Too Much In The Sun

Posted in: Environment, Featured by Catalina Toma | March 24th 2011 | no comments

Turn off the lights please! Make it day time! And there came the day with its breaking dawns and its bright sun… What if I end up wishing I could turn off and on in whatever moment pleases me the light of the sun or the light of the moon? If you had a button that would [...]

The Ever Surprising Animal World. The Animals Envisioned As Weather Forecasters

By Catalina Toma | October 25th 2010 | 2 comments

Have you ever wondered why you take your time to watch weather predictions on TV or search the internet for weather predictions in a certain area before going there? We all do this because weather is practically part of our life and as it is one of the fewest things we cannot control we need to pay attention to the facts and the messages this one transmits to us. Not only that we cannot [...]

Is It Just Me Or You All Love Coffee?

By Catalina Toma | October 25th 2010 | no comments

As it is Monday morning and as it is said that not even the grass grows on Monday, what better way to start the week if not talking about coffee? You most certainly have a cup of coffee in front of you as you happen to read this article and if you don’t then you will most certainly grab one as soon as you finish reading this. Most of us simply enjoy its taste; others drink it as they [...]

Cofee Grounds…Are They Just The Remains Of Coffee?

By Catalina Toma | October 23rd 2010 | no comments

Most of us probably enjoy drinking coffee as there are mornings or afternoons when one just feels like tasting this refreshing beverage which most of the time works like a fuel for many of us. We either drink it to wake up or because we have become used to its taste and unique aroma. Have you ever heard anyone mentioning his daily ‘gasoline’? He was probably referring to his daily [...]

Achieve Floral Beauty

By Catalina Toma | October 23rd 2010 | one comment

When it comes to flowers and plants coming from nature they seem to be endowed with innumerable benefits. Not only they embellish our homes and our yards but they can as well be used to embellish and nourish your skin, making the others envy you for your radiant complexion. Most certainly ‘the others’ are still not aware of the secret weapons that are to be found in nature. One [...]

Alternative Renewable Eco-friendly Sources Of Energy: Solar Power

By Catalina Toma | October 23rd 2010 | one comment

Have you ever envisaged the sun as a possible source of energy? We admire the sun rising and the sunsets, we look forward to see it on the sky and feel sad when its place is taken by angry clouds, we wait patiently on lounge chairs for the sun to caress and sometimes burn our skin, yet we are sometimes unaware of its power or even if we are we ignore it. Have you ever been aware of the [...]

Flowers- Perfect Samples Of Natural Beauty

By Catalina Toma | October 22nd 2010 | no comments

Have you ever felt so depressed that you thought nothing and anyone could make you smile or feel optimistic again? Most of us did feel like this at least one time in this life as most of the time the urban life brings one nothing but stress and annoying situations one has to face on a daily basis. We live in an era when being stressed by the increasing noise, the traffic jams, the people [...]

Houseplants Can Do Wonders In Your House

By Catalina Toma | October 22nd 2010 | 5 comments

Do you happen to dislike or feel that something is missing from your house or apartment? Take a look around you and see if there are any houseplants surrounding you, or in any corner of the house. Perhaps the answer lies there. You will be surprised to find out how much a plant can [...]

Do You Prefer A Green Death?

By Catalina Toma | October 21st 2010 | no comments

How do you envision life? How about death? Have you come to accept it as part of this life, as a natural phenomenon if one may call it like this? We tend to reject the mere thought of death yet sometimes we are so painfully aware of its existence. Did you notice that old persons have somehow accepted and embraced the idea of dying? Some of them save money half of their lives so that they [...]

Movies For Kids And Adults As Well. Green Movies

By Catalina Toma | October 21st 2010 | no comments

Many of us enjoy going back to the childhood period and fooling around. Despite the fact that years go over us, many of us prove to be able to maintain intact their uncurbed appetite to live one’s life fully and maintain their soul young as people usually say when mentioning them. It is a matter of personal choice whether or not to adopt a serious attitude in some moments or maintain [...]

The Perfect Green Morning

By Catalina Toma | October 21st 2010 | no comments

How does a green morning sound to you? You must be thinking about a morning you spend sprawling on the turf in your yard, yet when referring to the possibilities of spending a green morning grass doesn’t come into subject. Yet, if you feel like sprawling on the grass in your yard feel free to do so and if you are there you may also enjoy your coffee. Yet, before doing this or after, as [...]

The All Pervailing Green Bamboo

By Catalina Toma | October 21st 2010 | no comments

Are you interested in saving planet Earth? If you are then perhaps you will turn yourself into some sort of Captain Planet but until you mange to do so it all lays in the choices you make when it comes to purchasing large or small products. We keep hearing about green products yet not many [...]

Weird Or Interesting? Eco-friendly Resorts

By Catalina Toma | October 20th 2010 | no comments

Do you enjoy spending your time in the middle of nature? Most surely you do, as there are so many things one can do when being there that it may even surpass one’s imagination. Have you ever heard about or perhaps chose to go to an eco-resort? If you feel animated by a strong desire to protect the environment and even if you may not be animated by such an idea, then you should start [...]

Weird Green Inventions

By Catalina Toma | October 20th 2010 | 2 comments

What funny ways of helping the planet can you think of? There are numerous ways in which one can help protecting the environment and at the same time have fun. Some may interpret many of these things as being crazy, yet all of these are what people generally label as green initiatives. Have you ever found it difficult to teach your child the proper ways to save energy? This [...]

Unusual Eco-friendly Homes

By Catalina Toma | October 20th 2010 | no comments

Before building what many of us consider to be normal houses today, the ones made of bricks and concrete, people were perhaps more consciously aware of the existence of the environment than we are today. They did not use such words as green living or green houses when talking about [...]

Top 10 Toxic Foods

By Catalina Toma | October 19th 2010 | one comment

Have you ever envisioned the food in your plate as being poisonous? Most probably you didn’t, yet we sometimes turn ourselves into real fans of toxic food. Have you ever thought of an apple as being poisonous? Your answer would certainly be a positive one if thinking about The Snow White story, yet there is no possible way for one to deem anything poisonous in an apple. As such many of [...]

From Mirage To Reality

By Catalina Toma | October 19th 2010 | no comments

When mentioning the word oasis you all probably envision yellow sand dunes stretching everywhere around you in what seems or looks like an infinity of sand, the scorching sun beating down on your hand and suddenly you happen to see an isolated area of vegetation which comes as a real blessing to one. An oasis is   considered by many to be a gift of nature for it is able to soften the [...]

Top 9 Endangered Trees

By Catalina Toma | October 18th 2010 | no comments

Whenever thinking about trees one cannot but admire their beauty and praise them for their vital role in nature and in our lives. Apart from their aesthetic qualities they are vital as they release significant amounts of oxygen into the atmosphere, oxygen which practically supports life on earth. As such we should learn to appreciate them and start planting them if we happen to find a [...]

Food Ensuring You The Memory Of An Elephant

By Catalina Toma | October 18th 2010 | no comments

Have you ever felt drained or too tired to think? Most surely you did since there are days when all one wants to do is sit down and do nothing. If you ever wondered what happens to you in those days then you should perhaps take a look in your plate and see what you find there. The answer may be in the food you keep on eating every day, food which is not always good for your body and your [...]