Melissa+Environment

 I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? ~Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985  "Only when we eat up this planet will god give us another.  We will be remembered more for what we destroy, than what we create." - Chuck Palahniuk 

Modern technology Owes ecology An apology. ~Alan M. Eddison  



Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ~Henry David Thoreau When a man throws an empty cigarette package from an automobile, he is liable to a fine of $50. When a man throws a billboard across a view, he is richly rewarded. ~Pat Brown, quoted in David Ogilvy, //Ogilvy on Advertising, 1985

"While you may have contemplated a new restaurant because of a **billboard** ** or tuned in to a television show after seeing a sign on the highway, one thing those road-side advertisements probably didn’t have you thinking about was the environmental impact of each huge ad, which are actually anything but eco-friendly. Since the 80s most billboards have been made of either PVC or thick sheets of paper (known in the industry as 30 sheets because of the number of sheets needed). The quantities of quickly disposed paper were an obvious drain on resources and the vinyl versions put millions of pounds of non-biodegradable materials into landfills each year– ** [|an especially worrisome idea] for a product that has earned the nickname “the poison plastic” because of the health risks it creates throughout its life cycle. //  Now, however, in a testament to America’s growing desire to get green, [|the three major outdoor advertising companies in the United States are switching to Eco Posters], which are made from the commonly-recycled plastic polyethylene flexx and can be [|recycled]    into railroad ties after the posters have pitched their products. The **outdoor advertising industry says the switch is because of their efforts to become more environmentally friendly, but there are others perks, too, like lighter weights (about four pounds compared to the average 40 pounds for 30 Sheet billboards) and water-resistance. Don’t expect to see much of a difference yourself, though; the posters will look basically identical to how they’ve looked in the past (perhaps slightly better" [|Click here to read more] media type="youtube" key="se6ILncGqeY" height="340" width="560"

 <span style="font-size: 19.2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(50, 29, 2);">I am the earth. You are the earth. The Earth is dying. You and I are murderers. ~Ymber Delecto **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); text-align: center; display: block;">We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. ~Aldo Leopold, //<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block;">A Sand County Almanac //



<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(50, 29, 2); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center; display: block;">And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: "Look at this Godawful mess." ~Art Buchwald, 1970

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