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Solar energy facts for kids in New Zealand are considered unnecessary by some. When winter hovers over New Zealand, it may seem that day after day is cloudy and grey – especially in some parts of New Zealand. On such days, it is difficult to imagine that solar energy could supply enough electricity for a New Zealand home. Most areas of New Zealand, however, have plenty of solar energy that can be harnessed.

Solar energy can be calculated with a map such as the one on the Sun Wize website. This is called a world solar insolation map. "Insolation" means it is exposed to the sun's rays. The map shows how many hours of each day a country is exposed to the sun's rays - in the worst month of the year. In other words, the map shows how much solar energy the country gets each day.

When you find New Zealand on a world solar insolation map, you will see that most of the country gets between 3 and 5 hours of solar energy each day. Remember that 3 to 5 hours is the amount of solar energy in the worst month! On average, counting good and bad days, New Zealand gets approximately 2000 hours of bright sunshine each year.

Solar Energy Facts for Kids

Solar energy facts for kids might include many things, depending on the age of the children involved. A small child of 6 years might understand only simple concepts such as the heat generated by solar energy. Older children of 14 to 17 can grasp the technology of solar panels and generators, and how they convert solar energy to electrical power.

We will not attempt to sort the following facts by age or importance, but simply present them as a collection of ideas to be explored.

* In New Zealand, a solar energy water heating system can save as much as 75 per cent of your family's water heating costs.

* The word "photovoltaic" comes 2 words. "Photo" refers to light and "voltaic" refers to electricity. A photovoltaic array system changes solar energy collected from sunlight into electricity.

* Cover the roofs of every New Zealand home in photovoltaic (PV) panels, and together they would convert enough solar energy into power each year to supply more than 25 per cent of New Zealand's needed electricity.

* Solar energy can provide the total electricity needed by a normal three bedroom New Zealand home that is energy efficient.

* Solar energy is quiet, easy to install, and needs little upkeep from the New Zealand home owner.

* Any New Zealand child can, with a little help, build a solar energy stove to cook a small banger.

* Solar energy has been used for many years by New Zealand mums to dry clothing outdoors.

* Germany, a country that is much cloudier than New Zealand, converts solar energy into electricity more than any other country does.

* Solar energy is greater than you might think on cloudy days, since the sunlight that gets through reflects off the bottoms of the clouds.

* Solar energy can turn ocean water into healthy drinking water.

* Solar energy can be used on boats and ships around New Zealand.

* Solar energy is absolutely free to New Zealanders. No other country can charge money for it.

Suggestion for New Zealand teachers: Have a contest to see which group of students can discover the most solar energy facts for kids. Younger children will have fun simply listing solar energy facts for kids. Older students might be required to expand each discovery statement.

Disclaimer: The author receives no compensation from any company mentioned in this article. The information is presented solely for educational purposes.

Swiss Knives Express offers a free knife if you send in a Swiss Army knife story that gets published or used on their website. Here are some of the interesting stories and uses that people have for Swiss Army knives. See Part 1 for previous stories.

Story 4 – M. Bourgeois from Idaho Falls, ID

One Christmas I gave each of my two girls a "Miss A" knife. You've probably seen these things – pink and purple, with lots of girl "tools". I was hoping the girlies, ages 13 and 11, would think the knives were fun and maybe somewhat useful. As any dad could have told you, I was destined to be wrong. My girls are never ungrateful, but the "Miss A" knives were greeted in a most unenthusiastic way. It turns out the girls thought they were ready for a "real" Swiss Army knife. These little cutsie knives just did not cut it. Indeed, they felt a little insulted! So, we discussed what they liked and wanted in a knife and decided on a couple of Victorinox Hunstman Pluses. They've been happy ever since – cleaning fish, sawing branches for walking sticks, and using their real knives for whatever else comes up. I was happy the Swiss Army knives got me out of that jam!

Story 5 – P. Haynes, Ozark, MO

I've been carrying a Victorinox Tinker for almost 15 years. I can't say it has saved my life (yet) but it has definitely made things a lot easier. Like the time a friend and I were driving a rust bucket 1980 Chevy truck through rural Kansas. It was 3:00 AM and we were probably 20 miles from ANYTHING and the truck quits running. My friend was a mechanic but the only tool in the truck was a rusty pair of pliers. Thankfully I had my Tinker in my pocket. He messed around with the carburetor and we were back on the road in about 10 minutes.

Story 6 – P. Laurence from Toledo, OH

I got my first Swiss Army knife a month ago because I heard they were invaluable for use in everyday life. I chose a Victorinox Huntsman. My friends were right. They are useful tools. I use the scissors to open boxes and the screwdriver to drive screws. I'll definitely order some more Swiss Army knives, maybe even some for the family.

Story 7 – J. Schmidt from Blair, NE

I have carried a Classic Swiss Army knife for about 25 years. The first one I had was the original red. After about 15 years the inset metal emblem fell out, but I still carried it because it was still good for a lot of things from opening cardboard boxes to fixing my watch. I currently have about 20 various models and I have never been disappointed in the quality or versatility.

Story 8 – F. Porzelt from Glen Ellyn, IL

I have carried Swiss Army knives daily for over 20 years. I have a small one on my keychain and carry a larger one in my pocket. I have used them at work for everything from opening packages to repairing printers to cutting up pizza for lunch. They are used regularly at home for applications ranging from tightening kitchen cabinet hinges to opening cans and bottles. The most fun, however, is outdoors use such as whittling, making kindling for fires and trimming small branches with the saw. The knives are so solidly built that they work as well now as when I first got them. There are so many uses I can't see how I could ever get along without a Swiss Army knife!

BAGHDAD, May 13 — About 4,000 American ground troops supported by surveillance aircraft, attack helicopters and spy satellites swept towns and farmland south of Baghdad today searching for three American soldiers who disappeared on Saturday after their patrol was ambushed, military officials said.


The Reach of War

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The Islamic State of , an insurgent umbrella group, claimed responsibility today for the attack, which killed four American soldiers and an Iraqi Army soldier, and it said it had captured the three missing Americans. The group offered no proof for its claim.

The search for the three soldiers continued as violence flared anew in Iraq. At least 55 people were killed and 155 wounded in two vehicle bombings, one against the offices of a leading Kurdish political party in a contested region of northern Iraq and the other in a market in Shiite-dominated eastern Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.

The ambush of the Americans on Saturday morning occurred near Mahmudiya, a farming town south of the capital that has been a battleground between Sunni Arab insurgents, Shiite militias and Iraqi and American security forces.

Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, an American military spokesman in Baghdad, said today that three of the American soldiers killed in the attack had been identified, but that “we’re still going through the process of identifying” the fourth, suggesting that the soldier had been seriously disfigured. American officials said the soldiers were traveling in two vehicles, which burst into flames during the ambush.

The attack, and the disappearance of the soldiers, come at a critical time in the American engagement in Iraq. President Bush has ordered the deployment of about 30,000 additional American troops to Iraq and has insisted that the country can be pacified, given enough time and persistent American involvement. But the increase in American troops comes as public and Congressional support for American involvement in Iraq has waned.

American military officials said they were sparing no resources in their search for the missing soldiers.

“Everybody is fully engaged; the commanders are intimately focused on this,” Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV said at a news conference with reporters from the Iraqi news media, according to The Associated Press. He said the searchers were using “every asset we have from national assets to tactical assets.”

Two American soldiers were kidnapped last June after their unit was ambushed near Mahmudiya. Their bodies were found days later, mutilated and booby-trapped.

The Islamic State of Iraq, which includes , posted its claims of responsibility on jihadist Web sites. “Clashes between your brothers in the Islamic State of Iraq and a Crusaders’ patrol in Mahmudiya, southern Baghdad province, has led to the killing and arresting of several of them,” the group’s message said.

The suicide attack in northern Iraq killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 115, according to Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Wagaa, an Iraqi Army commander in Mosul. It occurred just south of the border of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, in the town of Makhmur, which has a sizable Kurdish population.

In the attack, a man drove his explosives-laden car into the main gate of a compound that includes the offices of Makhmur’s mayor and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the organization led by Massoud Barzani, president of Kurdistan.

It was the second vehicle bombing in five days against Kurdish targets in northern Iraq, suggesting the beginning of a terrorist offensive against the Kurdish authorities.

The blast destroyed several buildings and houses, “many cars” and a gasoline station, according to Abdulrahman Belaf, the mayor of Makhmur, who was in his office at the time and was wounded in the attack. The town’s police chief died in the blast, officials said.

Makhmur falls within a region that the Kurdish authorities want to annex as part of an expanded Kurdistan. The Iraqi Constitution calls for a referendum before the end of year on whether a swath of territory in three northern Iraqi provinces, including the oil capital of Kirkuk, should become part of Kurdistan.

