Thursday, October 28, 2010

Look Up

Mama gnome lives in an old gnome house shaded by ancient Sumac trees...surrounded by plants and trees that thrive because of Daddy gnome's green thumbs.

Once in a while the old mother gnome ventures out of her burrow...past the brambles...past the jagged dusty cliffs and...

she looks up...


(c)Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog



(c) Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog



(c) Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog


(c) Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog

Once in a while, if you're feeling out of sorts...lost..or down...just look up...and go green.

(c) 2010 Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog

Lowly Toilet Paper Saves Majestic Trees...Saves the World

Mama gnome went to Gnomeco to buy ecofriendly toilet paper.

But when she rounded the corner, Mama gnome almost dropped her pointy hat.

She saw the usual pallet where they stored super green toilet paper was now stacked with firewood!

Was it not enough to take away the good toilet paper, but they had to replace it with more cut down trees for future burning and releasing of more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

Did Gnomeco intend for Mama gnome to... as young gnomelet would put it... "freak out" in the middle of the household stuff aisle?

Mama gnome stood and stared at the pallet of firewood.

She rubbed her eyes and blinked a few times but the firewood remained.

She trudged around the next few aisles as fast as her gnome legs could trudge...but saw no sign of the super ecofriendly toilet paper.

Mama gnome made a mental note to head to Trader Gnome's to buy green toilet paper since Gnomeco declared super green toilet paper... toilet paper ingrata.

If you wonder why Mama gnome was upset with Gnomeco it's because not all toilet paper are created equal.

The most bought toilet paper and readily available toilet paper are made from virgin fiber which means from chopped down trees.

The least bought toilet paper and hard to find toilet paper are made from recycled paper, and the best toilet paper would be made from recycled paper with high postconsumer paper waste content.

This quiet unassuming toilet paper saves trees because it's made from recycled paper instead of virgin tree fiber.

According to this post, American humans use "about 50 pounds of tissue products per person every year. This is 50% more than the consumption rate in Western Europe and Japan."

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) states:

"The pulp and paper industry may contribute to more global and local environmental problems than any other industry in the world. Paper manufacturers reach deep into species-rich forests for virgin timber, razing trees, polluting waterways and destroying precious wildlife habitat. Pulp and paper mills that use virgin timber are major generators of hazardous air pollutants, including dioxins and other cancer-causing chemicals. And the industry is the third largest industrial emitter of global warming pollution."

"The virgin timber-based pulp and paper industry is the third greatest industrial emitter of global warming pollution. Its carbon dioxide emissions are projected to double by 2020."


According to NRDC,
If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.





video from: rainforestproject

Please visit NRDC's site to see the list of paper products.

Pick the quiet unassuming toilet paper that saves the world.

Pick Clark Kent and Superman in one fell swoop and go Green!

(c)2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Friday, October 8, 2010

10-10-10 Global Climate Work Party for 350.org

10-10-10 not only stands out as a very interesting date,

it is 350.org's Global Work Party Day.

photo from 350.org


Make October 10,2010 a meaningful day by doing something to help reduce carbon emissions.

Please visit 350.org to find out what activity you can participate in or if you want to register your own climate action for 10-10-10, just log on to their website at 350.org.


video from: 350org


According to Bill McKibben's blogpost for 350.org:

350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Accelerating arctic warming and other early climate impacts have led scientists to conclude that we are already above the safe zone at our current 392ppm, and that unless we are able to rapidly return to below 350 ppm this century, we risk reaching tipping points and irreversible impacts such as the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and major methane releases from increased permafrost melt.
Please help reduce our carbon emissions.


On 10-10-10...walk, use reusable bags, plant trees, plant vegetables, turn off unnecessary lights and appliances, eat vegetables...make everyday meaningful and Go Green...

(c) 2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog