c. 2004 Chris S. Orr CCM
Weather affects every aspect of our lives. It impacts our pocketbooks, our menus, our schedules and even our health.
We are aware of how cold weather drives up the price of natural gas and propane (just look at your heating bills from this year!) and how our insurance costs are […]
Enviromission’s collossal Solar Tower of Power is a proposed 1000-meter tall tower, and, if it passes through Enviromission’s final feasibility phase, it will be the largest manmade structure on Earth.
You can view the promotional video here.The proposed solar structure is awe inspiring, and Enviromission hopes that this huge Austrailian solar facility, capable of powering […]
My husband and I decided to give our children a real treat this Easter…A real live Easter Bunny!
We made a trip to our local Agway store and, as we suspected, they had several baby bunnies for sale, along with fresh-hatched chicks and ducks. Thank heaven that Darlene, the lady working during our […]
Many times I have been asked what is the difference between a
landscape architect and a landscape designer. Hopefully the
following will answer this question.
The American Society of Landscape Architects, ASLA, provides the
following:
“Landscape architecture encompasses the analysis, planning,
design, management, and stewardship of the natural and built
environments. Landscape architectural projects include design of
public parks, site planning for commercial […]
DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane) is one pesticide that
has been unquestionably labeled hazardous to our health. It has
been linked to cancer and is actually banned from all use in
America now.
DDT was widely used in the 1960’s. It’s all-time peak came in
1963 when 61 million pounds of DDT were sprayed across the U.S.
The first major opposition to the […]
Ga
s detection tubes are a very reliable and proven method for
measuring toxic substances in air or water. Some of the major
advantages of the tube detection method are no laboratory
turnaround time, no power requirement, and no user calibration
are needed. The ease and simplicity of use saves training time
(training video available), sampling time, and provides a more
accurate […]
Living in Arizona Boulders — Where did they come from?
When most people think of building a secluded home, they think of tall trees and large bushes. But what about boulders?
Granite Park, located in Prescott, Arizona, which is in the north central part of the state, is one such place filled with 1.4 billion-year-old towering granite […]
China’s Fast Growth Causes Water Shortage Crisis Water
Technology Creates Viable Solutions for China
By Fei Wang,www.China-AsiaStocks.com, www.Water-Stocks.com
November 2005
As China’s economy booms, the impacts on its environment are
becoming more evident. China, for instance, is home to 16 of the
20 most polluted cities in the world. But by far the most
serious environmental issue that the Chinese […]
There’s a snake in the yard!!!What to do (and not do) when you see a snake
by Chad Minter
First, don’t kill nonvenomous snakes. Any given area can only support a fixed number of snakes. If you kill the nonvenomous snakes that leaves a food supply that could support a population of venomous snakes.
Remember to stay a […]
Snakehead fish became famous when wild and breeding specimens of
this Asian predator was found in the United States. The fact
that the Snakehead fish can grow larger than one metre and is
highly adapted to low-oxygen waters and seasonal droughts
naturally made the newspapers print article after article about
this huge vicious predator fish that can breathe oxygen from […]