American and Iraqi officials say they expect a sharp rise in violence as the referendum nears, led mainly by Sunni Arab insurgents opposed to the expansion of Kurdistan’s borders.

Kurdish officials said today that they did not yet know who was responsible for the attack in Makhmur or whether it was related to an attack last week in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan, in which a truck loaded with explosives detonated in front of offices of the Kurdish regional government, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 70.

The Makhmur bombing was the deadliest attack of the day in Iraq today.

In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded at the Sadriya market in a predominantly Shiite quarter of eastern Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding 40, an official at the Interior Ministry said.

The neighborhood has been a repeated target of attacks in recent months. On April 18, at least 140 people were killed and 150 people were wounded when a bomb exploded in an informal bus station near the market. On Feb. 3, a truck bombing killed at least 137 people, wounded 305 and obliterated part of the market.

In another attack today, gunmen broke into a flour factory in the Uaireej region south of Baghdad and killed five people and wounded four, the Interior Ministry official said.

Reporting was contributed by Yerevan Adham from Erbil, Damien Cave and Wisam A. Habeeb from Baghdad, and an Iraqi employee of The New York Times from Mosul.

You hear about a natural weather disaster or other emergency almost everyday. And if something happened in your area, would you know how to find water for you and your family to drink? Next to air, water is the most important substance for human life. Over 60% of the adult human body is comprised of water. Having clean drinking water is something most people take for granted but in an emergency situation, the water in your tap may be contaminated. Knowing enough to avoid contaminated water could mean the difference between life and death. Here are some water safety facts you should know.

Sources of Contamination in Water

During an emergency listen to emergency broadcasts to know if common public water systems have been contaminated. For instance, a weather disaster such as a tornado, hurricane, or even an earthquake could upset the water system. Wait until you get some directions from emergency personnel before drinking tap water after an emergency. Sources of contamination in water from outside of the home come from micro-organisms and bacteria that normally cannot be seen with the eye. Gulping water out in the open could mean taking in contaminated water that contains dangerous or even deadly diseases or bacteria. The diseases or bacteria could incubate in your body from one day and up to several weeks before symptoms occur. Sometimes there won't be any symptoms or you could experience symptoms that include diarrhea, bloody stools, abdominal pain and cramping, nausea and vomiting, or fever.

Avoid This Water Altogether!

To avoid contracting sickness, bacteria, or disease from contaminated water do all you can to avoid drinking these sources of water.

- Waterbeds may not be in style anymore, but if you happen to have one, skip drinking the water in it. It could be filled with pesticides and other chemicals that prevent the growth of algae, fungi, and bacteria. If these chemicals are not in the water, the algae, fungi and bacteria will be so you still don't want this in your body.

- If you find a source of water that is cloudy and full of trash, avoid drinking it.

- Whenever you are not sure about the purity of water, be cautious and sterilize or purify the water before drinking it.

- Never use contaminated water to wash dishes, brush your teeth, wash and prepare food, wash your hands, make ice, or prepare baby formula. This is another way that contaminated water would get into your system.

- Totally avoid water with toxic chemicals or radioactive materials. Listen to emergency broadcasts to learn about these sources. Then avoid this source of water at all costs.

These are just some of the sources of potential contaminated water. Look for resources to give you more information. If you have a baby to care for, store an emergency supply of baby formula that does not need to have water added. To stay clean, look for an alcohol-based hand sanitizer to wash your hands. Without a doubt, clean water is the most important substance you need to survive during an emergency. If you don't get any other emergency supplies, be sure to organize your water sources and learn where to get your hands on clean, drinkable water if needed.

You hear about a natural weather disaster or other emergency almost everyday. And if something happened in your area, would you know how to find water for you and your family to drink? Next to air, water is the most important substance for human life. Over 60% of the adult human body is comprised of water. Having clean drinking water is something most people take for granted but in an emergency situation, the water in your tap may be contaminated. Knowing enough to avoid contaminated water could mean the difference between life and death. Here are some water safety facts you should know.

Sources of Contamination in Water

During an emergency listen to emergency broadcasts to know if common public water systems have been contaminated. For instance, a weather disaster such as a tornado, hurricane, or even an earthquake could upset the water system. Wait until you get some directions from emergency personnel before drinking tap water after an emergency. Sources of contamination in water from outside of the home come from micro-organisms and bacteria that normally cannot be seen with the eye. Gulping water out in the open could mean taking in contaminated water that contains dangerous or even deadly diseases or bacteria. The diseases or bacteria could incubate in your body from one day and up to several weeks before symptoms occur. Sometimes there won't be any symptoms or you could experience symptoms that include diarrhea, bloody stools, abdominal pain and cramping, nausea and vomiting, or fever.

