Ban Pop from Your Diet!

Why You should Ban Pop from Your Diet: 

1) Pop is sweetened by either Aspartame; which is a toxic, poisonous chemical that is known to cause Cancer: or sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup. High Fructose Corn Syrup is now created in mass mainly from GMO corn. This is also extremely bad for your health and is also extremely toxic. By not supporting the pop industry also means you are taking a stand against Monsanto's GMO corn.

2) Each Can of Pop has on average 10-15 teaspoons of High Fructose Corn Syrup. This massive amount of sugar leads to numerous health problems including: Obesity and Diabetes - So banning pop from your diet also means that you are taking a stand against Pharmaceutical companies that profit from the problems that drinking pop helps create.

3) The brown chemical food coloring in “Coca Cola” and “Pepsi” is a carcinogen that can cause lung cancer, liver cancer, thyroid cancer, and leukemia.

4) The United States government gives Coke and Pepsi multi Billion Dollar Subsidies each year. It is immoral for our government to support an unhealthy industry that doesn't need our money and earns Trillions of dollars a year. This means that when you buy a pop from the store you are buying that can of pop twice. Once with your tax money because the government gave Coke and Pepsi money to produce it, and again when you purchase it from the store. 

5) Banning Pop from your diet will help shed light on the subject that GMO seeds and their internal Pesticides, Fungicides and Herbicides, kill Bees. This GMO Corn by Monsanto & Dow Agrosciences; also contains Clothianidine, which was created by Bayer Crop Science; Clothianidine, poisons bees as they pollinate and is also responsible for colony collapse disorder. Saving the bees from extinction, can be done, and it can start with you making a decision not to buy Pop. 

Supporting Links:  

Soda subsidy gives your Tax Dollars to Beverage Companies! 

Colorant Included into Coke and Pepsi Causes Cancer.

Info on: High-fructose Corn Syrup. 

5 Health Dangers of High-fructose corn syrup. 

No GMO Guide.  

Aspartame Causes Cancer in Rats at Levels Currently Approved for Humans! 

Can you get Hooked on Diet Soda? 

Corporate War on Bees! 

EPA Ignored own Scientists’ Warnings about Bee-Killing Pesticide. 

Honey Bees Problem Nearing a Critical Point. 

The bottom line is that Pop is extremely unhealthy, addictive, and the sugar high and caffeine in Pop keeps You Hooked. The chemical & GMO sources of the ingredients used are seriously harming our health, our environment and contaminating our food supply. Despite the evidence from scientists whose findings prove this. Canada, the United States, and the EPA still allow poisonous seeds to be grown, and toxic food to be produced and sold. It is time for You, to take action and say enough is enough.  

You can help Create Positive Change in several ways:

1) The simplest of these ways is to Vote with Your Dollar! Voting with Your Dollar Works because: No demand, means No profits! No profits, means No business! 

So; If companies like Coke and Pepsi see that they are losing money and Investors see that their investment is loosing money. Both the Investors and the Companies will take notice and research why and demand positive changes to how they produce their products. They will then look for solutions, and they will see that their market is demanding healthy products from natural ingredients. They will want to keep your business, so they will want to change to meet the needs of their customers. This in effect then makes investors happy and helps restore people's trust, this trust makes or breaks a product and companies know that. Businesses big and small must have your trust if they want to continue to do business and sell their products.

This will send Coke, Pepsi, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, their Investors as well as the EPA and all other Government representatives. That these toxic, unhealthy, genetically modified products are not wanted, and it will force them to make the ethical, responsible and essential changes needed if they want to continue to do business and or keep their jobs, because they are responsible and they should be held accountable.

This means you as a person, can make a powerful statement by Voting with Your Dollar. 

2) If you are a Farmer, Refuse to Plant GMO Seeds, and Refuse to Grow GMO Corn and all other GMO Products! 

3) If you are a Company (Ex: Coke & Pepsi) Refuse to use GMO and Cancer causing chemical Ingredients. 

4) Look at the ingredients and make a conscious, informed, and educated decision. If food and drinks are not labeled in your country, Demand your government representatives to lobby for you and help you make labeling and warnings mandatory. Do your research and show them the evidence supporting it. 

5) My new years resolution was to eliminate pop from my diet, especially Coke and Pepsi!

