The earth’s resources are running out at an alarming rate. Four key resources in particular (oil, food, water, and fish) are due to become incredibly strained within our lifetime. If you don’t believe me, check out the following article from gizmag, which breaks it down for you: http://www.gizmag.com/four-crucial-resources-running-out/12630/

An oversimplified summary of the article:

Depending on who [...]]]> http://hearttheearth.org/hello-world/feed/ 3 http://hearttheearth.org/take-a-look-around-the-environment-what-do-you-see/ http://hearttheearth.org/take-a-look-around-the-environment-what-do-you-see/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:21 +0000 Administrator http://hearttheearth.org/?p=23 After my run in the park this morning, I was sitting on a bench stretching and looked down to see a leaf, shaped just like a heart. I took a look around and saw two more lying nearby. They made me smile and I thought I would share them with you. Sorry for the poor [...]]]> http://hearttheearth.org/take-a-look-around-the-environment-what-do-you-see/feed/ 0 http://hearttheearth.org/the-big-belly/ http://hearttheearth.org/the-big-belly/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:36:43 +0000 Administrator http://hearttheearth.org/?p=20 Philadelphia has just gotten a little cleaner, a little greener, with the help of the BigBelly. The BigBelly (I love typing that!) is a solar powered trash compactor used in place of traditional waste bins, which allows for more trash to be collected and reduces the number of pick-ups necessary from garbage trucks, thereby reducing [...]]]> http://hearttheearth.org/the-big-belly/feed/ 0 http://hearttheearth.org/a-week-without-processed-foods/ http://hearttheearth.org/a-week-without-processed-foods/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:33:47 +0000 Administrator http://hearttheearth.org/?p=18 Read about one woman’s quest to go one week only eating unprocessed foods:

A Week Without Processed Foods: What I’ve Learned (Plus Resources for Cooking and Eating Whole Foods) ReadyMade Magazine

I have been meaning to do something similar for a while, by living off of local foods for a week. All the basics are already produced [...]]]> http://hearttheearth.org/a-week-without-processed-foods/feed/ 0 http://hearttheearth.org/micro-polution-the-lastest-concern-in-plastic-waste/ http://hearttheearth.org/micro-polution-the-lastest-concern-in-plastic-waste/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:31:08 +0000 Administrator http://hearttheearth.org/?p=16 New research shows that there is yet another down-side to the excessive use of plastics and the accumulation of said plastics in the environment: micro-pollution. Much of our plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other plastic waste eventually finds its way into the oceans, and as these plastics break down from exposure to sun, rain, and [...]]]> http://hearttheearth.org/micro-polution-the-lastest-concern-in-plastic-waste/feed/ 0 http://hearttheearth.org/getting-it-right-a-model-for-the-suburbs/ http://hearttheearth.org/getting-it-right-a-model-for-the-suburbs/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:20 +0000 Administrator http://hearttheearth.org/?p=14 http://hearttheearth.org/getting-it-right-a-model-for-the-suburbs/feed/ 0