Avoid This Water Altogether!

To avoid contracting sickness, bacteria, or disease from contaminated water do all you can to avoid drinking these sources of water.

- Waterbeds may not be in style anymore, but if you happen to have one, skip drinking the water in it. It could be filled with pesticides and other chemicals that prevent the growth of algae, fungi, and bacteria. If these chemicals are not in the water, the algae, fungi and bacteria will be so you still don't want this in your body.

- If you find a source of water that is cloudy and full of trash, avoid drinking it.

- Whenever you are not sure about the purity of water, be cautious and sterilize or purify the water before drinking it.

- Never use contaminated water to wash dishes, brush your teeth, wash and prepare food, wash your hands, make ice, or prepare baby formula. This is another way that contaminated water would get into your system.

- Totally avoid water with toxic chemicals or radioactive materials. Listen to emergency broadcasts to learn about these sources. Then avoid this source of water at all costs.

These are just some of the sources of potential contaminated water. Look for resources to give you more information. If you have a baby to care for, store an emergency supply of baby formula that does not need to have water added. To stay clean, look for an alcohol-based hand sanitizer to wash your hands. Without a doubt, clean water is the most important substance you need to survive during an emergency. If you don't get any other emergency supplies, be sure to organize your water sources and learn where to get your hands on clean, drinkable water if needed.

The arrival in Australia this month of Al Gore, the American Democrat ex Vice President, promoting his new documentary about the perils of climate change, has once again focused Australia's attention on our contempt for the environment and the related disastrous consequences that contempt will bring.

Sustainability or ESDBO (Environmentally Sustainable Design, Build and Operations) offers the ability for the individual or the organisation to mitigate these consequences, while noticeably improving inhabitant comfortability and contributing to the improved profitability of the organisation.

The core of the climate change issue is reducing our loads on Natural Capital. Natural Capital is those vital infrastructure items we cant do without to survive, yet we can't replicate in any way, shape or form.

We refer here to energy, air, water, earth, humans.
Remember the BIO-Sphere built in the early 90s in America.
$250 Million was spent in trying to replicate the earth's atmosphere while keeping 8 people alive! 8 people! After two years no human could survive in the atmosphere and the project stopped. A total failure.
As you can see, trying to keep 3 billion people alive in a controlled environment with our current knowledge and technology has proven impossible.
Unless we have buried our head in the sand we only have to notice our changing weather patterns and take even slight notice of the ongoing media coverage, to realise we have serious climatic issues we need to address immediately if we are to mitigate their impact on our lives.
But there is an upside to all of this and that is where sustainability becomes a saviour.
Sustainability is becoming the catch cry of the decade but is a smart catch cry. It is not jingoism but offers a logical and multi faceted practical panacea for the climatic issues, while at the same time providing numerous valuable benefits to your project, whether residential or commercial.
Aged Care, Retirement Villages and the Health arena in general benefits greatly from a sustainable approach.
To introduce practical sustainable outcomes into your project, whether it is through design, building or operations of new or refurbished facilities, requires an integrated, holistic and systemic approach.
Identifying sustainability as a focus parameter very early in the project is imperative for a successful result. That way successful and proven design, build and operational sustainable initiatives can be woven into the overall project concept, reducing the cost and increasing the effectiveness of these features.
Sustainability must be practical and of course cost effective or it will not be adopted as a parameter. No one is going to invest in sustainable practice if it takes 50 years to recoup the costs of that practice.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBSCD) says that sustainability is "a framework for innovation"

The DJSI (Dow Jones Sustainability Index) for companies who operate sustainably and adhere to validated sustainable principles had a 15.8% amalgamated return for the 5 years before 2001 and companies in the DJGI (Dow Jones Global Index) had an amalgamated return of 12.5% for the same period, (WBSCD 2003).

Smart business practice therefore demands a sustainable approach.
"Efficiency creates wealth" (WBSCD 2002)
"Inefficiency wastes money" (WBSCD 2002).
Sustainability does make smart business sense and that is why it has become an integral feature of the design, build and operations of modern facilities.

