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Dent Planet Defenders! All this green living that we are trying to do is really about healthy living! We are just an earth friendly group of people who want to share our green living ideas online. The beliefs that we hold to be self evident are that we can’t afford to waste water; our cars are costing us money, making us fatter, and destroying our planet; and our consumerist ideals are polluting our minds, souls, and landfills. We can all take tiny steps everyday that will make huge... Read Full Story
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The news is reporting that Chicago has had their warmest winter in 80 years. The Stephen Dent Planet Defenders are worried that this is the result of global warming. If we are seeing record heat like this here in the continental US, that might not seem so bad, right? WRONG! Even if seems nice to not be quite so cold, and not deal with as much snow, it is still actually a bad sign. It has to get colder in the winter, and be warm in the summer, or the entire ecosystem can get thrown out of... Read Full Story
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If you haven’t heard, the government is trying to regulate the Internet! Tomorrow we will all be participating in a black out internet day. If you think this law doesn’t apply to you, take a moment and think about where you are, both physically, existentially, and of course, digitally. You’re on the internet right now reading a blog! What would happen if the government had the right to pull the plug on sites like this one? Stephen Dent Green Living may be seen as a controversial site by some... Read Full Story
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Stephen Dent, planet defender, is a huge advocate for recycling. But when recycling is done wrong, it can be even worse than not recycling. How can you recycle wrong? Basically, by putting the wrong things in your recycling bin! So here is what you can, and can’t, recycle at home.
CAN:
newspapers
soda and beer cans
printer paper
envelopes
glass jars
aluminum cans from canned foods
cereal boxes
shipping boxes
plastic milk jugs
Here is what you CAN’T recycle:
used tin/aluminum foil... Read Full Story
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Stephen Dent Planet Defender knows that you are probably in full Christmas swing (or Hanukah, etc.) this week, and that it can be easy to let green living slip to the back of your mind during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. But never fear, Stephen Dent is here to remind you of the easy ways to keep in green this Christmas, and into the New Year too.
Use your creative powers to reduce and re-use your gift packaging, and save a few trees and keep a few extra greenbacks in your... Read Full Story
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Hello fellow Planet Defenders! Stephen Dent here to give some holiday green advice! As always, we hope you are turning off your sprinkler during the rainy season and put your Thanksgiving scraps in the compost pile. If you don’t have a compost pile already, your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza leftovers are the perfect excuse to start one! If you live in the city and don’t have the space to start an actual compost pile, consider buying an electric, indoor composter. There are several brands... Read Full Story
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Stephen Dent, Planet Defender, can’t stress enough the importance of blue gold. You know, blue gold? That precious substance we all need to live? That covers 2/3rds of the earth? Yes, we are talking about water. If we continue on our wasteful path, water will become more precious than oil, more precious than gold, and more precious than any substance on earth.
Saving water is easy, and more important than most people realize. There are many cities that are literally going to run out of water... Read Full Story
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Hello fellow Stephen Dent Planet Defenders! Thanks for taking a break from you busy schedule to check in with the Green Living Advice Blog. Fall has come and this weekend many people will be celebrating Halloween by carving pumpkins, passing out candy, and decorating their front lawns with scary monsters. Halloween is a fun holiday, and a favorite for most children, and there is no reason you can’t make this year’s Halloween a little more green! Read on planet defenders to find a few good... Read Full Story
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Stephen Dent, Founder of the Dent Planet Defender movement and creator of the webpage www.dentplanetdefender.com, has spent years searching for notable members of the sustainable lifestyle movement. Over the years, Stephen Dent has found men who have gone green which helps the environment more than you might realize. This year Stephen Dent has had the pleasure of reading the book No Impact Man, which just might prove to be the greatest environmental act of the decade. If you’re not into... Read Full Story
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Good Day Planet Defenders! Big things are happening in the world today, and with your continued support, we can keep changing the world! Here are today’s hot button issues:
Global Warming
The debate rages amongst scientists about whether global warming is man made or a natural phenomenon. Some scientists are claiming that global warming isn’t even happening, and others argue that if it is, it isn’t a big deal-global cooling would be far more dangerous. I think we should be... Read Full Story
