How Nature Makes Soil, And You Can Too (Video) Ecofilms Australia Posted 26 August 2011, by Sami Grover, TreeHugger (Discovery Communications, LLC), treehugger.com From helping to convert arid, salty desert into a productive permaculture garden, to reminding us of the astounding fact that there are 40 tons of life in just one acre of soil, [...]
Archive for August 26th, 2011
26 Aug
NOAA Warns Of Gap In Future Forecasting Abilities
NOAA Warns Of Gap In Future Forecasting Abilities Posted 26 August 2011, by Ira Flotow, ScienceFriday, sciencefriday.com NASA and NOAA satellites have been tracking Hurricane Irene as it barrels up the coast. But one type of NOAA satellite, which orbits the poles and helps predict severe weather like tornadoes and blizzards, may soon be out [...]
26 Aug
Woman plans 1,000 km trip to sustainability
Woman plans 1,000 km trip to sustainability Posted 25 August 2011, by Dianne Wood, The Record (Metroland Media Group Ltd.) , therecord.com Colette DeSousa is about to embark on a two-month tour of B.C.’s spectacular sunshine coast. But the 33-year-old Waterloo woman won’t be following the usual tourist path. She’ll be bunking down in a [...]
26 Aug
40 year old Mariner 5 solar wind problem finds answer – turbulence doesn’t go with the flow
40 year old Mariner 5 solar wind problem finds answer – turbulence doesn’t go with the flow Posted 26 August 2011, by Staff, PhysOrg, physorg.com (PhysOrg.com) — Research led by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has resolved a 40 year old problem with observations of turbulence in the solar wind first made [...]
26 Aug
Fukushima caesium leaks ‘equal 168 Hiroshimas’
Fukushima caesium leaks ‘equal 168 Hiroshimas’ Posted 25 August 2011, by Staff (Agence France-Presse (AFP)), PhysOrg, physorg.com Japan’s government estimates the amount of radioactive caesium-137 released by the Fukushima nuclear disaster so far is equal to that of 168 Hiroshima bombs, a news report said Thursday. Government nuclear experts, however, said the World War II [...]
26 Aug
Biodynamics in Brief
Biodynamics in Brief Posted 26 August 2011, by Monty Waldin, The Organic & Biodynamic Viticulture Workshop, obvworkshop.com Posted on the Web as a MS-Word Document Biodynamics1 There are essentially only six types of wine (red, white, pink, still, fizzy or fortified) and only four broad ways of growing the grapes: 1) [...]
26 Aug
7k women stage protest against hydel project on holy waterfall
7k women stage protest against hydel project on holy waterfall Posted 26 August 2011, by Staff, The Times of India (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd), timesofindia.indiatimes.com MANALI: More than 7,000 women, including about 100 mahila mandals, took out a rally to show their opposition to the proposed 1 MW hydroelectric project near Vashisht village of [...]
26 Aug
Design Atlanta’s Newest Urban Farm
Design Atlanta’s Newest Urban Farm Posted 25 August 2011, by Laura Horton, About (New York Times), about.com The City of Atlanta has recently announced that they will be creating a large urban farm on Trinity Avenue in an empty lot across from City Hall. The project is part of Atlanta’s efforts to become a top [...]
