{"id":60610,"date":"2012-04-20T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedicarlogroup.com\/2012\/04\/20\/earth-day-make-a-difference\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T20:50:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:50:36","slug":"earth-day-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/earth-day-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day: Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2161\" title=\"bp1\" src=\"http:\/\/thedicarlogroup.com\/files\/2012\/04\/bp11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bp1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>In celebration of \u00a0<strong>Earth\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Day<\/strong>\u00a0here are a few reference sites and simple\u00a0actions you can\u00a0take within your\u00a0home to help detox our local environments\u00a0in a few mindful steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><strong><em>Photo:<\/em><\/strong> A ladybug in flight spreads its wings as it flutters from grass blade to grass blade at Rooks Park in Walla Walla, Wash. on April 2, 2012. (Jeff <span>Horner<\/span>\/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin\/Associated Press\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em><strong>Garage:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>replace poisonous windshield wiper fluid with a make-it-yourself solution by combining seven cups of distilled water, one-half cup isopropyl alcohol and one-half teaspoon eco-dishwashing liquid.\u00a0 Properly dispose of old wiper fluid at a hazardous waste centers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/publicworks\/chemical-collection.asp\">http:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/publicworks\/chemical-collection.asp<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The Centers are located in West Dade at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?hl=en&amp;biw=1013&amp;bih=590&amp;q=8831+NW+58th+Street+miami&amp;rlz=1R2ADFA_enUS341&amp;safe=moderate&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x88d9bbc330042da1:0x157d0679b8fe764a,8831+NW+58th+St,+Miami,+FL+33178&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=r4HNTeWXNsrr0QH5z_DoDQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"COLOR: #006699\">8831 NW 58th Street<\/span><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>and in South Dade at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=+&amp;q=23707+SW+97th+Avenue+miami&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=23707+SW+97th+Ave,+Miami,+Florida+33190&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;vpsrc=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"COLOR: #006699\">23707 SW 97th Avenue Gate-B<\/span><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>Normal hours of operation are Wednesday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The centers are available to non-commercial residents only.\u00a0 Dade County\u00a0has a population of 2,300,000 plus (DMV).\u00a0\u00a0If only half of the population has a car and\u00a0\u00a0each\u00a0replaces their wiper-fluid (est. 2quarts), we would eliminate\u00a0575,000\u00a0gallons of toxic fluid from our Dade County\u00a0run-off waters each year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chemical air fresheners:\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Remove bad odors instead of covering them up, said Crissy Trask, founder of <strong>GreenMatters.com<\/strong> and author of <em><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s Easy Being Green: Handbook\u00a0 for Earth-Friendly Living<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 &#8220;In a University of California study, chemical air fresheners were found to have higher concentrations of polluting volatile organic compounds (VOC) than any other household cleaning product.\u00a0 Long-term exposure to some VOC&#8221;s have been linked with adverse health effects, she concluded.\u00a0\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2159\" title=\"nytlogo152x23\" src=\"http:\/\/thedicarlogroup.com\/files\/2012\/04\/nytlogo152x23-150x23.gif\" alt=\"nytlogo152x23\" width=\"150\" height=\"23\" \/>: <a href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/18\/earth-day-and-all-days-10-ways-to-learn-about-the-environment\/\">http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/18\/earth-day-and-all-days-10-ways-to-learn-about-the-environment\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Know what you can do for the planet<\/em>\u00a0, <em>Sheryl DiCarlo 305.332.3256<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of \u00a0Earth\u00a0\u00a0Day\u00a0here are a few reference sites and simple\u00a0actions you can\u00a0take within your\u00a0home to help detox our local environments\u00a0in a few mindful steps.\u00a0 Photo: A ladybug in flight spreads its wings as it flutters from grass blade to grass blade at Rooks Park in Walla Walla, Wash. on April 2, 2012. 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