As of January. 13th/2012! I am now 13 days pop free and the sugar cravings are gone.

I have lost 10 lbs of body fat, I feel healthier and my energy level has increased. I replaced the pop with real, unsweetened fruit juice, tea or water; and I eat more small meals through the day to keep my blood sugar and energy level steady.

I strongly encourage you to take on the challenge of eliminating pop from your diet too.

Join me and "Ban Pop from Your Diet!"

Please share your Reasons why you decided to "Ban Pop from Your Diet!" and ask your friends and family to do so as well.

Y-Green 

Trees with Roots - 10 Reasons to buy a Potted Christmas Tree!

This Christmas, instead of buying a plastic tree, or a cut tree. Purchase a Live, Potted Christmas Tree instead.

Here are 10 Great reasons; 

1) Although Plastic Christmas Trees are often reused for about 5-8 years. Plastic Christmas Trees use up valuable resources during manufacturing and shipping. Plastic Trees are also NOT Recyclable; despite being made of petroleum products, because they are also made of wire and lead based paints.

In the end, these Plastic Trees end up in the landfill, where they leach lead, mercury and other harmful toxins that pollute the soil as well as our oceans, lakes and rivers.

In some countries, many of these Plastic Trees get incinerated with other garbage, contributes to air pollution, and ends up causing respiratory infections, asthma, and lung disease. These toxins also go through the food chain and end up in other animals, our food, drinking water then come back to poison us through consumption and Bio-accumulation.

So for the health reasons alone; buying a real, potted Christmas Tree is a deeply rooted, sustainable choice. 

2) Real, Cut Christmas Trees are better than Plastic because they're natural, but they don't last.

Many would argue that real, cut trees, are a renewable resource because they're grown on tree farms, are replanted each year, and increase air quality while they are growing.

This is true! But, we must factor in that Over 200 Million Cut Christmas Trees are purchased around the World each year.

Out of the 200 Million Cut Tree's that are purchased every year, 150 Million of them end up in the garbage and go to Landfills.

Approximately 15 Million of the 200 Million dead Christmas trees are incinerated with other trash or used as firewood for heating, and only 15 Million are chipped and used as mulch.

The remaining 20 Million Cut Trees are dumped illegally in parks, ditches and alleys and other places, where they can contribute to senseless forest fires and residential fires.

This means that, if you decide to buy a live potted Christmas tree, you and your family will help reduce the amount resources used, increase air quality, help reduce accidental fires and the amount of trash in the landfill.

3) If you buy a Small Potted Tree, you can reuse the Tree for another 1-2 years, then replant the Tree in a larger pot for several more years use.

4) Live, potted trees are natural air fresheners and smell like Christmas. If kept inside after the holidays, the tree will continue to increase your homes air quality, and if planted outside, will help decrease air pollution.

5) Rooted Christmas Trees require less resources to produce, and if bought locally, they will also significantly decrease transportation costs.

6) Larger potted trees can then be replanted in your yard, or with permission replanted in a park, farmers field or city property. Just be sure to anticipate the full-grown size of the tree, and avoid planting near foundations or underground water, gas and sewage pipes. 

7) After the Christmas festivities, you can make it a fun, family activity by planting the tree together, thus,  giving back to nature, so the tree can continue to grow for future generations.

8) By replanting the tree, you will create long lasting memories that will help your children build a foundation of acting responsibly and feeling good about giving back to nature and preserving life.

9) Replanting Rooted Christmas trees, like all trees, will help re-mediate the soil, help guard against erosion, and filter polluted water.

10) For those living in small apartments, or people that would like a Christmas Tree for their business and don't have ability to store, or replant a live tree. You can participate by Renting a Live, potted Christmas Tree instead. 

So this Christmas, before you Buy a Christmas Tree for your business, household or family, consider these 10 Reasons! The benefits of purchasing a Live, Potted Christmas Tree are numerous.

Here are a few places where you can Buy Rooted Christmas Trees.

In the UK http://www.pinesandneedles.com/buy/christmas-trees-with-roots/

In the USA http://www.livingchristmastrees.org/

In Canada  http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/cambie/ 

Here are a few places where you can Rent Rooted Christmas Trees.

