Honeybees Can Recognize Human Faces
The ability to tell individual faces apart was long thought to be exclusive to large-brained mammals. A number of recent studies have pointed out that some wasps can recognize friends in the hive, and human faces, too.
Solar Power Gets Massive Boost in Connecticut
2,160 solar systems projects have been approved in Connecticut over the past 22 months.
12 Best DIY Solar Panels For Your Home
Producing your own electricity might be easier if there were how-to’s out there. Here are twelve, easy-to-read ways to set up a solar panel system in your home.
Earth in 1000 Years
This edition of COSMIC JOURNEYS explores the still unfolding story of Earth’s past and the light it sheds on the science of climate change today. While that story can tell us about the mechanisms that can shape our climate. it’s still the unique conditions of our time that will determine sea levels, ice coverage, and temperatures.
Why the legalization of marijuana may be good for agriculture
Traditionally, covert marijuana growers have earned themselves a bad rap, at least environmentally speaking. From indoor growers’ massive consumption of electricity to deforestation and agricultural pollution, a lack of regulation – combined with the promise of massive cash rewards – have led to an “anything goes” mentality, which has resulted in significant harm in the past.
Orchid See, Orchid Do: On the Allegorical Sight of Orchids
Orchid See, Orchid Do is an exploration of the hypothesis that biomimicry in nature could be inspired by a sense of sight and intelligence at the cellular level.
10 Steps to Get Ready for the Global EcoVillage Movement
This article was originally published on Valhalla’s website, at http://valhallamovement.com/blog/2013/09/26/project-nuevo-mundo-and-why-you-should-help/. 10 Steps To Get Ready for the Global EcoVillage Movement Project Nuevo Mundo is a new platform that will be connecting People and Impact Centres. Their plan is to promote resource sharing online and on the ground to promote community and sustainability! They currently have a […]
Earth From Space HD
The groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, NOVA takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustains life on earth.
Toward a Green Future, Part One: The Culture of Biophobia
To understand the predicament of industrial civilization, it’s not enough to grasp the outward shape of the crisis of our time: the looting of a finite planet’s stock of resources, the destabilization of the global climate, the breathtaking cluelessness with which politicians, pundits, and ordinary citizens alike insist that the only way we can get out of this mess involves doing even more of the same things that got us into it in the first place, and the rest of it.
Human Influence on Worldwide Climate Change
Recent international research indicates that it is “extremely likely” that human actions have contributed to the Earth’s increasing temperature.
