Clean Vacationing

Author : Lillian & Dave Brummet
Clean Vacationing(409 words)Admit it. When the sun is out and you are at your favorite campsite or cottage on the lake the last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time cooking a meal. Often, when vacationing, the lure to purchase instant foods is strong. Unfortunately, these convenience foods often come over packaged usually including some type of plastic. As we can see when we come across trash in the wilderness, the plastics tend to linger the longest - other than maybe glass and metal. Nothing ruins the feel of a pristine, natural area more than a bunch of garbage. Numerous studies prove that tourists return to an area primarily for its cleanliness and greenery. In this era where the economy has come to rely more on tourism, cleaning up is truly a benefit for the community.We soon realized that walking by these messes and complaining over such disrespect, we were behaving not much better than the polluters who left it. Now when we hike we pack a supply of plastic bags (grocery bags work well) to clean up as we go. Often we earn up to $10 in returnable bottles and cans in the process. When you take a bit of time to clean up some trash not only do you have a better trail or beach to come back to, you have helped to make it safer and nicer for the next user. This simple measure just might influence others to keep it clean, as well. When on the water with the canoe we also clean as we go by diving for garbage below the surface using a mask and snorkel. It is amazing the finds we have from these excursions under water. One of the first times we did this, we found an expensive diving mask in about 30 feet of water â€" enough incentive to continue this practice! We have found antique bottles, jewelry, fishing lures and reels. It feels very good to clear up a beach of shards of broken glass hiding just below the surface before an unwary swimmer splashes into it. It does not, however, feel as good to find a large fish hook by imbedding it in the bottom of your foot. Take heart in knowing you have done a good thing as your expletive echoes off the far mountainside. Imagine an innocent child stepping on that hook instead of you and decide if it is worth taking the time... About the Author
-- Written by Dave and Lillian Brummet based on the concept of their new book Trash Talk. The book offers useful solutions for the individual to reduce waste and better manage resources. A guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment. (http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)
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Are Website Directories Sustainable For the Future?

Author : James Smithston

Website directories have been around since the beginning of the internet as we know it. There have always been web sties, or pages of web sites, devoted to links or categories of links. The only difference between an organized links page on a company website or personal website and a web directorys the size of the pages and the extent of the links. The website directories provide a great service in assisting searches find websites that they are looking for. As well as providing websites a place to be listed for easy access by searches. Because there are a number of various types of website directories, they are in deed sustainable fro the future. As I said, they have been around since the beginning of the internet. Some website directories are free and require that your link and post to the directory. Others are fee based. Though the fee based website directories are harder to maintain. They do help you get noticed better. And isnt that the reason for being on the web? Sustainable website directories are those that the search engine will locate by various links you have on your page. These sites are the ones you will want to be affliated with. Using them provides that you will be able to be located by searches. The search engines follow the links, maintain their directories on a regular basis review and post quickly and have back links. These services can be used to attract and keep customers at their site. Web directories are truly sustainable for the future. As long as people find the directories useful either for the category of links available or for simple SEO purposes, directories will be around to help guide people to sites and sites to people. Using a website directory is a win-win situation for all involved. Written by James Smithston. Get SEO benefits by having your site listed on our web directory. Submitting your site to directories like eonte will help boost your website's link strength.

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