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What kills 100 million trees a year, uses 28 billion gallons of water, and weighs about 70 pounds?

a) Evil, emaciated politicians
b) The U.S. termite population
c) Junk mail

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, those useless flyers, magazines, and pamphlets you get alongside your bills and Vanity Fair every month are taking a serious toll on the earth.

Greendimes is doing its part to change that. Sign up for the service, and for ten cents a day (about the price of a stick of nonbiodegradable gum), they will stalk, scream, and stop the madness on your behalf. But they don’t stop there. They also help reforestation by planting a new tree for every member monthly.

Choose from three membership levels: Seedlings pay $3 a month (plus credit card fees), Saplings pay $36 per year, and Trees are freed from junk mail for life for just $360. This is no small feat on their end, as each time you move, donate money to charity, buy something from a catalog, or even get a new credit card, your name gets sold to more lists.

If only those silly politicians would do their jobs.

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I drink wine.  I'm not trying to be elitist or cool.  Most of the stuff is low grade that a wine snob would scoff at.  But no matter what kind you sip.. or suck down, great things happen after your bottle is empty.

that's what i do.  I can't remember the last time I had to buy basil from the grocery store. (overpriced and almost rotten).  No matter where you live, there's something you can grow from home (legally).  Read below and enjoy the wack British dialect within the text.

Farmer pumps tractor exhaust into soil to boost yields

  FARMER Mick Dennis believes a unique crop planting method that pumps his tractor's exhaust fumes into the soil to boost the yield and health of his crop is the way of the future.

Mr Dennis, from Birregurra near Colac, says the technique reduced the need for fertilizers and produced a healthier, often bigger yield, by assisting in the soil's biological processes and enhancing root growth and microbial activity.

''Everybody has to be responsible and look after rural industries. The farmer has to change his ways and if he does the right thing, he will get rewarded,'' he said.