Annual Consumption
Refers to the annual amount of utility consumption by consumer or business; electricity is measure in kilowatt-hours (kWh); water is measures in gallons (gals).; home heating fuel is measure in gallons (for liquid fuel) and BTU for natural gas fuel. This information can be acquired from your utility and energy providers.

Bio-Fuels
Fuels made from living organism; plant (cellulose) biomass resources. Fuels that include ethanol (primarily corn), methanol (distilled wood), and bio-diesel (made from soy, switch grass or used vegetable oil).

Cap & Trade
The continual decrease of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide in a cost-effective manner.
Large-scale companies (polluters) will have a limit on the amount of greenhouse gas that it can produce. The company must have an “emissions permit” for every ton of carbon dioxide it releases into the atmosphere. These permits set an enforceable cap, on the amount of greenhouse gas pollution that the company is permitted to emit.

#6 On average, a city’s primary sources of litter are generated from:
Trucks with uncovered or unsecured loads on local roads and highways.
Pedestrians or cyclists who do not use the trash receptacles.
Motorists who do not use car ashtrays or litterbags.
Business dumpsters that are improperly covered.

#7 Urban cities sources of litter also include;

Loading docks and commercial or recreational marinas with inadequate waste receptacles.
Construction and demolition sites without tarps and receptacles to contain debris and waste.
Household trash scattered before or during collection.

#8 According to static’s Debris on roadways nationwide causes and average of 25,000 accidents each year and more than 80 fatalities.
Accidents and slowdowns due to road debris also cause delays and increase the time we spend stuck in traffic.

#9 Did you know that littering could cost drivers and their passengers a misdemeanor fine of $500 and up to 60 days in jail in some American states?
Think about it. The fast food that cost you $5 could end up costing you $500 dollars when you toss that bag out the window. Isn’t it easier to simply find a trash can?

#10 Littering is not only unsightly, it can cause environmental and health problems. Cigarette butts, for example, contain toxic chemicals that can end up in storm drains and contaminate our water systems. Trash and other items falling from unsecured loads can cause serious traffic accidents. BE wise, do not litter.

Finally, “change the way you look at things – the things you look at will change”

Smart Life Information

Simplify Your Life

To simplify your life can mean, learn to live more with less!
De-clutter your home and Reprogram your life.
Make a commitment to eat quality foods and exercise.

Fill your life with people you love and those who love you.
And above all, honor a Sabbath to rest, restore and rejuvenate you and your life.

Fine More Smart Living at ValderBeebeShow.com select “Smart Living”

I was honored to speak with the legendary Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau. She and I briefly talked of our passion for planet earth. Her championing cause is her legacy of earth’s water.

Visit: Alexandra Cousteau to learn more about Disani teaming up with Alexandra for Blue Planet. You will be amazed at their passion for earth.
Blue Legacy is an initiative started in 2008 by Alexandra Cousteau. The mission of Blue Legacy is to tell the story of our water planet to the world, to inspire people to take action on critical water issues in meaningful ways and to help shape society’s dialogue to include water as one of the defining issues of our century and the primary vehicle through which climate change will be felt.

Listen to Valder’s interview on http://www.valderbeebeshow.com with the “winnings musher in the world” Jeff King talk about
TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing Fridays at 8PM ET/PT, follows mushers and their sled dog teams across 1,150 miles of rugged terrain as they take on Mother Nature – and each other – in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

TOPIC:DISCOVERY CHANNEL WORLD PREMIERE SERIES GIVES VIEWERS AN INSIDE LOOK AT ONE OF THE – TOUGHEST RACES ON EARTH the TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing Fridays at 8PM ET/PT,

Competition from Anchorage to Nome Alaska. Through dense forests, over mountain ranges and across frozen rivers and isolated tundra in the wilds of Alaska – Discovery Channel was there to chronicle one of the most demanding competitions in the world though the eyes of the men and women who dared to take on the monumental challenge.

TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, airing Fridays at 8PM ET/PT, follows mushers and their sled dog teams across 1,150 miles of rugged terrain as they take on Mother Nature – and each other – in The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

For TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD, Discovery Channel followed seven mushers and their dog teams – both race rookies and race legends.

Some are hoping to win while others are just hoping to finish. To scratch – or drop out of the competition – would be devastating for any musher who has put everything on the line for a chance to compete, including personal finances.

To be sustainable, nature’s resources must be used at a rate at which they can be replenished naturally. Sustainability has become a controversial and complex term that is applied in many different ways: to different levels of biological organization (e.g. wetlands, prairies, forests), human organization (e.g. ecovillages, eco-municipalities, sustainable cities) and human activities and disciplines (e.g. sustainable agriculture, sustainable architecture).