If you’re taking your first steps into landscaping, garden design, and outdoor transformations, we’d like to extend a warm welcome to you.
There are many paths that lead people to landscape design – perhaps you’ve moved into a new home with a garden crying out for reimagining, maybe your current outdoor space needs fresh life breathed into it, or you might even be considering landscaping as a career path.
Whatever your reason, you’re about to discover the joys of landscape design.
When you’re thinking about renovating your bathroom, it can be hard to know where to start. Sure, a cabinet maker can offer some helpful advice on cabinetry types. Still, it’s also convenient if you can at least decide on a style you prefer before you start looking in earnest.
One of the most important things to consider is what will not only be on-trend today but remain so for years to come. A bathroom renovation is not something you will want to be doing too often. Check out some of these top bathroom cabinet trends of 2021 below to give yourself a starting point.
Floating Vanities
For the last few years, floating vanities have been growing in popularity by the day, and 2021 is proving to be no different. They are available in a variety of styles and sizes, and their off-the-ground styling can make a bathroom look much larger than it is.
What’s more, you can store items underneath them, such as spare toilet paper or the bathroom scale that never seems to have somewhere to live.
Floating vanities, which are also called wall-mount bathroom vanities, tend to be ideal for contemporary homes. However, that’s not to say they wouldn’t fit in with homes of a classic style. You can choose complete units with countertops and sinks or mix and match to ensure you have the most seamless style for your home.
One of the biggest advantages of composite decking over decking made from other materials, such as timber, is that it requires a lot less maintenance, meaning less need for deck repairs.
For many, this is the clincher in terms of choosing which decking they buy, not just because you do not need to spend as much time maintaining composite decking, but because it also costs a lot less to maintain. Given that decking will likely last many years, over time, the savings made due to fewer maintenance costs will be considerable.
Have you just decided to move to a new home? Congratulations, especially if you plan to use professional removalists to make the switch as stress-free as possible.
Once you move in, there will two major tasks that await you, namely unpacking and then organising your new home.
This can be very time-consuming and if you’re not doing it right, it can be an energy drainer too.
Over thirty experts from the public health, environmental, and animal welfare movements, are debating the consequences of factory farming at the first National Conference to End Factory Farming. Below are some of the discussion highlights and information emerging from the conference.
Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur: “The best way to end factory farming is to make the system transparent and accountable, and to align agribusiness practices with our citizens’ values and interests. The cruelty of industrial animal agriculture is an affront to basic human decency. It is inefficient, unhealthy and unsustainable, and costs our nation hundreds of billions of dollars every year.”
Whole Foods Market Co-CEO John Mackey: “The best way to end factory farming is to first create more humane alternatives to it in the marketplace. The great majority of people are very unlikely to become vegans for the foreseeable future. It is therefore essential to create more humane alternatives that help raise peoples’ consciousness about what factory farming really does to animals by providing strong contrasts to compare against. Until there are widespread humane alternatives to choose from most people will prefer to remain wilfully ignorant and very little is likely to change.”
Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “Factory farming is a threat to public health, the environment, and the rural communities upon which our food system desperately depend. The next farm bill must urgently reverse the policies that have given all of the advantages to intensive farming operations while pushing out the small and mid-sized farms that are the backbone of a system that provides us safe, healthy and sustainable food.”
Sierra Club Water Sentinel Lynn Henning: “The best way to end factory farming is to eliminate government subsidies, incentives, and tax breaks for CAFOs [Confined Animal Feeding Operations]. CAFOs are NOT sustainable. We must rethink agriculture to teach the next generation to farm. Family farms have fed this country for generations.”
Farm Sanctuary National Shelter Director Susie Coston: “The best way to end factory farming is to show people that farm animals are intelligent, emotional beings who possess just as much desire to enjoy life as the dogs and cats who we know a bit better.”
John Ikerd, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri, Columbia: “Factory farms are not necessarily more economically efficient than smaller-scale independent family farms. Factory farm operators use their political influence and their ability to manipulate market prices to drive more efficient family farmers out of business. Food prices are no lower with factory farms than with independent family farms.”
Jim Motavalli, contributor to the New York Times, Audubon Magazine, Mother Nature Network and NPR’s Car Talk, and author of the forthcoming book High Voltage: “Since the popular image of farms is of old-time barnyards populated by happy pigs and chickens, most people don’t even know that factory farming exists. They’d be horrified if they knew how their food is produced, but the industry does an excellent job of keeping them from that reality.”
International Fund for Africa President and Co-Founder Dr. Anteneh Roba: “The one thing most people don’t know about factory farming in Africa is that it even exists. The one thing most people don’t know about factory farming in the USA is how extremely cruel it is.”
Greenpeace Senior Legislative Representative Kyle Ash: “Public health and animal welfare are inseparable. Forever, industry has tried to divide communities over factory farming, with false claims that industrial food production reduces the need to destroy our air, water and lands. The truth is that factory farming makes every public health problem worse. Shutting down factory farms is a common solution to some of our greatest animal and environmental abuses and we should work together to shut them down.”
Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur: “Most people don’t know how terribly animals are treated on today’s factory farms, and that they are legally excluded from basic humane protections.”
John Ikerd, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri, Columbia: The biggest single problem with factory farming is that it shows no respect for the sanctity of life — either the life of farm animals or human life. Factory farming treats feedlots as biological assembly lines, where the animals are simply machines that produce meat, milk, or eggs for nameless, faceless consumers, with no respect for the people who work in them or live in the communities where they operate. This lack of respect for life undermines the ethical and moral fabric of society.
