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Do you ever get tired of recycling, composting or bringing your own bag? This collection of untouched landscapes, through photographs, remind us why we work every day to preserve and protect our planet (and no, they weren't photoshopped).
Continue viewing this gallery: Nature's Wonders: Untouched Landscapes....
First-grader Kayla Arsenault, 6, left, reads a question to teacher Brenda Page-Reilly seen on the screen at right via Web cam during a live from the field Earthwatch entitled Climate Change and Caterpillar Populations at E.C. Stevens school in Wallingford Wednesday. Page-Reilly was live from a research location in Louisiana. Tech teacher Charlotte Robbins stands next to Kayla Arsenault at left.
Image credit: Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
By: George Grattan
Note: The opinions expressed here are the author's, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Earthwatch.
Image credit: Russ George - "A very deserving huggable tree" in Sri Lanka, Peradeniya Botanical garden, Kandy
What better way to celebrate a bright future than to view such a beauty?
Communities all over the world have special trees, each with a story that links to local culture. Which is your favorite?
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Kew Gardens, properly known as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a 300 acre garden, a World Heritage Site and the (newly voted) best public garden in Britain. With 1.4 million visitors a year, they have to keep introducing new attractions as well as maintain their reputation as a national centre for botanical research and training. The Gardens hold examples of three quarters of the country's endangered plant species as well as being a stunning place to wander.
A biomass-burning power plant in Scotland. Image credit:EcoWarrior, Biomass Burner.
Wood-Fired Electricity; What's Not To Like?
You’d be forgiven in thinking that these trees have been pummeled and almost uprooted as hurricane season is upon us but, believe it or not, they’re actually meant to look like that; reports Deputy Dog.
Created by the same guys who brought us the Blur Building, Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, the trees form part of an installation entitled ‘Arbores Laetae’, or Joyful Trees and count as one of 30 installations in this year’s biennial arts festival in Liverpool, UK.
Image from the George W. Malone
You already know them as nature's lungs. But its deodorant, too? That is the conclusion of new research done by George Malone, a poultry specialist at the University of Delaware, who found that planting trees around poultry farms helped to significantly cut their emissions and odors.
Another Reason To Love Trees: Energy Efficiency
Planting a shade tree with just the right height and "habit" to keep the mid-day sun away from your air conditioner's out door compressor unit is an energy saver.
If you have an air conditioner, shading the unit can increase its efficiency by as much as 10%.
Via::USDOE, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Lab, Consumers Guide, Landscape Shading....
If you are a horror movie buff, you’ve certainly noticed the liberal use of trees to set the mood. Halloween is hardly complete without the image of a moon-lit and fog-laden tree. However, some trees have been molded by Mother Nature into specters of their own. Scary, frightening, or downright weird, the trees we’ve amassed in this collection will leave you wondering if Mother Nature herself digested some magic mushrooms.
If you are a horror movie buff, you’ve certainly noticed the liberal use of trees to set the mood. Halloween is hardly complete without the image of a moon-lit and fog-laden tree. However, some trees have been molded by Mother Nature into specters of their own. Scary, frightening, or downright weird, the trees we’ve amassed in this collection will leave you wondering if Mother Nature herself digested some magic mushrooms.
Cutting your carbon footprint is one thing, but cutting your paper footprint is a whole other game. As a vivid demonstration of how much paper we use, Mandy Haggith collected and displayed the 250kg of paper that the people in her small Scottish town had thrown away over the past year. In response to this paper mountain, a series of recycling initiatives were started in the town involving students, shop keepers and residents.
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