Because I am a Woman
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Also check out: 7 More Reused Items to Boost Your Garden
I’ve been looking for a way to store my garden seeds but this is a creative way to store them and reuse :D
He estado buscando una forma para guardar las semillas de mi huerto pero esta es una forma creativa para guardarlas y además para reusar los botesitos :D
Well this is an awesome idea.
(via earth911)
From The Guardian:
Tens of millions of new jobs can be created around the world in the next two decades if green policies are put in place to switch the high-carbon economy to low-carbon, the UN has said.
Between 15m and 60m additional jobs are likely, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep). These are net gains in employment for the world economy, taking into account any job losses in high-carbon industries that fail to transform.
Achim Steiner, executive director of Unep, said: “The findings underline that [the green economy] can include millions more people in terms of overcoming poverty and delivering improved livelihoods for this and future generations. It is a positive message of opportunity in a troubled world of challenges.”
As well as generating net new gains in the number of jobs, the switch to a green economy could help to lift millions of people out of poverty.
In the US, there are now about three million “green jobs”, in sectors such as wind power and energy efficiency, the study found. In the UK, the number is close to one million and has been one of the few areas of the economy that has been creating jobs. There are about 500,000 people working in green jobs in Spain. In the developing world, too, the number is growing rapidly – about 7% of people employed in Brazil, amounting to three million people, are now in the green economy.
However, realising the full potential of green jobs depends on countries taking action to develop the green economy and bringing in policies that will foster investment, according to the report.
Check out the rest of the article here.
New data highlight that bicyclists in the United States save at least $4.6 billion a year by riding instead of driving…
The average annual operating cost of a bicycle is $308, compared to $8,220 for the average car, and if American drivers replaced just one four-mile car trip with a bike each week for the entire year, it would save more than two billion gallons of gas, for a total savings of $7.3 billion a year, based on $4 a gallon for gas.
A quote from the Forbes article, ‘Pedaling to Prosperity: Biking Saves U.S. Riders Billions A Year’.
Related:
~ Bicycling Magazine’s new ranking of ‘America’s Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities’.
(Photo credit: Bicycling Magazine)
The Senate draft of the Farm Bill cuts 50% of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. Young farmers need every bit of assistance. Industrial farm subsidies, however, stay completely intact and completely useless.