In Canada http://evergrowchristmastrees.ca/

In Australia http://www.ecochristmastrees.com.au/


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Think Possible! Think Renewable Energy!

I'm forever an optimist, but I am not apathetic, blind or complacent to what ails the world. I see what goes on and I look for solutions to problems that exist, I do so because there is to much negativity in the world.

One thing I believe must occur, is that all War's must end and a World War must be avoided at all costs. We must work towards ending war in a peaceful manner, and I believe we can start solving this mess associated with the global economy, by cutting military spending.

We return the troops home to help build a renewable energy future, and phase out America's dependence on nuclear energy and foreign Oil.

Doing this would save Hundreds of Thousands of Human Lives and create Millions of Jobs. The money that would be saved by bringing the troops home, would save the United States taxpayers over a Trillion Dollars a year.

This one solution is also beneficial to protecting our environment and would reduce the amount of environmental damage and resources we use. Some of these resources, that would have been used to create war, could then be used more wisely by employing more people to upgrade the United States infrastructure, and would include a revitalization of local manufacturing.

By manufacturing solar panels, wind turbines, wave and tidal generators in the United States, would also spur on a Renewable Energy Industry that would create more Good Paying Jobs for Americans.

These jobs would then provide the American people with the money they need to survive and thrive. People would start spending more and people can be reminded that they can "Vote with their Dollar" by supporting local businesses throughout the United States.

We stop all corporate bailouts and demand that they pay appropriate taxes on their profits.

This would rejuvenate the economy, restore faith back in the American Dollar and end the social, economic and environmental crisis.

Think Possible! Together, the people of the United States can solve the problems they face, get things back on track, achieve Renewable Energy Independence and take action to avoid the collapse of the Global Economy.

People cant afford to stand by and do nothing while our elected representatives make decisions that benefit the few and hurt the many.

If you believe in peace, and my message of Hope! Please forward this post to everyone you know. Contact your elected government representatives and demand real change.



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Y-Green's Top 10 Green Inventions!

10) Waste to Energy Power Plants – By, Dynamis Technology : Incinerating garbage to create energy isn’t a very environmentally friendly process and toxins in garbage dumps leach dangerous chemicals into our water supply. This inspired Roger Kolb and Don Kerr to invent the Dynamis technology power plant. This ingenious technology can help eliminate the world’s garbage from landfills and garbage dumps by converting waste into energy. Currently 86 of these power plants are in operation and all together process 97,000 tons of garbage per day, to produce enough power for 388,000 homes. Air-test results concluded that the levels of carbon monoxide, mercury and dioxins produced by these waste-to-energy plants are well below American, European and Canadian standards. If these finding are true, Dynamis's waste-to-energy technology will safely eliminate garbage and provide us with usable energy at the same time.

9)  Plastic-to-Oil Converting Machine - By, Blest Corporation : What if we could reconstitute plastic back into oil? Well, Japanese born Akinori Ito, CEO of Blest Corporation says it can! I admit, I was hesitant to believe such a thing, but it appears that Blest’s Plastic-to-Oil Converting machine is the real deal. This invention could help clean up our oceans and garbage dumps of plastics and safely re-use the plastic to fuel your car. Akinori Ito says his machine can convert 1kg of plastic into 1 liter of oil. After seeing the video explaining this process I am convinced that converting plastic back to oil is a great alternative to conventional recycling methods… Perhaps we can end garbage sooner than we thought?

8) Sail E-Way- By, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) : The Sail E-Way concept is an electric solar wind sail that will measure approximately 40 kilometers across and supply the fastest man-made spacecraft with enough power to potentially reach a speed of 50 km per second. JAXA is now flight-testing the Nano Sail-D and IKAROS, the prototypes of these photon-propelled solar sails. With this type of space propulsion innovation at our fingertips, we might be able to boldly sail where no man has sailed before.

7) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) – By, Xenesys Inc. : Xenesys’ Ocean Thermal Energy Converter is capable of supplying electricity 365 days a year and can be effectively utilized in over 90 countries worldwide. The power generation capacity is estimated at 1 Trillion kW's of clean, renewable energy per year at a rate of $1.00 per kWh. This still needs to be built, but once it is, the OTEC power plant will be a good addition to our renewable energy future.

