Do you know anybody in this world who actually doesn’t like music? Don’t bother thinking! You are not going to find them, anyway

So if everybody like music and everybody live in this planet, why don’t 1000 Green Steps hear many songs composed special just Mother Earth?

Listen to these beautiful songs sang by our famous musician who cares about our planet. Try to think about this: If those people care, and why don’t you?

List of famous songs dedicated for our planet:

• Calypso - John Denver
• Om – Moody Blues
• Saturn – Stevie Wonder
• Only So Much Oil In The Ground – Tower of Power
• A Gallon of Gas – The Kinks
• Dirty Business – New Riders Of The Purple Sage
• Apeman – The Kinks
• Saltwater – Julian Lennon
• Poison In The Well – 10,000 Maniacs
• I’d Love To Change The World – Ten Years After
• Don’t Kill The Whale – Yes
• Vapor Trail – Rush
• Underground – Wishbone Ash
• (Nothing But) Flowers – Talking Heads
• The Last Resort – Eagles
• Pass It On Down – Alabama
• Garden Of Eden – New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Good sites to find more songs:

• Grinning Planet
• Wikipedia

Feel like singing? Write your own song composition and get other people influenced.

Happy Green Living!

Yesterday, July 2^nd 2009, Advanced Chemical Transport (ACT) had announced their official partnership with Gilead Science Inc. That partnership is a multi-year and that means they are very committed to make their green steps.

ACT is a company which provides environmental services of hazardous materials disposal, vacuum truck services, spill response, site specific services and on-site waste management support from its corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.

Meanwhile according to their official site, Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet need.

So say goodbye to hazardous laboratory waste through ACT and Gilead Science Inc. green steps!

Happy Green Living!

Greenpeace is Still Searching for Green Electronics

Are you planning to buy a cell phone? Or maybe a laptop? Check this list before you decide what brand you are getting yourself into. They might seem harmless and Eco-friendly, but only Greenpeace knows what’s best for our environment. Electronics may have its impact on all areas in our life except one: environment.

We already saw Samsung solar-powered cell phone as their green steps. However, it tickles me on how significant it is compared to Samsung total waste in their factory. According to Greenpeace, the list of eco-friendly electronic brands is as following (starting from the best):

1. Nokia
2. Dell
3. HP
4. Sony Ericsson
5. Samsung
6. Sony
7. LG Electronics
8. Panasonic
9. Toshiba
10. Fujitsu Siemens Computers
11. Apple (!!!)
12. Acer
13. Motorola
14. Lenovo

Now tell me how ‘green’ are your electronics? Take green steps to help our environment now starting from your electronic devices.

Happy Green Living!

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in North America.

The cause of Parkinson’s disease is largely unknown. A small percentage of cases are caused by genetics, especially in early-onset patients.

In the 1980s, researchers began to look into the role of environmental toxins in Parkinson’s disease.

These studies show  that some pesticides (such as dieldrin, a pesticide used to control termites), herbicides (such as the widely used paraquat), and industrial toxins (such as PCBs found in electric transformer) can cause the death of dopamine-containing neurons, which results in Parkinson’s disease symptoms.

Other studies show that long-term exposure to metals such as iron, lead, copper, manganese and zinc significantly increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers also identified some “susceptibility” genes that may not directly cause Parkinson’s disease. But changes in these genes may make people more or less likely to develop the disease later in life.

More studies are being carried out to help scientists understand how genetic defects and environmental toxins interact to cause Parkinson’s disease.

For a more detailed description of the studies, click here.