Commonwealth and State Legislation is now another reason for deciding on a sustainable outcome.
Section J of The BCA, implemented nationwide on 1st May 2006, now legislates that all new and refurbished buildings must comply with documented energy reduction requirements through design and operations. Each year the BCA will only get tougher in energy management as the loads on the diminishing amounts of natural capital increase. (e.g.: see petrol)
Within 2 years the BCA will enshrine water efficiency measures into Commonwealth legislation.
As the costs of "Natural Capital" increases in an attempt to reduce demand (the supply and demand capital economy) the project that has reduced their running costs through a sustainable approach will experience even greater cost savings benefits.
This will only improve their profit base!

While we are talking about the profitability and legislative impacts of a sustainable approach, it is important not to forget the great improvement in IEQ (Internal Environment Quality) including resident amenity. Another positive outcome from adopting an integrated sustainable philosophy.
The use of low or non toxic finishes, reduced building emissions, improved staff functionality and therefore a happier work environment, increased resident proximity to nature and the related healing improvements are only some of the resident benefits gained through a sustainable approach.

The reasons why we should adopt a sustainable approach in Aged and Health Care can be summarised as follows.

• Noticeably Improved environmental outcomes


• Reduced running costs due reduced infrastructure demands


• Greatly improved resident/patient amenity and comfortability


• Improved resident health by mimicking a natural environment (Biophillia)


• Improved operational functionality resulting in reduced staff absenteeism and greater productivity


• Increased staff caring time with residents


• Government legislation demands it.


• Promotes innovation


• Increased demand for your facility


• Improved marketability of your facility


• Improved quality of construction resulting in less maintenance costs


• Significantly improved profitability

The important thing to remember within sustainability is that it is not tokenism or idealistic "greenyism".

It must become a part of your company's philosophy. It is a necessary yet smart way to approach a project .It makes smart business sense.

To reduce running costs and environmental loads at the same time as improving profits while making your residents feel more loved and cared for in a healthier environment is the essence of sustainability.

Surely a win /win situation!!

The driving force behind the eco-radicals' fierce efforts to strangle the free market with environmental regulations is their virulent hatred for a free, prosperous economy. Yet behind this hatred is an even deeper one. To understand why they try to wreck our economy, you have to grasp the shocking fact that many eco-radicals hate the human race and Western civilization. They hate the fact that you, your family, your friends, and millions of other human beings live and prosper on this planet.

Most of us are naive about the environmental movement. We believe that when eco-radicals say we should "protect the environment," they mean we should protect it for people. What they really mean is that we should protect the environment against people. People are the enemy. Rats, swamps, and old-growth forests must be protected against you, your family, and the rest of the human race.

To confirm this, just watch nature programs on public television. In every program I've seen, human beings are depicted as the enemy. These programs portray humans as vicious, violent destroyers of birds, wildlife, forests, rivers, and oceans. Nature is seen as "pure," "fragile," and "innocent" (including child-eating hyenas and alligators). Environmentalists or their sympathizers create these programs, so the programs reflect the environmental movement's deepest attitudes toward the human race.

If environmental groups valued human life, they wouldn't try to cut our oil supplies by banning drilling in arctic wastelands or off the coast of Florida and California. They wouldn't ban the hunting of alligators that kill children. They wouldn't file lawsuits against housing developments that give people shelter, to protect kangaroo rats. They wouldn't have lobbied Congress to ban DDT, the pesticide that saved the lives of millions of people worldwide from malaria. They wouldn't ban logging in northwest forests to protect spotted owls, a ban that destroyed over 30,000 logging and sawmill workers' jobs.

Here's what one environmentalist had to say about loggers losing their jobs:

"Loggers losing their jobs because of Spotted Owl legislation is, in my eyes, no different than people being out of work after the furnaces of Dachau shut down."

In other words, forcing owls to move to another forest because you cut down trees they nest in is just as evil as murdering six million people in gas chambers. Owls are as important as six million human lives. If loggers unintentionally kill a few owls, they're as evil as the murderers who ran the Nazi gas chambers. Therefore, we should have no sympathy for loggers who lost their jobs.
Here's another quote:

"Somewhere along the line . . . we quit the contract and became a cancer. We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth . . . Until such time as Homo sapiens should decide to rejoin nature, some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along [emphasis added]."

In other words, this eco-radical wishes the human race to die out—for your family, your children, your friends to die, so that the "sacred" Earth will be free of the "plague" of human beings.

These are quotes by radical environmentalists. These quotes eloquently reveal the eco-radicals' utter hatred and contempt for the human race, and for human life and progress on this Earth. Are these the kind of sick people that we, and State and Congressional legislators should be listening to?

