Goal For The Green

Ken Burn’s highly-anticipated documentary THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA arrived in stores, on DVD and Blu-ray October 6, 2009 from PBS Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment.  It is loaded with bonus material, including a behind-the-scenes making of a featurette, contemporary stories from the National Parks, outtakes and much more.

Directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague Dayton Duncan, who also wrote the script, the 12-hour film epic, is the story of an idea that is uniquely American.  We are indeed fortunate, to have the most special places in the nation preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Filmed over the course of more than six years,it showcases,some of nature’s most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska.  It is a story of people from every conceivable background: rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so, reminded their fellow citizens of the full and true meaning of democracy.
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This is Beautiful Live Footage, set to Music by Thundralight!  Relax and enjoy the natural beauty of our world.   Forget the office…and enjoy the handiwork of God’s Creation!  🙂

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With summer been and gone, nights rolling in and energy bills rocketing, thoughts are beginning to turn towards staying warm this winter. As many modern gas stoves literally burn money, why not consider making the most of the winter nights with a traditional wood burning stove. For the eco- friendly consumer, a wood burning stove offers a more renewable energy but no sacrifice on heat output, potentially saving you money to splash out on that latest gadget for Christmas.

To give you some idea of how popular wood fuel is becoming, the Scottish Forestry Commission have even set up a With summer been and gone, nights rolling in and energy bills rocketing, thoughts are beginning to turn towards staying warm this winter. As many modern gas stoves literally burn money, why not consider making the most of the winter nights with a traditional wood burning stove.  For the eco- friendly consumer, a wood burning stove offers a more renewable energy but no sacrifice on heat output, potentially saving you money to splash out on that latest gadget for Christmas.

To give you some idea of how popular wood fuel is becoming, the Scottish Forestry Commission have even set up a ‘Wood Fuel Task Force’ to increase the supply of wood available for renewable energy production.

The wood you use at home may not have a task force devoted to it, but you can still buy fuel from green sources, such as a managed forest. If you opt for a wood pellet stove you might be even more green – wood pellets are made from waste wood products such as sawdust. This gives even waste wood another use so less trees need to be cut down to provide home fuel.

The traditional image of wood stoves might be back in fashion, but if the country cottage look is not for you don’t panic. With an ever more modern range of sleek looking designs, such as this cool eco- stove, a wood burner provides a chic and cost effective center piece to any home. The perfect way to warm your house this winter.

Let’s face it, with a design like that and eco-credentials, it beats watching the Christmas repeats on any energy-sucking plasma screen.

Image Source: wood stoves to increase the supply of wood available for renewable energy production.

They are working toward a better tomorrow!

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