EcotipsForLife.com» Ramblings http://ecotipsforlife.com A blog that attempts to provide you with useful examples and tips that could make a large positive ecological impact, although they are seemingly minor, quick and easy changes to your daily routine. Mon, 03 May 2010 20:16:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Earth Day Commerce… http://ecotipsforlife.com/important-dates/earth-day-commerce/ http://ecotipsforlife.com/important-dates/earth-day-commerce/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:22:30 +0000 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) http://ecotipsforlife.com/?p=350 Just something I need to get out there, it seems this year more than previous I am being bombarded with “Earth day sales”, from companies now suddenly aware of a new commercial holiday.

Of course we all know how earth-friendly full-blown commerce and consumption is (consumption as in “Use of final goods by a consumer until disposal.” 1)

1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption

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]]> http://ecotipsforlife.com/important-dates/earth-day-commerce/feed/ 0 Earth Day 2010: Thursday April 22nd http://ecotipsforlife.com/important-dates/earth-day-2010-thursday-april-22nd/ http://ecotipsforlife.com/important-dates/earth-day-2010-thursday-april-22nd/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:31:42 +0000 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) http://ecotipsforlife.com/?p=347 Earth day… some people try to raise awareness, some care for an entire day, and some actually care, but I digress…

Earth day has made significant differences since its first inception in the 70′s. For more info checkout the Earth Day website earthday.org or the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_day

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According to many sources the H1N1-virus has taken the lives of about 1000 people 1,2 during it’s entire public lifespan.

This of course is tragic but every year Seasonal Influenza (also known as regular flu) takes the lives 36.000 people 3

Just wanted to get that of my chest…

1 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569392,00.html
2 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu
3 http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm

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