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It
is easy to get involved on this issue
in your community.
Here are some ideas:
1. Help to encourage
your schools to GO Organic and Natural! Ask
your kid’s principals about introducing organic
milk or have an organic and natural day at school.
2. Join Children’s Health Environmental Coalition
and visit their website. They have lots of
information about toxins and their impact on kids.
www.checnet.org
3. Visit your local co-op or retailer and ask
about their organic and natural selections.
4. Go to some of the websites listed in the
"Live
Natural" section of this site
to learn about organic and natural issues.
This
year, the ONE Tour is brining you organic and
natural products that are better for the planet...
in
a way that is better for the planet.
How is that?
By making the ONE Tour climate-neutral.
It takes energy to fly and drive
ONE staff to events, transport gear, and to power
the ONE booth. And that energy use generates carbon
dioxide (CO2) pollution, the primary contributor
to global warming.
By helping to build a new wind
farm, ONE is keeping 38.4 tons of CO2 and other
pollutants out of the air. ONE is choosing to
fight global warming with NativeEnergy
and making the air cleaner and healthier for all
of us.
You can, too.
Want cleaner, healthier air?
Want to fight global warming?
We can help you make a choice
that's better for you and better for the planet
the choice to lead a climate-neutral lifestyle.
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Average car:
6 tons CO2 per year.
$72 to make it climate-neutral.
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With NativeEnergy, you
can offset your contribution to global warming
from driving your car, heating and powering your
home, or traveling.
With NativeEnergy, you
can help build a Native American owned and operated
wind farm, and reduce your share of CO2 pollution.
It's easy and it's good
for your health and the health of our planet.
To learn more and sign up, call
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Test Your Organic and Natural
I.Q.!
1)
Residue from pesticides currently banned in the
U.S. to show up in vegetables ____ years after
the final treatment.
2)
If every household replaced one bottle of 100oz.
ultra petroleum based laundry detergent with an
equal amount of vegetable based product, we could
save 200,000 barrels of oil, enough to heat and
cool ____ U.S. homes for one year.
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a) 14,000 |
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b) 114 |
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c) 11,400 |
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d) 14 |
3)
Although smaller in size, organic oranges contain
up to ____% more Vitamin C than conventional oranges.
4)
Organic farming is practiced in approximately
____ countries around the world.
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a) 25 |
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b) 10 |
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c) 100 |
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d) 125 |
5)
Organic farms use ____% less energy over the long
run (15 years) than conventional farms.
6)
Every household in the U.S. would save ____ trees
if they replaced just one 12-roll package of 400-sheet
virgin fiber bathroom tissue with one equal package
of 100% recycled rolls.
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a) 40,000 |
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b) 400,000 |
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c) 40,000,000 |
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d) 4,490,000 |
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1)
C |
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2)
B |
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3)
C |
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4)
C |
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5)
A |
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6)
D |
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