Apa sih Global Warming ? - June

Picture taken from www.gwll.org.uk
SAVE ELECTRICITY

DID YOU KNOW ?
40% of your home's electronic energy is used while your electronic device are turned off, adding up to 10% of your electric bill ?
This is caused by 'phantom power' sucking electricity from the wall socket.
Many electronic devices, appliances, power tools, cell phone chargers, and other gadgets draw power even when they're on standby, switched off or not in use, just being plugged in.

HOW DO YOU SAVE ?
Unplug devices when not in use or plug all devices into a power strip, then turn off the power strip with a single switch.

Apa sih Global Warming ? - May

Picture taken from www.bwog.net
Save the Trees :
Use Less Paper Products !!!

Paper Manufacturing is the 3rd largest user of fossil fuels worldwide.

7 Million Trees cut down every year just to make disposable tissues.

On average, a person uses 6 tissues a day, 2.200 a year.

Use 1 less tissue a day, save 430.000.000 kg of paper waste.

8.000.000.000 ATM receipts a year = more than 608.000.000 meters of paper = circling the earth more than 15 times.

An average family uses 6 trees worth of paper a year.

6 rims of A4 paper = recycling 54 kg of newspaper = 1 tree

GIVE TREES A CHANCE !!!
How can you help ? :
- print both sides ?
- print only what's needed
- use paper only when needed
- reuse & recycle papers
- use less gift wrappings

Apa sih Global Warming ? - April

Picture taken from www.ikea.com
PLANT A TREE !!!

Half the world's forests have already been cleared or burned, and 80% of the remaining have been seriously degraded. HElp reduce global warming!, Planting trees is the most effective and one of the cheapest ways for you to help balance the CO2 you generate daily. WHY SHOULD YOU PLANT A TREE ?
A single tree absorbs about 1 ton of CO2 during its lifetime, provides shade and releases water vapor, lowering air temperature and cooling the earth surface. Every tree reduces the greenhouse effect by giving off oxygen during photosynthesis and absorbing up to 60% of CO2 and other air pollutants.
Every tree provides oxygen enough for 3 people to breath. A tree reduces topsoil erosion by capturing rainfall in its crown to slow down water run-off. Trees in forests store 50% of the world's carbon. Trees also reduce 50% of urban noise pollution by acting as a buffer.

Apa sih Global Warming ? - March

Stop Littering !!!

it SMELLS, DIRTIES & HARMS the environment, it CLOGS the drains & water systems, it causes FLOODING, flooding carries DISEASES, diseases causes SICKNESS, sickness causes DEATH.

ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT LITTER !!!

Apa sih Global Warming ? - Februari

Picture taken from www.wvwd.com
It takes :
- Up to 12 years for Cigarette butts to biodegrade
- 10 - 20 years for plastic bags to biodegrade
- Up to 100 years for styrofoam cups to biodegrade
- 50 - 100 years for aluminum and tin cans to biodegrade
- Up to 450 years for soda cans plastic carriers to biodegrade
- 500 - 800 years for diapers & sanitary pads to biodegrade

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE !!! ( 3 R's )

Apa sih Global Warming ? - Januari

Earth relies on natural greenhouse gases to keep warm to support life. Now the earth is dying from Global Warming because of rapidly rising temperature caused by too much CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) in the atmosphere.
CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING :

1) excess release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases from BURNING FOSSIL FUEL, NATURAL GAS, COAL, OIL AND GASOLINE BY POWER PLANTS, AUTOMOBILES, FACTORIES, AND OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
2) excess release of methane and nitrous oxide by EXTENSIVE LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURE AND FACTORING FARMING.
3) deforestation by NON-SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL MASS CUTTING DOWN OF FOREST TREES, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TREES NOW TO REPLACE CO2 WITH OXYGEN.
4) population growth by INCREASING AND CONTINUAL HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT RELEASES EVEN MORE GREENHOUSE GASES.

EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING :
1. Melting of polar ice glaciers
CAUSES INCREASING NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES; RAISES SEA LEVELS FLOODING COASTAL REGIONS AND CONTAMINATING FRESH WATER SUPPLIES.
2. Significant changes in wind patterns, weather patterns, and climate.
INFLUENCES THE LENGTH OF SEASONS; CAUSES MORE OCCURING FLOODS, PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND DEATH DUE TO MORE FREQUENT HEAVY RAINFALLS, FIERCE STORMS, HURRICANE, TORNADOES, AND TYPHOONS.
3. Increased CO2
CAUSES MORE ACIDIC SEAWATER THREATENING THE SURVIVAL OF FISH, CORAL REEFS, AMD PLANKTONS; CAUSES RAPID INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE.
4. Increased air temperature
CAUSES REDUCED AGRICULTURAL YIELDS, HUNGER, AND EXTINCTION OF MANY ENDANGERED PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES DUE TO CHANGED HABITATS; CAUSES HEAT WAVE, FIRES, DROUGHT, AND WATER SCARCITY; CAUSES DESERTS TO EXPAND AND SNOW TO DISAPPEAR IN MOST PLACES; EXPANDS THE RANGE AND BREEDING GROUNDS OF DISEASES CARRIED BY ANIMALS AND INSECTS, INCREASING WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF DISEASES AND DEATH.

Apa sih Global Warming ?

Ngga ketinggalan kan kalo saya bicara soal Global Warming sekarang2 ini ? Ceritanya saya dapet kalender meja dari TIKI. Tiki Titipan Kilat. Secara perusahaan adalah pengguna jasa layanan kirim pake TIKI. Trus saya amati kalender TIKI ini, dibawahnya tercetak : Printed on recyclable & unfinished paper. Easel made from recycled paper & bamboo (sustainable material). Wow keren juga...Didepannya tertulis "TIKI goes Green". Setiap bulannya disebutkan causes of global warming. Mau tahu apa aja ?
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Tas lagi

Liburan kemarin ngga ada acara keluar, jadi acara utamanya yaaa bikin tas lagi deh. Mau tahu tas-tas yang udah dibuat sama saya ? Langsung deh meluncur ke handmade-bag

Hore...Paket dari Amazon sudah datang

Tgl. 27 November kemarin saya ada order ke Amazon berupa 1 buah buku yang isinya tentang Pembuatan Tas dengan bermacam model, namanya : Fat-Quarter Bag with M'Liss Rae Hawley. Saya beli buku ini karena pada dasarnya saya hobby bikin tas sendiri. Dan lagi beli buku ini ngga ngeluarin kocek sendiri alias ditukar dengan hasil saya sebagai affiliatenya Amazon. Memang belum seberapa, tapi senangnya bukan main. Saya tukar pendapatan saya itu dengan Gift Certificate (GC). 2 Bulan dapat 2 GC.
Setiap GC dikirim bila sudah mencapai $10. Jadi 2 GC itu saya jadikan alat pembayaran untuk membeli buku ini. Untuk mencukupi GC tersebut, saya pakai International Shipping yang paling murah, yaaaa semurah-murahnya, tetap aja mahal ya kalo di kurs kan ke dollar sekarang. Hehehe...Tapi ngga apa-apa deh.
Dari tgl. 27 Nov order diperkirakan sampai ke alamat kantor 1 bulanan gitu. Eh ngga tahunya tadi Pak Pos kirim, biaya kirim cuma di charge 3 ribu rupiah saja. Makasih pak pos.
Wah...saya jd tambah semangat nih untuk membuat tas-tas buatan sendiri, nantinya kalo sudah jadi mau saya muat di blog saya yang lain : stitch-handmade-bag.

Nanti saya foto ya bukunya dan bukti pengiriman dari Amazon.com

Tidak sia-sia juga terima kasih kepada Ahira yang telah membimbing saya di Asian Brain hingga bisa menjadi seorang affiliate dan mengerti internet marketing.
Dan terima kasih pula kepada Mas Isnaini yang membolehkan saya mendownload template blogspotnya.

Paypal in bahasa Indonesia

Sekarang Paypal ada versi bahasa Indonesia-nya. Jadi lebih mudah dimengerti dan tentunya jadi lebih cepat klak-klik nya. Caranya : klik scroll-down untuk memilih bahasa Indonesia pada pojok kanan atas. Voila!!! Sudah berubah deh menjadi bahasa Indonesia.
Thanks Paypal.