Posted by Candice on April 2, 2009 at 17:20 pm
Clean Air, Healthy Planet
Protecting our last remaining forests is vitally important, but since over 80 percent of the planet’s native forests are gone, we must do more if we are to maintain a healthy environment for future generations.
Replantingtherainforests.org are running an Earth Day Birthday Gift To Our Planet campaign to promote reforestation. They say “This is not another “Plant a Tree” campaign. We are different: We create Sustainably Managed, Permanent Rainforest Habitats”. There are several other tree planting programs, but these programs are fatally flawed. These programs do not have control of the lands where the trees are planted and in most cases the trees are planted in areas that have a history of deforestation.
They have asked bloggers to join in to help them achieve their goal of raising one million dollars on Earth Day, April 22. We are getting a bit of a late start but we are jumping in to the project which requires a blog post each day on a specific topic related to deforestation/reforestation.
Today’s topic – The Importance of Rainforests!
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Posted by Candice on June 27, 2008 at 16:09 pm
(Originally Posted 2.25)
Did you know that adding some house plants can help you to reduce the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other indoor pollutants in your home? Plants, through their natural living process can remove toxins from the air as well as produce oxygen and add moisture.
A toxic chemical often found in household products (including furntiure, mattresses, particleboard, carpet backings, some grocery bags, facial tissues, paper towels) is Formaldehyde and fortunately there are plants which are highly effective at reducing levels of formaldehyde. The common the Gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) is a beautiful flowering option as are Florist’s mums (Chrysanthemum morifolium). Other good choices are the Boston fern (Nephrolepi exalta ‘Bostoniensis’) and the Dwarf date palm (Phoenix roebelenii).
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