http://greenonthursdays.com Try Being Eco-Friendly Everyday But If Not, At Least Be Green On Thursdays!!! Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:43:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en April 22nd, Earth Day 2008 is quickly approaching. It is hard to believe that Earth Day is turning 38 years-old. I remember hearing about Earth Day as a kid and having my own short-sided impressions of it. I imagined people all across the United States chaining themselves to trees ... http://greenonthursdays.com/what-does-earth-day-2008-mean-to-you/ Recycling is Not New. We have known for years about the value of recycling. As a kid I would save aluminum cans to make a few extra dollars. Now this didn't exactly make my parents happy as I would accumulate bag after bag of old stale smelling beer and pop cans ... http://greenonthursdays.com/recycling-and-ecycling/ Earth Hour 2008 came and went last Saturday. I still haven't seen any reports about the reduction of energy usage from the event but I look forward to reading about it. After Earth Hour I began thinking more about my own electric usage. I decided to go to Florida Power ... http://greenonthursdays.com/the-difference-with-one-light/ Earth Hour 2008 is 48 hours away. On March 29th at 8pm (your local time), you are encouraged to turn off all of your lights and non-essential energy usage. Earth Hour was started with an unprecendented event in Sydney, Australia on March 31st, 2007. On that day over 2.2 million people ... http://greenonthursdays.com/earth-hour/  March 22nd has been adopted as World Water Day by the United Nations General Assembly. This observance stemmed from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). This year's theme for World Water Day is Sanitation, which coincides with the UN General Assembly's Resolution as 2008 being the International ... http://greenonthursdays.com/world-water-day-2008/ I didn't really plan on starting my posts today but since today is Thursday I can't find a more perfect day to launch this site. I hope everyone can get something out of this site or at least get as much enjoyment reading it as I am going to get writing the posts. Green Living  ... http://greenonthursdays.com/introduction-to-eco-rules/