Home Composting

Finding easy, inexpensive ways to contribute to easing the stress on the planet can be done in many simple ways, and for those who enjoy the surroundings of their own garden can benefit also at the same time.
Composting is a process which can naturally transform waste from both the garden and the kitchen into a nutritional plant food which is very easy to make.
Obviously there is a main environmental benefit to doing this and that is to gradually reduce the amount of
waste which is sent to landfill sites around the country.
Composting at home for just one year can save global warming gases equivalent to all the CO2 your kettle produces annually, and just think how many cups that is for you keen tea and coffee drinkers out there!!
Researched has proved that almost half the kitchen waste which is disposed of each year could have been used to produce compost.  The reason why there is a problem with landfills is that due to the build up of waste underground, air cannot get to the organic waste, this in turn allows for the produced of greenhouse gases which are constantly damaging the atmosphere, contributing to the "Greenhouse Effect".
However, if this waste is composted, it dramatically reduces the amount of greenhouse gases produced and also provides a healthy natural fertiliser for the garden.

The Beginning! The Oil Spill: Brief Overview

Well here it goes! Suppose I have to start somewhere. I aim to add a blog weekly giving my thoughts on current global issues which in turn will affect both our lives now and the future.  Leaving this first blog is quite "well-timed" giving the recent happenings regarding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, aka, BP Oil spill, off the Gulf of Mexico.  This was caused by an explosion to the Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Unit.   As most will probably know, there is mass fears that this could possibly lead to an environmental distaster with an extensive amount of damage already caused to the natural habitats of marine and wildlife, whilst the tourism and fishing industries in the area have also been greatly affected. Deep Water Horizon Unified Command Agency claimed on 28th June that BP had successfully removed 28,000,000 US gallons of oily liquid and burned about 9,900,000 US gallons of oil. Regarding the consequences of what has occurred; there are a number of factors which can threaten a environmnetal distaster such as; toxicity of the petroleum and also depletion of oxygen.  In the affected area live more than 400 different species which are at risk including one endangered, the Kemp's Ridley Turtle. As of June 25, there had been 1,539 dead animals found in the spill zone including 1074 dead birds, 417 sea turtles, and 48 dolphins and other mammals,