This weeks word is Formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a chemical used as a preservative in beauty products as well as in paper products and wood furniture. Formaldehyde is emitted from these products as a gas. It’s a known carcinogen and an irritant to the eyes, nose, throat, and respiratory tract.
If Formaldehyde does all those symptoms to us, imagine what the gas is doing to the Earth when it goes into the air!
Not only are plants pretty, they also help eliminate toxins such as formaldehyde, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene, and benzene from your interior. Here are five flowers to add to your home! If possible, go for long-lasting plants instead of cut flowers that you’ll have to toss in a few days.
*Note: Information taken from the book “Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style” by Christie Matheson*
This Weeks Greenspiration is the sun rise on Hilton Head Island. Imagine going on the beach early in the morning, collecting sea shells, and seeing this amazing view! Let’s help keep this Earth healthy so we can have feature generations to come see this ocean and sun rise as well!
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This weeks word is Food Miles. Food Miles is the number of miles food has traveled from where is was produced to your plate. Food in most U.S. grocery stores has traveled an average of about 1,500 miles.
That is why buying local food from farmers markets in your city is very important. Not only is is organic and healthier for you, you are also saving on all the gas and bad chemicals coming out of planes, trucks, and trains that then going into the atmosphere. We all know that is very harmful to the Earth. Of course it is also not Eco-friendly at all!
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“The consequences in a few decades could be far more painful. Billions of people without drinking water. Entire cities gone. Thousands of species wiped out, and other species moved to new regions where populations can’t handle the diseases they carry. Major illness epidemics.
Just because you can’t see global warming every day in your neighborhood in the way that you might see the effects of an earthquake or flooding or fires or a terrorist attack doesn’t mean it isn’t real. It’s real, and it’s devastating.”
~Christie Matheson
The quote above wrote by author Christine Matheson from her book, “Green Chic: Saving the Earth in style”. This is one of my favorite quotes from that book. She is telling all her readers the truth. If we don’t act now to help the Earth there will be no Earth for our future children and grandchildren to enjoy. Can you imagine living in a place with nothing. Of course there would not be much life to begin with without water. Sure we can live off of whatever we have stored or can find. Soon that will all run out though unless we invent a way to make a substitute for water but I doubt it.
That is why Incredibly Green was started. To help educate young adults about what will happen to the Earth. I think Matheson described it perfectly! So next time you decide not to recycle or use material that will harm the Earth think about that quote. I bet you will change your mind.
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Make your own disinfectant spray
Here’s a simple and effective antimicrobial spray you can make at home for just pennies a gallon.
Check out how to make this Eco-friendly cleaner while saving you money at the same time!I have used this recipe many times and I love it! It also leaves you house smelling amazing!
This weeks Greenspiration is the Smokey Mountains!
This is intern Brandi’s Greenspiration. This is her inspiration because she loves how the fog makes it look like the forest is on fire. She spent her childhood going there every summer camping with her grandparents. While camping she saw many animals and enjoyed being in the wildlife. Waking up every morning and seeing a view like the one above is amazing!
Warped Tour 2012 kicks off in only a few weeks! Are any of you going? If so, which city?!
All of us at Incredibly Green want to wish all of you mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day! Don’t forget to give your mom a hug today!
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