Archive for the 'environment' Category

30 Jun

The Art of Divining

Fact or fiction, I am convinced it works.
Have you ever heard of anyone who can add the art of dowsing or divining to their lists of accomplishments?
I have had the joy of knowing such a person and I am a believer.
Are you aware of what a Dowser does?
Dowsing dates back to ancient times, and it [...]

15 Jun

Global Wind Day

I heard it on the radio this morning - today is the first Global Wind Day.
The purpose of this day is to increase the awareness of wind energy as an alternative source of power without the use of fossil fuels.
It is being celebrated in 30 countries around the planet.
In our country, wind is being equated [...]

21 Apr

Earth Day 2009

A fairly new holiday, the first Earth Day was held in 1970 and celebrated by 20 million people.
It is now celebrated by over 500 million people in over 175 countries.
Last Earth Day in 2008, I spent the day cleaning out my garden and planting some giant sunflower seeds.
About 8 of them sprouted and grew in [...]

04 Mar

Unbelievable!

This image is a NASA illustration that shows the space junk that is orbiting the Earth.

When I first saw this image I was totally astounded - I couldn’t believe we had polluted our atmosphere to this degree.

Through the years we had heard off and on about satellites being put into orbit, and of course we [...]

12 Feb

Atomic Bomb Underwater

We have been reading some older issues of the National Geographic magazine, and one of the stories featured was about the atomic bomb that had been detonated in 1946 over the Marshall Islands.
The above photo shows the effect of the bomb detonated underwater.
It sent water vapor over a mile high into the air and it [...]

11 Jan

The Silence of Snow

I knew as soon as I awoke that we had received the predicted snowfall overnight.
I didn’t have to go to the window.  I didn’t have to turn on the TV or the radio.
It was all in the sound - or should I say the silence.
We live in the country, so it is always very quiet [...]

01 Dec

Doomsday Seed Vault

Have you ever heard about the seed vault that resides just a few miles from the North Pole?
Since it’s opening in February 2008, millions of seeds have been deposited into it.  It has the capacity to hold 4.5 million seeds.
It is located on a small Norwegian island named Spitsbergen, and it was built to preserve [...]

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