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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/14DE8FAF-DC59-4D54-90A2-735384D2D40B/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/">CrazyRedHead</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html" title="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html">timesonline.typepad.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/CrazyRedHead/512/28FD5C25-2A93-450C-8CEF-38B615B6855B.jpg" alt="Baby_in_cotton_napp_325367a" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">It is no wonder that <A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3828040.ece" linkindex="8" set="yes">more and more people are dumping disposable nappies in favour of re-usables.</A> 'Real nappies' are a no-brainer in environmental terms. Sure, they require a bit more effort</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Here are 10 reasons why you should think very hard about using real nappies:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>- </STRONG>Your child will use 4,500 nappies before toilet training. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">- A (very smelly) mountain of 8 million nappies are disposed of DAILY; that's up to 750,000 tonnes of waste a year.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>- Disposable nappies take 200 to 500 years to decompose and release methane gasses as they do so.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>- Home-laundered nappies could <A href="http://www.wen.org.uk/nappies/cost_comparison.htm" linkindex="10">save parents around £500 per child</A>; more if you re-use them for subsequent offspring.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>- Consider using a <A href="http://www.realnappycampaign.com/for_mums_and_dads/the_nappy_experience/guide_to_using_a.html" linkindex="12">nappy laundering service</A></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>- Or what about going the re-usable route part time, say at weekends and evenings? </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.babiesnappies.co.uk/" linkindex="14" set="yes">Babies Nappies</A> - a blog dedicated to eco nappies</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.realnappycampaign.com/" linkindex="15">The real nappy campaign</A> - resources for parents</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.wen.org.uk/nappies/" linkindex="16" set="yes">The women's environmental network</A> - useful links and facts</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.fill-your-pants.com/" linkindex="17">Fill-your-pants.com </A>- "more pant fill, less landfill"</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/children/" rel="tag">children</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/babies/" rel="tag">babies</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/environment/" rel="tag">environment</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">ecology</a></div>http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.htmlSat, 03 May 2008 05:17:00 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/91442C46-8B8F-4327-9A4D-E336F09FD36E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/">CrazyRedHead</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3858054.ece" title="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3858054.ece">www.timesonline.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/CrazyRedHead/512/8A826B99-6C84-47CA-9A3D-3041F7FC8045.jpg" alt="Elephant poachers" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo believe that rising demand for ivory in China is to blame for an unprecedented wave of elephant poaching in one of the country's war-torn national parks. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Fourteen elephants have been slaughtered in as many days as government soldiers and militias use ivory to raise money for guns.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> The concerns came as South Africa lifted a 13-year moratorium on elephant culling, aimed at tackling a surge in population numbers, despite the protestations of animal rights activists. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><B>23 </B>tonnes of ivory seized on its way to the Far East between August 2005 and August 2006 </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><B>$750</B> estimated price per kilogram of black-market ivory in China and Japan </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><B>7</B> kilograms of ivory are yielded by an average elephant’s tusks </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><B>500,000</B> estimated population of wild African elephants, down from 1.3 million in 1979 </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> A report last year suggested that as many as 23,000 elephants were being </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">killed across the continent to meet soaring demand</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/africa/" rel="tag">africa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a></div>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3858054.eceSat, 03 May 2008 05:13:14 GMT