‘Whatever you give a woman, she’s going to multiply. If you give her sperm, she’ll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she’ll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she’ll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she’ll give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.
So – if you give her CRAP, you will get a bucket full of shit.
- anonymous
How well do you understand about relationship between the economy and the environment?
This month’s Deep Green explores what happens when the laws of nature collide with the laws of economics.
“We may build bigger ships, but no new technology can catch fish that aren’t there.”
Click here to read the deep green column by Rex Weyler.
“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count.
It’s the life in your years.”
– Abraham Lincoln
I came across with a new invention (2006) known as life straw. Basically it is a water filters designed by the Swiss-based Vestergaard Frandsen for the people living in developing nations.
life straw
Half of the world’s poor suffer from waterborne disease, and each day nearly 6,000 people mainly children die due to consuming unsafe drinking water. This invention simply help them to stay alive.
The entire process is powered by regular sucking, similar to using a conventional drinking straw, and filters up to 700 liters of water, equivalent to one year supply of water.
Althought it does not solve the root cause but it is a big help to give time for developing countries to build and develope their drinkable water supply sytem and the sanitary systems. A round of applause please.
But, one of the biggest hindrance is the price of life straw which is unaffordable for the people who need it.
So What is your opinion on this so call brilliant invention?
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful
people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of
educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are
omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will
solve the problems of the human race.”
– Calvin Coolidge
Worm cast or vermicast is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. Worm cast contains thousands of bacteria, enzymes, remnants of plant materials that were not fully digested. The final casts may have been digested many times by the worms. During this process, it cleans up the matter by promoting useful microbes and adding more mucilaginous substance.
Do you know? – The bacterial population of a worm cast is much higher than the bacterial population of either worm’s gut or ingested soils.
One of the important components of worm cast is the humus, a complicated material formed during the breakdown of organic matter. The humic acid in humus provides many binding site for plant nutrients, such as iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus and sulfur. These slow release nutrients are stored in the humic acid molecule in a form readily available to plants, and are released when they are needed by the plants.
Worm cast also contain worm mucus which will keeps the nutrients from washing away. These mucus acts as glue to agglomerate soil particles. It holds moisture better than plain soil. Worm cast can hold 2-3 times their weight in water. It will improve the water holding capacity of the soil. In other words, your soils will remain dampen for a longer period of time.
Worm cast are rich in microbial life which helps break down nutrient already present in the soil into plant available forms. It also enriching soil in micro-organisms, adding plant hormones such as auxins and gibberellic and adding enzymes such as phosphatase and cellulase.
Worm cast improve soil structure, porosity, aeration and water retention capabilities. The product can insulate plant roots from extreme temperatures, reduce erosion and control weeds. It is odorless and consists of 100% recycled materials.
Worm casting contains 5 times the available nitrogen, 7 times the available potassium and 1.5 times more calcium than found in 15cm of good top soil. It will contains all the necessary nutrients when the wastes fed is well balanced (e.g., fruit peels, vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, garden wastes, grains, breads, small amount of egg shells and bones, shredded newspapers and cardboards.)
Do you know? Worm casts and worm composts are different terminology. Worm compost contains worm castings and other organic matter that has been partially or fully composted. Worm casts are purely manure or feces of the worms.
If you would ask me whether it is competitive with chemical fertilizers. I think the answers are pretty obvious. Isn’it? 
Research and compilation by Mervin Low
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