I knew that the environmental movement values swamps and kangaroo rats over human life, but I didn't realize how sick this movement really is until I read a shocking article in the New York Times. It seems that in Brazil, "endangered-species" regulations forbid hunting "protected" wildlife. This ban includes the dreaded jacaré and caiman, two Brazilian alligator species.

The jacaré is a vicious, prehistoric, man and child-eating monster who inhabits the Amazon River Basin. In the high-water season, alligators infest the riverbanks near where Mrs. Ramos lives. One evening in August, an eighteen-foot jacaré emerged from the lagoon to forage for food in waters flowing around the stilts of her house. The New York Times article described what happened to Mrs. Ramos's son:

"Gilson (Mrs. Ramos's 17-year-old son) went down to tie up his canoe," said Sidecley Conceicão Andrade, a barefoot, 12-year-old neighbor. "In the dark, he thought he grabbed the canoe, but it was the jacaré's tail. It took him away and ate him up."

Can you imagine the horror of being eaten alive by an alligator? Can you imagine the nightmares and searing pain Mrs. Ramos must feel when she thinks of her son? Well, Brazil's environmental regulations killed her son and hundreds of other innocent victims of alligator attacks.

Imagine that you lived in Florida and were the parents of a beautiful little girl. How would you feel if an alligator protected by the Endangered Species Act snatched your daughter and ate her alive? How would you like hearing your little girl crying for her mommy or daddy while the alligator ripped her to pieces? I apologize for describing such a horror in detail, but I want to bring home the real meaning of environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act. If you want to picture the essence of many eco-radicals' contempt for human life, just remember what the jacaré did to Mrs. Ramos's son.

Radical environmentalism and its strangling regulations threatens our health and our lives. But environmentalists can hurt us only because most of us have fallen for their propaganda. The problem is that we're a good-natured, but sometimes naive people. We give everyone the benefit of the doubt, including environmentalists. We think eco-radicals are normal human beings like we are, and couldn't possibly mean what they say. That's what the world thought about Hitler—people didn't believe what he said in his book, "Mein Kampf."

But we can't be naive any longer. We have to judge eco-radicals by their words, values, and actions, and recognize that the agenda of too many environmentalists is evil. The only way to stop them is to de-fang them, to take away their power, to repeal most environmental regulations and abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.

We have really improved our world technologically in the past, and innovation continues to rise as researchers and scientists continue to create more and more labor-saving, entertaining and working devices. Unfortunately, as our technological world expands we have also created a need to keep up with it all. Therefore, as we move on from the sciences of yesterday to the next big thing, loads and loads of electronic waste emerge. From computers to mobile phones, I pods, mp3 players, laptops, adapters, digital cameras and much, much more, everything is constantly being improved and customized. It seems as if the electronic market has become more competitive than ever, as well as more and more specialized.

Any electronic products used for telecommunications, entertainment, and processing data are frequently advanced and therefore, frequently replaced. With higher and higher numbers of accessories and additional functions, features, new hardware and software programs, and so much more, it seems that an up-to-date computer, or other electronic device becomes antiquated within a couple of years. And this is not much of an exaggeration, considering the increase of features that are continuously being developed and marketed.

Solutions to the resulting amount of electronic waste are already in order. With any luck, ways to recycle electronic waste will increase at least at half the rate that we develop new technological ideas. But, after only a little experience, we realized the need to keep up with controlling the huge amount of electronic waste, as much as we need to keep up with all of our new electronic inventions. However, the concept of recycling electronic waste is being developed at too slow a pace. The good news is that recycling and caring for the environment are also very important to many individuals – this includes electronic waste.

We have begun to recognize the ability to re-use electronic parts along with the continuing development of new technology. My hope is that development of new technology using recycled parts of old electronic devices will, with any luck, also increase. Of course, the elimination of waste build-up and lessening an ever-increasing number of landfills all over the world is becoming more and more of a priority for people. Especially in Asia, the development of new technology, combined with the re-use of old electronic parts is being aggressively approached.

The erratic development of more and more technological devices has created for us a world we would have never imagined in the past. It seems as though development in technology is moving faster now than ever before. We have created a highly technological world – and that is definitely a good thing. We just want to remember to preserve this world too, by eliminating the amount of waste in general and recycling as much as possible – from aluminum cans to discarded electronic devices. Making the world better is a job for everyone. Find out about all of the things that you can do to help save this beautiful and not to mention technology brilliant planet.