Harabara helps businesses go green. HaraBara Lite helps everyone else. HaraBara is run by old guys. They will be mostly dead before our environmental problems wreck the Earth much more. HaraBara Lite is run by young people, who know they will have to live with the world we are making for many, many years. Old people say young people are green in more ways than one. We have to raise the consciousness of a generation and try to make something we can be proud of.

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  • How Green is a 100% cotton T shirt?

    T-shirts are usually made from 100 percent cotton but may also contain a percentage of synthetic fibers such as polyester to reduce shrinkage or boost stability. The detrimental environmental impact of T-shirts is rooted in the farming of conventional cotton, considered to be the world's most pesticide-intensive crop. While only 2.4 percent of farmland worldwide is dedicated to cotton, it accounts for 24 percent of global insecticide sales.

  • Why Use Recycled Office Paper?

    Using 100% recycled paper instead of paper from virgin pulp saves more than 5 lb of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases for each ream of paper. That's more than the paper itself weighs!

  • Is Your Lunch Causing Global Warming?

    Yes. The food system is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Start using shorter showers using a shower timer

    Do you find yourself showering yourself wrinkly? If so, your shower habits may be driving up your monthly water heating bill, two-thirds of which goes toward that hot water used to rinse awake every day. Slow the flow by using a shower timer—you’ll save 15 to 20 gallons of water per shower, and 350 pounds of annual CO emissions, too.

  • How Green is the Bottled water?

    American consumers have a love affair with bottled water. In 2006, US consumers bought 2.6 billion cases of bottled water, spending $15 billion, according to Beverage Digest''.

  • A couple spent three months collecting and recycling litter to pay for their honeymoon flights.

    A couple from Hampshire paid for their honeymoon by recycling waste for three months, reports the BBC.

    John and Ann Till took cans and bottles to the recycling center at their local Tesco in a bid to amass enough air miles to fly business class to America.

  • Paper is essential for kids so let’s use it the right way!

    Most of the kids use paper for taking notes, writing papers, and making airplanes. But that doesn't mean that you can't take steps to reduce your paper consumption! The first steps you can take are:

    - Buy products with the highest percentage of post-consumer recycled content possible, that is processed chlorine free (PCF) for printers and recycled notebooks for use in school.

    - Then, use these products to their maximum efficiency by:

    o Printing on both sides of the paper
    o Using paper already printed on one side for drafts

  • Let’s have a Green Back to School!

    Once we are back to school, most of us will be faced with the reality that getting ready to go back to school requires a lot of stuff -- school supplies, clothes, backpacks, etc. and sometimes a lot of money-- but what we generally forget is that it doesn't always require new stuff.

  • The easiest ways to save energy when you don’t work!

    For many people, a computer is the central tool at work. Optimizing the energy settings for computers and other devices can be a relevant energy saver.

    These are the easiest ways you can do that:

    - Set computers to energy-saving settings and make sure to shut them down when you leave for the day (“standby” settings will continue to draw power even when not in use).

    - Turn off the whole desktop setup at once by plugging hardware into a power strip with an on/off switch.

    - Unplug peripherals that are only used occasionally like printers, scanners, and other until they’re needed.

  • Did you know that slowing down on the road helps you go green?

    In fact, slowing down on the road helps you go green because:

    * Fuel consumption increases dramatically once you exceed 60 miles per hour. Obeying the speed limit or slowing down conserves fuel and emits fewer pollutants into the atmosphere. Driving conservatively is also a safer option for you and fellow motorists.

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