Skin & Enviroment

There are  cities where the air pollution is so high that breathing is like smoking 10 cigarettes a day. You can help your body neutralize these effects taking some antioxidant vitamins, for example, vitamin C.


The sun makes us grow old. As the damage to the ozone layer lengthens becomes more dangerous. Without the protection of the ozone layer many harmful sun rays entering to the earth's atmosphere. The skin color determines the sensitivity to sunlight. The darker skin is more resistant to the sun. The lighter-skinned people have a higher incidence of skin cancer.

if you need to be constantly exposed to UV rays, use a sunscreen. Sunscreens most effective PSF 15 or more.




If you drink water constantly, you moisturizing your skin.

More info:
http://www.lindisima.com/medioa_ambiente.htm

Benefits of Battery Recycling

1.- What are the benefits of recycling batteries?
 If your batteries are in the end of their life, maybe you should recycling. This action helps the enviroment
and also reduces consume costs.

2.- How do heavy metals get into the water supply?

Sometimes, heavy metals from batteries end up in landfills, and example, if you trhow away a batterie near a lake, or in a water supply.

Incineration of batteries releases some heavy metals into the air which ultimately ends up in landfills.

3.- How do they pollute the air?
If you incinerate your batteries, this releases some heavy metals in the air.

4.- How is sulfuric acid dangerous?
Sulfuric acid is a toxic chemical which affects the soil and water
5.- What battery materials are reusable?
Permits reuse of plastic and metals whereas reduce the demand of raw materials. Silver and zinc can be reusable.

6.- Dictionary:
Leach: (of a substance) to come out of or be removed from another substance, esp. dirt, by passing water through it /litʃ/ v [I/T]
Raw: not cooked /rɔ/ adj
Array:  -a large group of things or people, esp. when shown or positioned in an attractive way   /əˈreɪ/  Noun

The Eco-village

An ecovillage is a green community, (they live few people in this villages). "Green" means that all in this place were built by the people who live there. Actually there are 70 countries around the world, but this people not live en tents! A eco village is an alternative for the modern life. Green people are ecological, use sustantable energy.

One Day in an Eco-village:
If I live in a Eco Village (I´m currently thinking in Detroit), the first thing I would do...

Do some exercise, and start to run around the village!

After that, I help people with gardening, and build things.


Also, I´m gonna try to cook something...




Also, attending courses with people who lived in the village about sustainable practices...



And at the evening, I´m gonna sit down and enjoy the view and imagine I´m in the moon.

Compost with a Trash can

It is necessary to invest in a fancy compost? Does it have to be pretty?
No, you don´t need that. A simple thing like a trash can could be useful.

What materiales are you needing for this?
An old garbage can, a hammer, a nail, watering can and two bricks.

The first step is...
Making little holes in the trash can using the hammer and the nail

The holes must...
Cover all the trash can

We´ve already finished the little holes. What´s the following step?
We put the bricks in the ground and put on them the trash can.

What kinf of materiales we could use in the compost?
Green and Brown Material. In brown materials are include paper, cardboard box.
The green materiales are fruit peels, coffee grinds, etc.

We need to put all the materiales into the trash can?
Yes, broke the paper and cardboard in strips, also put the green wastes.

My compost looks dry. Can I use water?
Yes, you could use your watering can and water your compost at least once a week.

Then, What should I do?
Cover your trash can with a top, and roll it.

How long will take my compost?
It takes about 4 weeks.

Detroit - Building the Green City

Green City

Introduction of pollution

Pollution Definition:

This word refers when an addition of something, occurs in the ecosystem and has a terrible effect on it.

Types of Pollution:

Air Pollution
Is the accumulation of substances in the atmosphere , that in certain quantities, cause diseases (damages human health) or produce other effects on other materials.
Examples of this kind of pollution: Tobacco Smoke, Gases of Vehicles,
Acid Rain.

Water Pollution:
When you introduce chemical, physical, or biological material that degrades the quality of the water,(rivers, sea) you are causing Water Pollution; because, this substances affects the organisms who are living in it.

Land Pollution:
Is the degradation of the Earth's surface through misuse of the soil by  agricultural practices, mineral explotation, and indiscriminate disposal of urban wastes.
Examples of this kind of pollution: Chemicals in herbicides pesticides, deforastation, and other poor practices.

Visual and Light Pollution:
Caused by unattractive views. Light pollution is the over illumination of an area that is considered obtrusive.
Examples of this: Billboards and advertising, power lines, neglected areas or abandoned buildings.

Noise Pollution:
Refers to high levels of noises caused by human activity. Whit the pass of time, this noises are damaging the people senses, health and the living in the cities.
 Examples of the Noise Pollution: Traffic (claxons), airports and railroads, manufacturing plants, machines of construction or demolition.