While many people around the world know about climate change, or see their climate changing daily, many are unaware of the
extent of the most recent science.
Here is an simple slideshow brought to you by 350.org explaining about Climate change in plain, simple english.
You will learn about climate science, climate impacts, the international UN process on climate change, and how an international movement is forming to combat climate change.
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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.
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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Well… guess who is causing the climate change?
Scraplife: E-Waste in Pakistan <– Click Here
Photographs and story by Robert Knoth. In June 2008 Greenpeace tracked a shipment of e-waste from Europe to its final resting place – Pakistan. This is the story of what happens to that e-waste and the people it affects.
Thousands of tons of e-waste – such as discarded PCs, mobile phones and TVs – are dumped in Africa and Asia every year. Our research shows that some of this waste is exported to Pakistan.
In the Karachi district of Lyari, hundreds of workers, including teenage children, earn their livelihoods by dismantling the electronic scrap and extracting valuable components such as copper to sell. This is a insight into the personal cost of e-waste.
Manufactures can help ensure the problem of toxic e-waste is solved. Find out which companies are doing the most to tackle the problem.
Many thanks,
Eoin, Juliette, Tom and the Greenpeace toxics campaign.
Eliminating the use of disposable plastic bags is about more than just the environment, it is about health, sustainability, economics and ultimately, the quality of our life.
The Dangers of Plastic: Interview with Charles Moore
Say no to plastic bags.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
For more infomation. Click the url below
http://www.droptheplasticbag.org/
I’m participating. Are you?
On March 29th, 2008 at 8pm local time
Earth Hour will commence ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
It is created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a POWERFUL MESSAGE about the need for action on global warming.
Be part of making Earth Hour 2008 a huge, global success by telling your friends and family. Remember, every single light makes a statement and makes a difference.
Last year, on 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney (Australia) businesses turned off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. This massive collective effort reduced Sydney’s energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour, which is the equivalent effect of taking 48,000 cars off the road for one hour.
++Pledge your support for Earth Hour and find out more about the lights-out campaign at earthhour.org, the official website. http://www.earthhour.org
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