Category: Nature
Hawaii first State in US to ban plastic bags
Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle signed a plastic bag ban into law Thursday afternoon. The law bans all non-recyclable paper and non-biodegradable plastic bags effective July 1, 2015. “This is really getting people to change their behaviors and that’s one of the most difficult things to do frequently and we hope people are going to understand [...]
The Lost Gardens of Heligan – The Birth Place of Eden
Do fairy tales really exist? In the terms of magical kingdoms the Lost Garden of Heligan could be a true representation of the famous Sleeping Beauty Lands. After decades of neglect following the hurricane hit in 1990 the Gardens of Heligan became swamped and choked in bramble and ivy, leaving the lands forgotten over [...]
Top 10 Environmental Protection Agencies
Environmental protection is the joint responsibility of every inhabitant of this planet, also know as the blue planet or Earth. There are different kinds of pollutants and contaminants spreading at a rapid speed in the natural environment around us, such as the atmosphere, sediment, surface water, soil and groundwater. Environmental protection has become very vital not only for [...]
Green Wind Power on its way at Great Basin National Park
The project to set up 66, 275 foot tall wind turbines directly beneath the heights of Great Basin National Park, Nevada is now well underway as the April 22, 2012 photo exhibits. Nevada’s first wind farm, which will disturb almost 15 square miles, was approved by the BLM without even an environmental impact statement. It [...]
5 Ways Global Warming Is Changing the Globe
Over the last century global temperatures have warmed up by 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit (0.74 degrees Celsius) on average. The change might appear small, but it’s occurring really quickly — more than half of it since 1979, reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 1. Moving the military north Because the Arctic ice opens up, [...]
10 Awesome Pictures of Birds
American Goldfinch image credits Splendid Sunbird Tufted Coquette image credits Bohemian Waxwing Northern Royal Flycatcher image credits Collared Aracari image credits American Kestrel image credits Colorful Mandarin Ducks image credits Golden Headed Cisticola image credits Rare Albino Hummingbird Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Endangered Species of the Week – Mountain gorilla
We started a awareness project to help protect endangered species. This week hero is a Mountain Gorilla. Species Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei Habitat There are two populations of Mountain gorilla. One of them is found in Central Africa among the Virunga volcanic mountains . The other is found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Status There are less than 800 mountain gorillas worldwide as per the recent statistics. In Belgium, there is [...]
10 Global Warming Solutions
Technological advancements and growing needs have changed the natural climatic conditions. Increased burning of fossil fuels, raise in water, land and air pollution and increased use of fertilizers in an attempt to raise food production is the cause for accumulation of carbon compounds in the atmosphere. Raise in amount of carbon compounds in atmosphere is [...]
Colorful Jumping Peacock Spider Dancing For a Mate
image credits Not every colorful, and spectacular mating ritual on earth is easy to see with the naked eye, especially when creatures taking part could fit easily onto your fingernail. One of the more spectacular events of this type occurs when Jumping spiders, especially those of the peacock variety, get in the mood for love. [...]
Beautiful Sunset Photos
image credits What can be more emotive and striking to the senses then that magical moment , when the fading glory of the sun disappears below the horizon, at sunset ? Not that the image you see is real, for the air itself, through refraction of light, creates a mirage in which we believe we [...]
Ten Most Amazing Albino Animals
image credits Winter is the time of year when these living ghosts really come into their own, as the world becomes white, allowing them to blend in perfectly. Albino Animals are actually very rare in nature, and humanity has been enthralled by these creatures for thousands of years. For some cultures in the [...]
Most Endangered Species in Amazon Rainforest
Man is hell bent on destroying the environment in the name of ‘development’ without realizing that that it’s leading to the extermination of several species from our forests. It has been stated that over half of the globe’s animals are living in rain forests. With the fast disappearance of these rain forests several of these animal [...]
Altiplano – A Landscape of Magic
The Altiplano landscape is a 600 mile stretch of ice, fire, wind and salt – a land that is both eerie yet majestic. The 12,000 foot high plateau ripples through the Andes of Bolivia, Peru and Argentina and holds the records for the world’s highest navigable lake, the largest salt flat and is earth’s second [...]
