This in fact is a picture of a system I was forced to devise due to the fact that my window leaks, and it was pouring. Mind you when I came home from work today i was slightly less than happy that my couch was all wet and my floor, and my books, and and and. UGH I did have a bad feeling due to the fact that I was wet even with my rain boots and umbrella. Having walked only two blocks from the bus. The point is that I freaking told them last month when we had a big storm that the window frame leaks. Not the actual window. The windows are not old at all so I'm sure they can be fixed with relatively little pain incurred to all. I guess my annoyance really started after I put some make shift buckets (i.e. a flower pot, two glasses, and a cake pan), by the window and the water was splashing on my on the couch. I tired to ignore it which as you might have figured only lasted about half a second. Then of course there is the issue of the dripping noise which was making me insane.
What I did thought is concoct a sort of funnel or ramp if you will to let the water run outside instead of inside. I guess its good that I hate taking out the trash otherwise the cardboard box and plastic that were sitting on my floor would have been gone, and it would have still be raining in my window.
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So is this going to be your next step in "Going Green"?
In a 2006 report, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) concluded that worldwide livestock farming generates 18% of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions — by comparison, all the world's cars, trains, planes and boats account for a combined 13% of greenhouse gas emissions. Much of livestock's contribution to global warming come from deforestation, as the growing demand for meat results in trees being cut down to make space for pasture or farmland to grow animal feed. Livestock takes up a lot of space — nearly one-third of the earth's entire landmass. In Latin America, the FAO estimates that some 70% of former forest cover has been converted for grazing. Lost forest cover heats the planet, because trees absorb CO2 while they're alive — and when they're burned or cut down, the greenhouse gas is released back into the atmosphere.
"Give up meat for one day [per week] at least initially, and decrease it from there," Pachauri told Britain's Observer newspaper. "In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity." So, that addiction to pork and beef isn't just clogging your arteries; it's flame-broiling the earth, too.
yeah that's probably just not going to happen
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