Flora, represented by phytoplankton and algae two of the most prevalent plants on Earth. What impact is humankind having on their well-being? “Each plant algae is itself a wondrous system processing air, water, and nutrients to feed all living things,”...
Waste, waste everywhere – built-in obsolescence versus recycling and more ecological use of our land resources. Which is progressing? Many of the troubles with our waste come from the use of the land not from the amount of available resources, but how we choose...
The Land: Which way are we headed? Industrial Fertilizer or Organic Farming and Rare Earth metals. If we put the land first and make it the priority, then choices should become more straightforward. There are all sorts of opinions and debates, but is the tide turning...
Fertile farmland is a primary concern worldwide. Countries in North Africa bordering the Sahara are learning to push it back with the Great Green Wall. We consider the Earth once again. An apple of fire and pressure with a skin capable of supporting life, its crust a...
Water resources cover the entire range of human activities. From recreation, thirst-quenching, bathing, and crop production. It is a commodity we cannot forgo. Humans need clean water. Coral Reef Destruction The increase of carbon dioxide by 41 percent since 1990 in...
Water, the natural habitat of fish, nourishes one billion people on our planet. We might tend to shy away from this slithery nourishment, but for many, it is life. Life in a Cambodian Fishing Village We are floating on the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia, observing the...