
Global warming has increased bug infestation across the west, including beetles that invade the white bark trees. This prevents bears from eating the pine seeds and forces grizzlies to move further into land that is inhabited by humans. When this occurs, there is more clashes between humans and bears, resulting in bear casualties.
The evidence of global warming impact on the parks can also be seen in parks such as North Cascade, where glaciers are melting away and peaks are left bare. When this happens, wildlife is effected immensely.
I truly hope this report wakes people up. Scott and I love to explore our National Parks and it saddens me that in a short amount of time, there may be no more Glacier National Park- or at least it would be renamed- Invisible Glacier National Park, or something to that affect!
Filed under environment, wildlife | Comment (0)fed saves wolves, for now
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has reportedly denied the petition from the state of Wyoming that requested gray wolves be removed from the Endangered Species list.
Lets hope this stays true!
Filed under environment, wildlife | Comment (0)
