This is from the Swiss Embassy --
Riding on Sunshine
Swiss schoolteacher Louis Palmer and his SolarTaxi are driving around the world on a mission—to show the world that solar energy technologies are feasible and ripe for development.…
Thank you Susan for bringing this excellent article to my attention!
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/a-clear-and-plastic-danger.html
Their tips:
8 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure
The following practices will help protect you–and most importantly, your children–from harm caused by endocrine disrupters. Learn more about endocrine disrupters at Theo Colborn’s site www.endocrinedisruption.com.
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doen't need self esteem training - the term "passive" distinguishes the approach from "active" acoustics, which includes SONAR and other methods of emitting sounds and receiving the echoes to collect information about the environment. Passive acoustic approaches do not emit sounds,…
are like cellists
they have a very specialized parts of their antennae that they rub against their head like a bow on a string
check out their sounds as well as other sea creatures' at - http://www.dosits.org/
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean is an island of trash the size of Texas. Most of the trash is plastic. And this is just the plastic that has yet to photo-degrade (break into smaller pieces, but never completely integrate into…
can be physical oceanographic research equipment
http://www.oceanmotion.org/html/research/ebbesmeyer.htm
We are filling our oceans with toxic plastic! Many people now know that plastics are not biodegradable - they don't rot like wood or rust like metal. But who cares? So there's some plastic bottles and plastic bags floating in the water, oh…
They're alive!!! Some corals may look like rocks, and others like plants, but they are actually huge colonies of tiny animals called polyps. The coral structure 'homes' they create and live in form an intricate environment which in turn provides refuge for…
Did you know that perhaps the loudest sound in shallow waters is made by animals the size of your pinky finger?
Snapping shrimp have claws (which makes them look a bit like baby lobsters), but one claw is much bigger than the other.…
from the crackling of snapping shrimp, to the whistles of dolphins; from the crash of a wave on a rocky coast to underwater earthquakes, the sea is far from silent. Humans contribute to the soundscape as well, in minor and major ways…