Sabtu, 10 September 2011

Go Green, How 'Green' Yourself?

The impact of global warming encourages environmentalists to call for a go green movement, or back to nature. Supports go green should also know what the return to nature.
Go green campaign raises many new terms that are sometimes not widely understood, such as 'organic food'. How 'green' you understand the terms go green?
Here is the meaning of some terms commonly used in the campaign go green, quoted from Discovery on Tuesday (01/06/2010).
Sustainable Practices (sustainable practices)Is a method to get food in a healthy and friendly for consumers, workers and animals, does not harm the environment, provide a fair profit for farmers, and supporting the empowerment of rural communities.
Fair Trade (trade fair)An offer of cooperation that enhance the health and welfare for farmers and their families, allowing for farmers to send their children to higher, and get the seeds for agriculture. Some advantages of fair trade co-operation is used for community projects, and sometimes toprovide training techniques of organic farming.
Raw foods labeled organic should not be grown with artificial fertilizers, chemical or residential waste, should not be genetically modified or exposed to radiation.
Organic meat or poultry must be fed with organic feed, must not be given antibiotics or hormones. Livestock must be given access to the outside cage, and ruminants must be found in the surrounding pasture.
Certified Organic (certified organic)This label indicates that an agricultural product processed according to standard U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Free Range (land which is free)This term is used for poultry that are not grounded and have direct access to the natural environment. USDA gives only the certificate Free Range on livestock and products (including eggs), whereas wild birds are not included in it.
Antibiotic Free (free of antibiotics)The label is given to cattle that have never received antibiotics during his lifetime. If anyone is sick, the animals are separated from and treated for compounds, but should not be labeled Antibiotic Free.
No Hormones Administered (without additional hormones)Cattle that received this label grow normally without being injected with any hormones.U.S. law prohibits the provision of hormones in pigs and poultry.
Pesticides / Pesticide Residue (pesticide residues)Pesticides are needed to expel various kinds of pests that exist in the cattle sheds such as fleas, cockroaches, rats. To some extent, pesticide residues in poultry products is still allowed.
Feng ShuiGeomantik China is a practice that aims to align ourselves with nature. In Chinese, the word feng shui means wind and water.
AcupunctureThe practice of Chinese medicine with sterile needles at specific points to relieve disease and pain.
HomeopathyIs an alternative medical practice that promotes harmony with nature. In principle, a disease can be cured by giving the toxins cause the disease itself in small doses.
NaturopathyAn illness which handling procedures as much as possible to avoid surgery and drugs.The media used can be water, air, sunshine and modern electronic equipment.
OsteopathyIs a system that bases treatment on the integrity of structural integrity.   
The pain can be obtained when a body part manipulated by drugs or medical procedures such as surgery, so it must be restored with a massage or other means.

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