International Fund for Africa President and Co-Founder Dr. Anteneh Roba: “It causes environmental disaster.”
Jim Motavalli, contributor to the New York Times, Audubon Magazine, Mother Nature Network and NPR’s Car Talk, and author of the forthcoming book High Voltage: From an environmental point of view, the worst thing about intensive animal agriculture is it’s huge inefficiency. It takes five pounds of grain to produce a pound of meat, and a 10-acre farm that could feed 60 growing soybeans would support only two people raising cattle. Reducing American meat consumption by just 10 percent would free up enough grain to feed 60 million people.
Greenpeace Senior Legislative Representative Kyle Ash: “The unnecessary torture and abuse of other animals is one of the worst human atrocities of our time. Humanity’s self-aggrandizing misconception that humans rule the world with no moral responsibilities to those with whom we share this planet is reinforced by how we treat other animals, and this ironic view is facilitating destruction of the planet even for ourselves.”
Michael Greger, M.D.: “When we overcrowd thousands of animals into cramped filthy football-field sized sheds to lie beak-to-beak, or snout-to-snout atop their own waste it can present a breeding ground for disease, a perfect storm environment for the emergence of new strains of influenza and other animal-to-human diseases. These so-called factory farms are a public health menace.”
Public health, environmental, and animal welfare movement experts are holding the first National Conference to End Factory Farming: For Health, Environment and Farm Animals in Arlington, Va., on October 27-29. For more information, visit www.factoryfarmingconference.org
There are literally hundreds of different security businesses spread across Australia. Some specialise in personal security alarm systems, while others are better at looking after business and commercial clients.
If you run a business, you need to have a security system protecting your premises. It’s that simple. However, choosing the right security team to take care of things for you isn’t that easy. Because of this, we’ve put together the following guide which outlines the things you need to think about when choosing the right security professionals.
Consider Their Experience in the Industry
The first thing you want to find out is how much experience the businesses you’re considering have in the security industry. In many cases, you will be trusting the safety of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars worth of sensitive equipment and information into the hands of your security team.
In general, we’d recommend using someone who specialises in business security. They should have a lot more experience securing commercial properties, and will likely be able to help you develop the perfect security solution for your situation.
For the first time in history, world-renowned experts are gathering in Arlington, Virginia, for the National Conference to End Factory Farming: For Health, Environment and Farm Animals. The conference, organized by Farm Sanctuary, is scheduled to bring together more than thirty experts from the environmental, public health, and animal welfare movements from October 27th through October 29th, 2011.
The conference is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on factory farming and the problems surrounding the industry through a diverse program of speakers from each of these areas of expertise. The discussions will focus on the detrimental effects on human health, poor animal welfare and the adverse impacts on our environment due to factory farming.
Speakers and attendees include Congressman James P. Moran, Whole Foods Markets’ Co-CEO John Mackey, Wenonah Hauter Food and Water Watch Executive Director, Marc Bekoff author of numerous books including The Emotional Lives of Animals, John Ikerd, Ph.D. professor emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Wayne Pacelle president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Nathan Runkle Founder and Executive Director of Mercy For Animals and many more speakers.
The cost to attend the National Conference to End Factory Farming: For Health, Environment and Farm Animals is US$150 (€113), including meals.
Visit: http://factoryfarmingconference.org/
GreenMuze.com is a proud sponsor of the world’s first National Conference To End The Cruel and Inhuman Practices of Factory Farming.
Some people do decide to attempt to landscape their property on their own, but the cast majority employ the services of professional landscapers. There are plenty of reasons for this, including time, cost and stress reduction. And, using a professional is obviously the best way to ensure things are done right the first time.
However, it can be difficult to choose the right contractor, especially if you’ve never employed a landscaper before. Because of this, we decided to put together the following list of five things to consider when choosing a professional landscaper. They include:
Their Reputation
It’s always a good idea to pay attention to a landscaping company’s reputation before you commit to hiring them. Make sure that you do some research, and keep the following in mind:
Once you’ve narrowed down your list to a handful with great reputations, you can start to look deeper.
Although landscaping isn’t necessarily the most skilled job in the world, it’s also a good idea to pay special attention to the licences and qualifications of the companies you’re considering. Go for one that’s properly licenced as a business, and which employs a selection of qualified workers. This will ensure that your job is done right and on time, the first time and significantly increase the value of your home and property.
Although moving house is a very stressful and costly process for some, it absolutely doesn’t have to be.
There are numerous things that you can do to make the process easier for yourself and those around you, including hiring a team of professional removalists.
However, hiring a removals team won’t magically eliminate your stress. There will still be a lot of things that you have to take care of, and these can take some time and effort if you’re not careful.
With the temperature skyrocketing during the summer months in Australia, it makes sense to start looking at your pool design options. After all, how better to spend those hot months than immersed in cold, refreshing water?
Unfortunately, section sizes are getting smaller and smaller, which means you have less space to work with to create your dream pool. That doesn’t mean you can’t have what you want, but you have to think outside of the square. Here are some of the best pool designs for small spaces.
Plunge Pool
If your need for a pool is more about keeping cool than swimming laps, then a plunge pool might be the answer. It doesn’t take up much room but has the depth you need to cool off and relax. A plunge pool is also more affordable to install due to its small footprint and is more cost-effective to heat as well.
Hidden Pool
If money is not a factor in your decision, then a hidden pool could be the answer to your to small section woes. A hidden pool is one that hides underneath your outdoor entertainment area. Then, at the click of a button, your decking timber can slide back, revealing the pool underneath. Once you finish swimming, you can then push the top back on and resume above-water activities like barbecuing or tennis.
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