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Local celebrities, dunno if theyre A-list D-list or whatever, doing their bit for the environment at the Green Hollywood Tree Planting event back in 2009. Trees provide oxygen, absorb carbon and clean the air. Trees act as wind-breakers and regulate extreme weather conditions. Trees hold the soil together and provide shelter for a variety of birds, animals, and insects. But celebrities love

Gorgeous Luisana Lopilato, exposing a bit of her derrière in Ultimo lingerie, poses next to a Bergmann piano. The Bergmann line of pianos is manufactured by Young Chang. Owning a piano and keeping it in your house is said to increase the homes value. Playing the piano is said to stimulate the mind and it can help older people stay mentally active and delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Attractive Kiira Korpi from Finland wears Puma athletic shoes. Eighty-seven percent of the dust in our homes comes from our footwear. Shoes absorb soil, dust, pollen, from roads, grass, and pathways. But even dangerous chemicals in trace amounts, which are found everywhere, can be dragged into the home. These chemicals can then accumulate over time with the dust in the house. The solution is to

Spring cleaning is a good time to also carry out a checklist on home maintenance tasks. Many home service companies give pointers on why the change of seasons is the ideal time to carry out these essential services and repairs: before winter in October/November and before summer in March/April. Heating and cooling are the biggest consumers of energy in both seasons. Proper maintenance pointers,

Troian Bellisario poses on a rich field of grass in the February 2012 issue of Troix Magazine. She plays a wealthy girl named Spencer on the ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars, and says that she has some similarities with that character: "I relate to Spencer a lot because I grew up in a very wealthy family around a very wealthy group of people. My high school was a private school where you

Actress Olivia Wilde poses with a cigar in the April 2012 issue of British GQ. Right, Olivia Wilde smokes a cigarette in the privacy of her hotel room in Hawaii last year. Smoking statistics show a steady decline of this life-threatening habit, but too slow to be eliminated completely. Herbal cigarettes are used in the movie business but for those addicted to smoking, electronic cigarettes are a

Analogue landline phones, which plug straight into a jack-point and dont require mains power, are still useful according to Sony. Despite the growing cellular networks and VoIP (Voice over Internet protocol) service, Sony says that landlines are often available at cheaper operational costs than wireless phones. Since there are plenty of old copper wire laid out in the infrastructure for the

If you regularly check tire performance and keept it to the proper inflation, it improves the fuel economy of your vehicle and the durability of the tire, helping the environemnt and your finances. Tires are actually petrochemical products, and it takes 22 gallons of oil to make a new truck tire. Recycling tires, by adding on new treads to the old casing, is environmentally beneficial because it

Doing dishes is one the most mundane activities in the kitchen, but totally necessary for saving yourself from bacterial infections. The best technological solution to this mundane time-consuming task was the dishwasher - a highly efficient, computerized gadget. In further advances we may soon see a dishwasher that only runs when electricity is at its cheapest. But even the dishwasher needs to be

Despite objections from the chemical industry the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised the acceptable levels of dioxin exposure to human health to 0.7 picograms of dioxins per kilogram of body weight per day. This is more exacting than the EPAs previous broad range of 0.5–3 picograms, and way lower than the World Health Organization’s daily limit of roughly 2.3 picograms. The EPA

Agriculture has a massive impact on the environment, particularly in the mechanized farms of the United States, where acres of natural grasslands and forests were torn down or burnt to make way for farms over the past few centuries. Another issue is the use of farmland in producing biofuels instead of foodgrain. Agri pulse reports on the 2012 Farm Bill and its impact on the conservation of the

Two climate scientists from the University of Victoria in Canada, Andrew Weaver and Neil Swart, identified coal burning power plants as a major contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions that are trapping heat in the atmosphere. Environment Canada department notes that two-thirds of coal power plants, would near the end of their economic life by 2025. Mike Beale, an assistant deputy minister at

People love pets and treat them as their own children. Brad Weston, chief merchandising officer for pet-products retailer Petco, tells USA Today: "Pets are increasingly thought of as family members, so not only are we willing to dig deeper into our pockets for our pets, the choices we make for them are a direct reflection of our personal preferences, values and ideals." A large pet population

Weve always known that being in green surroundings makes people happy and reduces depression. Greenery cleans our air of pollutants like carbon monoxide, lead, and nitrogen dioxide. Greenery also preserves water sources. But it can also reduce health care costs. A report in the publication A Healthy Dose of Green: A prescription for a healthy population released by Trees Ontario, states that

Creatives new HN-900 noise canceling headphones (not pictured) are available for $99.99 and include an integrated microphone for making cell phone calls. It also has a switch for convenient one-click voice communication on the iPhone. Creative claims that the headphones reduce ambient noise by up to 85 percent. One AAA battery gives 40 hours of noise canceling power.

Aussie actress Sophie Monk checks out a new Ferrari. The reason people stay away from electric vehicles (EV) is that their traditional lithium ion battery requires frequent charging. A new car battery in the works will give EVs a greater range. The lithium-air cell battery will allow a car to run 800 km without requiring a recharge! While traditional lithium ion battery uses metal oxides in the

Pretty actress Minka Kelly is dating baseball player Derek Jeter but she is a long time dog lover....seen here with her 5-year-old cockapoo Chewbacca in Health magazine. Minka told the mag that playing outdoors with her dog is one of the way she tackles stress: "I run to my dad, and he talks me through it. I do outdoor stuff with my dog. And I also write in my journal. Writing it all down is the

Daily meat eating is bad for the environment and strikingly attractive actress Olivia Wilde tells Womens Health magazine how little changes to your diet can make a big difference. "When you eat meat often, the stuff that you eat with it usually contributes to the fat content of the meal," says Olivia. So she suggests not having meat on Mondays. "Its healthier for you, healthier for the planet."

The Amazon rain forest covers an area around 25 times the size of the UK and in a normal year absorbs an estimated 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The rainforest is called "the lungs of the world" or "the worlds carbon sink" because of all the greenhouse gases they absorb. But now the Telegraph reports that a drought in 2010-11 killed off many of those valuable trees and could turn the

Josie Maran has some new Eco-friendly makeup products based on her signature 100 percent organic Argan Oil, which contains plenty of vitamin E and essential fatty acids to keep your skin hydrated and prevent inflammation:Josie Marans Argan Illuminizer is a skin brightener that reduces dark circles under the eyes.Argan Eye Love You Too Palette is an eyeshadow product.Josie Maran Argan Concealer