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While recycling itself is a worthwhile endeavor, when intertwined with charitable organizations, its power for good is taken to far greater heights.

A perfect example has been under way in St. Petersburg, Fla., for several years now. By picking up used paper donated by various companies and eventually hauling it to a local paper company, a developmental training program is helping build better lives for its mentally handicapped trainees.

“It’s really been exciting — much more far-reaching than we ever expected,” said Kathy Roegiers, manager of the local Goodwill Industries’ program. “It has allowed our trainees to be more a part of the community, rather than a burden, which is the ultimate goal for our program.”

When the recycling idea was first conceived, most paper companies told Goodwill that the amount of paper was too small for them to deal with, Roegiers said. However, one local paper company said it would start referring ..

Source: earth news

The worldwide energy systems are not sustainable! The economies of industrial countries, as well as the economies of rapidly developing third-world countries, are completely dependent on fossil fuels, specifically coal, oil and natural gas.

Coal, oil and natural gas are non-renewable natural resources that we will exhaust one day. In fact many predictions made decades ago stated that these natural resources would even be in short supply by the year 2000.

Now, as we know, that gloomy scenario hasn’t materialized. However, many who have followed this situation closely for decades believed that they would have witnessed the transition to renewable energy resources - away from the dependence on fossil fuels - by now.

The solution now is to wean ourselves quickly off of fossil fuels as there are new alternatives. We can use energy much more efficiently, reducing our energy consumption overall and slowing the depletion of ..

Source: Solar