Added two-part video to youtube. This is part one, or go to our youtube channel.
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and part two:
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An accurate identification of a problem is crucial for a satisfactory solution. Does it make sense, in a country with extremely low rainfall, where 95% of water for agriculture comes from groundwater, to rely entirely on crops that require lots of water? No, of course not! But Suadi Arabia is ruled by members of an…
Plos One has published a study that implies that fungal spores can create rain. From the Abstract: Millions of tons of fungal spores are dispersed in the atmosphere every year. These living cells, along with plant spores and pollen grains, may act as nuclei for condensation of water in clouds. Basidiospores released by mushrooms form…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67CYmdARhM?rel=0&w=640&h=480] Music: Excerpt from Way to the Roots by Haytham Safia Quartet Photo credits, Thanks to Miguel Jaramillo for all the great desert photos. Extreme tree: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedronet/3975329408/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Cat: http://www.scenicreflections.com/download/282058/running_cat_Wallpaper/ (watch out, loads of popups etc…)
The world is like a ride. You think it’s real – it’s just a ride And we can change it any time we want It’s only a choice – between fear and love. Bill Hicks
In a Guardian article we’re warned that the “Amazon rainforest is losing ability to regulate climate” Despite ‘careful’ phrasing, this article and the research it refers to is very useful support for the notion that we need more forests if we are to survive here for much longer. Big Pharma and its mainstream ‘medicine’ lackeys…
LIMA – Peru’s University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) was about to open the applications for the period 2013, so they needed to get students’ attention. Lima, the capital, and its surrounding villages such as Bujama are located in the coastal deserts of Peru. In these places, there were many people suffering from the lack…