DIY Gardening
Five-Gallon Bucket and Gardening
There is much talk about what soil conditioner your garden needs best: Sphagnum peat mouse or coconut coir? The debate is about sustainability. Another is efficiency.
DIY GARDENING
Tips for a Happy Garden
Environmental Issues
Global Dimming
The BBC broadcast its well-known Horizon documentary every week on 15 January 2005. This was about a hazardous global dimming phenomenon. Fossil fuel use produces two impacts.
Justice and Fairness in The Climate Debate
The debate over climate change is usually seen as a conflict between “believers” and “deniers.” Belief in human-driven global warming can be natural since much evidence supports the hypothesis that humans are changing the planet’s climate. However, there is also an element of fairness: it seems like common sense to say that people should not...
Coral Reefs: Environment Issue
Environmental and human value ecosystems: coral reefs Coral reefs span more than 280,000 square kilometers and host tens of thousands of species in what many call rainforests. Coral reefs are in many ways beneficial to the environment and humanity. They, for instance,
BIODIVERSITY
1999 Protocol on Biosafety
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international treaty that seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology. It was adopted in January 2000 and entered into force in September 2003.
Gardening Tips
Herb Guide: A guideline for the cultivation of Basil – a traditional herb
With these stunning plants, add a little zest to your cuisine! Home gardeners make Basil (Ocimum Basilicum) for its sweet taste and lovely scent from seed. Basil is highly popular and available in many delicious species, all of which offer distinct taste and scent to gardens and borders.
HIKING
Smart and Safe Travels