Viridescence - be green!

Following these 10 simple suggestions will help improve the health of the environment. You may feel like your participation is insignificant and won't make a difference. This is not true because combined with and collective of others like you change will happen. 1. Reduce, reuse, and recycle-  doing so helps observe energy and reduces pollution and greenhouse gas  emissions from resource extraction, manufacturing, and disposal. 2. Use water efficiently - conserving water also conserves energy by reducing the amount of watered pumped, treated, and heated     3. Water saving action: Turn off the water when brushing your teeth or shaving 4. Water saving action: Fix leaky toilets, which waste 200 gallons a day (EPA, 2017) 5. Water saving action: Only run dishwashers with a full load - saves 100lbs of carbon dioxide (EPA, 2017) 6. Be green in your yard - compost food waste and yard debris 7. Drive smart - go easy on the brakes, avoid hard accelerations, reduce time spent ...

A great solution for small scale composting is a worm bin, which is a small container with a tray on the bottom (collects worm castings), a piece of meshed wire (allows the castings to fall into the tray while keeping the worms and undigested material out of the good stuff) and a lid. Kitchen scraps and garden debris are added into the top portion of the bin along with the worms. The worms eat the scraps/debris and produce worm castings. The worm castings are an extra-rich growing medium. You can plant directly into the worm castings, mix them with existing compost or soil, or top-dress fertilize existing plants. To fertilize existing plants, spread the worm castings on the soil and gentle hand-till it in. Worm bins are not an effect large-scale composting method (unless you have several bins). They are great as a supplement to your large-scale compost pile or a solution for small-scale, urban gardens. Worm bins are available pre-made or you can make one yourself. The Natural Resource...

Soil Resources include the top soil and mineral components of the Earth. Soil provides the medium in which plants grow.  It needs to be free of toxic chemicals and full of nutrients for plant growth. The soil also provides minerals and ores we use in electronics, jewelry,  and building materials. Soil resources can become polluted by industrial waste, farm waste, and household waste. Additionally, soil resources can be depleted from over production of agricultural products. When this happens, farmers resort to using excessive amounts of fertilizers, which can run- off into the streams and pollute our water resources. Another concern with soil resources is erosion. Erosion not only reduces the amount of soil available for agricultural production, it also fills the waterways with sediment. Sediment in streams, rivers, and wetlands causes problems for aquatic life by effecting the temperature and reducing sunlight. Mineral extraction is, typically, an industry that produces a ...

List are a few of the top news stories regarding natural resources and the environment. Mills: Sand mining threatens Wisconsin's natural resources  by Emily Mills of the Milwaukie Wisconsin Journal Sentinel p ublished 11:46 a.m. CT March 31, 2017 and u pdated 3:30 p.m. CT March 31, 2017. Invasive species threaten economy, natural resources, by Stanwood Camino News Staff,  March 29, 2017. Environment | MIECF concludes with positive feedback   Macau  Times, April 3, 0217 Editorial: Signs of hope in re-emerging bipartisan consensus on environment SCLEP Celebrates 30 Years Of Advocating For The Environment    By Gregg Bragg, The Island Connection Staff Reporter, April 2, 2017

Water is essential for human, animal, and plant life. Everyone is familiar with the water cycle but are you aware of how your daily actions affect the cycle of water. Do you turn off the water while brushing you teeth? Simply turning off the water while you brush saves 8 gallons  of water Does your home have Energy Star appliances? Consider witching to Energy Star appliances that save water Does your home have low flow faucets in the sinks, showers, tubs, and toilets? Consider switching to low flow faucets Do you have a lawn? Do you water your lawn? Reducing the size of your lawn will reduce your water needs What type of plants are in your garden Consider planting native plants or plants that are drought tolerant Even the types of food you eat affect the water cycle. Do you eat conventional produce grown with excessive amounts of fertilizers? Excessive fertilizer runs off into the streams, rivers, and oceans; this causes dead-zones. (Dead-zones are areas in a body o...

    Welcome to Viridescence.org a source for ideas, processes, and products to help you live a greener life and have Viridescence. A Latin noun meaning "the state or quality of being green", viridescence is the type of life to live - one that is green. To me  that means being aware of how our individual actions affect the quality and quantity of our Natural Resources.