6) Solar Lens Tower Power plants – by, International Automated Systems (IAUS) : These Solar Towers use a thin-film lens to focus the sun's energy to produce super-heated steam for power generation. The panels are inexpensive, efficient, require very little maintenance and operate on heat. This energy can be stored then used to create steam when there is no sun to produce even more energy. This unique process costs significantly less than batteries and offers an effective solution to provide solar power 24 hours a day 7 days a week. IAUS's thin-film solar lens can be produced at a fraction of the cost of traditional photovoltaic solar panels. This makes IAUS the 1st solar power technology with the ability to compete head-on with gas, coal and it's available to use, right now. 

5) Ecosphere Ozonix - By, Ecosphere Technologies Inc. : Ecosphere Ozonix technology is an advanced oxidation process that kills bacteria, eliminates chemicals and treats contaminated water without the use of harmful chemicals. It combines ozone, hydrodynamic cavitation, acoustic cavitation and electro-chemical decomposition to safely recycle municipal, petroleum, agricultural and mining industrial waste-waters and turn it back into clean water. Ecosphere has proven they have the ability to clean waste water, but we must never allow corporations to use it as an excuse to continue irresponsible business practices. Despite what other companies do, Ecosphere's invention will help mitigate the effects of municipal water contamination and with its patented process of recycling water will also help clean up the environmental damage from the mining, oil and petroleum industries, restoring polluted water back to safe levels. 

4) Solar Roads – By, Scott and Julie Brusaw, Solar Roadways : This Invention has great potential and is currently in the development stages. Once the technology is perfected and the cost to produce these panels is lowered, these solar roads could effectively replace many outdoor asphalt and concrete surfaces. Their goal is to transform outdoor drivable surfaces such as roads, highways and driveways into energy producing solar panels that can be driven upon. In the future these solar roadways could produce a vast amount of electricity and provide entire cities with enough energy that would replace coal burning and nuclear power plants. 

3) Air Car – By, Guy Negre- Inventor and CEO of MDI : The original Air-Car was invented back in 1932, but back then it couldn’t compete with gas powered vehicles, so it was shelved and never produced. Now! Over 70 years later, Inventor Guy Negre, CEO of MDI has vastly improved this technology to a point where the Air Car can now do more than simply compete. It has the potential to replace the combustion engine altogether. Mr. Negre has also made a licensing deal with Tata Motors in India to produce and sell the car for around $10,000 per car. The Air-Car is powered by a compressed-air motor and can maintain speeds of 35 miles per hour, for over 200 miles on one tank of compressed air. Not impressed yet! It also has the ability to reach speeds of 90 miles per hour by using small amounts of gas to heat and compress more air and increase its range to 1000 miles per tank. This makes MDI’s Air-Car a viable alternative mode of transportation that is less expensive and great for the environment.

2) Wireless Power Transfer Device – By, WiTricity : WiTricity has successfully modified Nicola Tesla’s wireless energy patent to create its own wireless energy transfer technology. WiTricities wireless energy transfer system can transfer power safely, efficiently and without wires to power or recharge any and all your electrically powered devices. This invention has huge potential and could help revolutionize the way energy is transferred from place to place, imagine a world without wires, that was Nicola Tesla’s dream. Now! Thanks to WiTricity, this dream could happen within our lifetime and provide the world with safe wireless electricity.

1) Vertical Farming – By, Architect Ken Yeang and Dr. Dickson Despommier : Unlike traditional farming, farming inside earthquake and storm proofed skyscrapers can produce crops year-round and dramatically increase the amount of food grown per year worldwide on a massive scale. It can do this because vertical farming provides a controlled environment that can be built as self supporting structures, independent of weather and protected from most extreme weather events. Currently, many parts of the world are facing flooding, drought or other man-made or natural disasters. This has caused a significant decrease in the production of grain, causing a significant increase in the cost of the food and an increase of starvation. This makes vertical, local, organically grown farming not only a necessity, but a social, moral and ethical responsibility. Vertical farming is the best way to help provide people worldwide with healthy, nutritious food and help put an end to malnutrition and starvation. Life is precious and has a value that can’t be measured, we need to protect it the best we can. I’m confident that with human ingenuity, proper management and combining traditional and organic farming practices, vertical farming can help feed the world. This is why I chose Vertical Farming as my #1 Green Invention!