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BLOG ACTION DAY…Save the Earth

“We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children. “

Antoine de saint-Exubery

BLOG ACTION DAY

SAVE THE EARTH…Environment issues that are hurting the Earth.

Raising concerns related to the earth are gaining ground; the more voices that are heard, the better. What better way to additionally spread the message than blogging. Given the reach of the net, it’s time to ‘get involved’ in the Blog Action Day on 15th October 2007. The bigger the involvement; the greater the impact.

Speaking from the kitchen, I have to say that I have always believed in home-made stuff to a very large extent. Though it is primarily due to nutrition and health factors, it is also a personal effort to ‘Save the Earth’. In my little way, I believe this cuts down on packaging materials, transportation costs, storage costs etc…. each bit goes a long way!

A point that has stuck in my mind for a while is about an article on ‘Bottled Water’ that I read some time back in the newspapers. Though I haven’t been able to locate the paper, I have found the gist of the article on the web, and quote it below to share it with you. Unless there are environment contamination factors or health factors involved, I am sure we would all agree that saying NO to bottled water would positively impact our burdened Earth, and is quite achievable. Do give this a read…and thought!! Thank You!!

Quote…

BOTTLED WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

People must think about all the unnecessary energy costs that go into making a bottle of water, says Peter Gleick, an expert on water policy and director of a think tank called the Pacific Institute, based in Oakland, California, the United States.

The Earth Policy Institute has estimated that, making the plastic for the bottles needs about 1.5 million barrels of oil, which is enough to fuel 100,000 cars a year. Nearly 90% of the bottles are not recycled.Peter Gleick presents a simple way to visualise the average cost of energy for the whole exercise – to make the plastic, process and fill the bottle, transport bottled water to market and then deal with the waste: “It would be like filling up a quarter of every bottle with oil.”One of the easiest ways, he suggests, for the people to cut the enormous costs in making bottled water is to is to drink tapped water. A filter can be used if one does not like the taste of tapped water.”…Unquote

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

6 Comments

  • Missladybug

    Excellent post. And a very current, good cause as well. I’m so glad to give you the award…and your note in return was so sweet. I always have wanted to visit India…so someday! At least I get to try to adapt as best as I can the food from your website. Take care…

  • PASSIONATE BAKER....and beyond.

    Have checked out the carbon footprint map…unfort don’t live in the US. Buth some states look pretty bleak! Shudder to thin what our footprint would look like if they mapped us…

  • TOM DISOUZA

    Pages of many web site contains global warming pictures. But that pictures not give enough information of global warming. Global Warming myth is very deep ozone has doubled since the mid-19th century due to chemical emissions from vehicles, industrial processes and the burning of forests, the British climate researchers wrote.

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