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As environmental issues become more mainstream, many of us are looking for ways to go green. There are so many things that the average person can do, and do with relative ease. Simple things like shutting the lights when you leave a room, or carpooling one 우리카지노 day a week. Here are a few ideas you may not have thought of, but they are quite easy and you get a big green bang for your buck.

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1.    Compost. By composting your kitchen scraps (no meat, dairy, or oils) and yard waste you can help to divert waste matter from the waste stream. According to the Environmental Protection Agency yard waste and kitchen scraps account for as much as 24 percent of the solid waste stream in the United States. Composting will also reward you with a healthy, nutritious amendment for your soil, at no additional cost.

2.    Rain Water Harvesting. You can harvest rain water with little to no effort by adding a rain barrel to your downspout, thereby collecting the rainwater that falls on your roof. To get a rough idea of how much rain water you can collect, multiply the length of your roof by the width to get the square footage of your roof. Then multiply the square footage by average annual rainfall. This water can be used for all your landscaping needs. Since that accounts for up to 70 percent of the average homeowners consumption of water, you can really make an impact here.

3.    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Yes, this one you've definitely heard before, but it is one of the most important things you can do to help reduce your environmental footprint. Reduce your consumption. Reuse what you can. Recycle the rest. This will ultimately make for less waste.

These are some of the easiest, most effective things you can do to go green and help the environment and green yourself!

Rain gauges are indispensable in the study of weather phenomenon. Hydrologists as well as meteorologists use these instruments in order that they can analyze and measure the level of precipitation over a given time frame. Precipitation may be in the form of liquid, which is water rain, or solid, such as snow, hail or sleet. There are essentially two parts comprising a rain gauge, one where the precipitation is caught and the other, which measures the amount of precipitation taken.

Rain gauges are of different types, the standard ran gauge, the weighing rain gauge and the tipping bucket rain gauge. Each type presents its respective advantages and disadvantages when utilized. To be effective, rain gauges should be located in isolated places where the effects of any structures like trees or buildings will be minimized or avoided.

When speaking of standard rain gauges, these refer to the use of a graduated cylinder with a funnel attached to it. The graduated cylinder is further placed into a bigger container that is capable of holding any excess pouring out of the said cylinder.

Weighing rain gauges make use of a pen, a rotating drum, and a storage bin. While the storage drum is being filled with whatever type of precipitation is being monitored, the pen located below the storage bin records the weight of the drum. This gauge is more accurate in its measurement as opposed to the tipping bucket rain gauges. Another feature of the weighing rain gauge is its capability to measure the amount or level of chemicals present in the atmosphere. The disadvantage of using this gauge is its cost, since acquiring this instrument can be quite expensive.

Tipping bucket rain gauge utilizes a big copper cylinder, a funnel, a couple of levers and a recorder consisting of a pen and a wheel. The levers are placed on equilibrium similar to a scale. When a definite amount of precipitation is reached, a lever tips emitting a signal to the recorder. The pen makes a motion, either up or down to record the lever movement and the amount of precipitation. Nowadays, this gauge has been updated with the use of a plastic container and a pivot.

Whatever rain gauge you decide to use, the important thing is achieving its purpose, which is to measure the amount of precipitation in any given time and in any given location.