Earlier today an <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/man-single-handedly-plants-entire-forest.html">article</a> caught my eye about a man who planted a 1,360 acre jungle... By himself. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/JadavMolaiPayeng">Jadav Payeng</a> is one of many people who are participating in reforestation of our green-blue orb, and who has managed to make a significant impact all on his own. He is not alone in these endeavours, however, there are efforts world-wide towards the same goal.
It's easy to participate in this yourself either by doing it yourself... Or by paying others to do it for you. <a href="http://www.edenprojects.org/">Eden Projects</a> is making great headway, employing villagers in Ethiopia, Madagascar and Haiti, to plant seedlings in protected reforestation areas.With approximately 900 members, Eden Projects has managed to plant over 43 million trees since 2005. This is no small number, but is it enough? On their page they ask only a $10 donation and to invite ten of your friends to do so as well... I'm currently considering asking about how I can join their efforts in a more permanent manner. I'll let you know what comes of that... ;3
Now then! For the people primed and ready to go out and do it themselves... What do you really need to know!? It's as simple as planting a tree! Why stop there though? There are people participating in reforestation projects via geo-caching already, and great DIY guides for planting just about anything you'd like. <a href="http://www.doityourself.com/stry/reforestation--how-to-plant-evergreen-trees">Evergreens</a> can be an excellent place to start, as they are hardy and grow quickly. <a href="http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-plant-an-oak-tree">Oak Trees</a> make an excellent addition to any forest project as well, since they face regular unsustainable harvesting and actually face extinction. Yes, that's right... Plants come in different species too... And species can become extinct. Go figure. As of 2007, <a href="http://www.bgci.org/files/Worldwide/Publications/the_red_list_of_oaks.pdf">78 out of 500</a> oak species face potential extinction.
It's important to remember though, that a forest is more than just trees. For a forest to thrive it requires a diverse and well integrated ecosystem, with many different plants, animals and insects. Jadav Payeng recognized this, bringing ants and other things in to his forest to supplement the existing ecosystem. Perhaps if you're interested in mirroring his efforts... You can ask him about them! The link above is to his facebook page.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Maiden Voyage
Hello, and welcome to Saving Our Earth! This blog intends to investigate various green techs, activities and information from around the world (Oh... And just about any other topic of interest that sparks with me will receive mention, so don't put this blog in a box. It doesn't belong there.)... And since it's been of keen interest to me, we'll be starting with hydrogen powered vehicles. Hydrogen powered vehicles use Hydrogen as their onboard fuel for motive power. Hydrogen vehicles include hydrogen fueled space rockets, automobiles... Really anything that requires combustible fuel and utiulizes Hydrogen for that purpose.
Having poked around for workable hydrogen solutions for a few months, I've found a few people around the world who have achieved varying levels of success using this incredibly abundant fuel source (Hydrogen is thought to be the most abundant chemical element in the universe, representing roughly 75% of the universe's elemental chemicals).
First we'll take a look at the HHO (oxyhdrogen or "Brown's Gas") car-kits that are available online for converting vehicles to a hybrid state. These kits utilize electrolytic cells to break 2 h2o apart into h2 and o2 for combustion, while the car is running. When 2 h2 and o2 are combusted, the result is energy and 2 h2o. Since most engines are designed to handle h2o as a biproduct of combustion, this seems perfectly reasonable. These kits do not attempt to fully replace fossil fuels in your vehicles engine, but merely supplement them (which does mean that your vehicle's computer will need to be adjusted to accept a different fuel - air mixture than what it would normally operate at), and are available for purchase online or can be created by following some of the DIY instructions also available online.
Purchase HHO kits:
http://www.geshho.com/
http://www.water4gasstore.com/product-p/mjss001.htm
DIY Instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRuYjDs2rFw&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt8wtOkUukQ&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bED2Z_wdISg&feature=relmfu
But not everyone is working towards a hybrid solution... In fact, there is already a working hydrogen (only) powered motorcycle developed by Intellegent Energy (http://www.intelligent-energy.com/). This company is now partnering with The Suzuki Motor Corporation, Lotus Engineering and PSA Peugeot Citroën, in order to integrate their fuel cell systems into new vehicles. Hydrogen power appears to be the future, and most people seem unaware that this transition is happening as we speak.
Oh, but don't be fooled... It seems anyone can get in on this game! There are people out there continuing work on the DIY method who appear to have reached some amount of success as well... Check out this video of a truck that has been converted to run entirely on hydrogen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjqkHhWUKOU
I'd love to see this technology developed and distributed by the community... Wouldn't you? Feedback required on this one, if you don't mind. Thanks!
Having poked around for workable hydrogen solutions for a few months, I've found a few people around the world who have achieved varying levels of success using this incredibly abundant fuel source (Hydrogen is thought to be the most abundant chemical element in the universe, representing roughly 75% of the universe's elemental chemicals).
First we'll take a look at the HHO (oxyhdrogen or "Brown's Gas") car-kits that are available online for converting vehicles to a hybrid state. These kits utilize electrolytic cells to break 2 h2o apart into h2 and o2 for combustion, while the car is running. When 2 h2 and o2 are combusted, the result is energy and 2 h2o. Since most engines are designed to handle h2o as a biproduct of combustion, this seems perfectly reasonable. These kits do not attempt to fully replace fossil fuels in your vehicles engine, but merely supplement them (which does mean that your vehicle's computer will need to be adjusted to accept a different fuel - air mixture than what it would normally operate at), and are available for purchase online or can be created by following some of the DIY instructions also available online.
Purchase HHO kits:
http://www.geshho.com/
http://www.water4gasstore.com/product-p/mjss001.htm
DIY Instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRuYjDs2rFw&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt8wtOkUukQ&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bED2Z_wdISg&feature=relmfu
But not everyone is working towards a hybrid solution... In fact, there is already a working hydrogen (only) powered motorcycle developed by Intellegent Energy (http://www.intelligent-energy.com/). This company is now partnering with The Suzuki Motor Corporation, Lotus Engineering and PSA Peugeot Citroën, in order to integrate their fuel cell systems into new vehicles. Hydrogen power appears to be the future, and most people seem unaware that this transition is happening as we speak.
Oh, but don't be fooled... It seems anyone can get in on this game! There are people out there continuing work on the DIY method who appear to have reached some amount of success as well... Check out this video of a truck that has been converted to run entirely on hydrogen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjqkHhWUKOU
I'd love to see this technology developed and distributed by the community... Wouldn't you? Feedback required on this one, if you don't mind. Thanks!
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