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Even without all the industrial and technological growth that has accelerated climate change, humans can—and do—dramatically impact ecosystems. Via SIN JONES 
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Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
Why I prefer cloths you can launder
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Acorns are extremely nutritious and readily available to most of us, making them a healthful and convenient addition to many recipes. Note: Acorns do contain a bitter organic substance called tannin that must be leached out before eating. With a little patience, tannin is easily removed. Via Vivalist
Vivalist's curator insight,
November 9, 2015 10:49 AM
It requires lots of water and boiling to remove tannin so not to be considered if those are scarce or if in a hurry
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Little is more emblematic of our culture's dysfunctional relationship with Earth than our relationship with the dandelion. We spread cancer-causing, chemical toxins around our homes and public places to kill plants that produce healthy and delicious dark green leaves (and may also help cure cancer). Check on pesticide toxicities here. Meanwhile we eat store-bought dark green leaves (which are mostly water), packaged in plastic and grown 3,000 miles away in a state in its fourth year of serious drought. Via Brian Hammerstix
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Made from recycled wooden shingles, our door signs are hand painted with a simple quaint saying. Due to the nature of the antique shingles, each
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Whether you have a vegetable garden, rose garden or weed garden, here is the best round up of gardening tips and ideas that you've probably never tried! All of these little tricks are resourceful ideas for a beginner or even the novice green thumb.
Laura Brown's comment,
March 18, 2015 8:21 PM
Also good to use the water from your boiled or poached eggs.
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We at A Book of Cookrye, like many people in the United States, are aware of what countries most of our family comes from but know little besides where on a map to point. We have neither stories of the old country nor traditions brought over from across the ocean. We may be able to say what countries our ancestors come from and maybe name a city or two, but that is all we can say about that.
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A group of women and men who are tired of paying high prices for organic bulk and other foods. With a minimum of 5 people, we can start a food buying club with depots throughout York region. Holding d
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Treat your family and friends and especially your sweetie with a valentine that you make yourself. It's a fun project to upcycle old cards and other odds and ends to create a unique card of your own.
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Paper or plastic? Butter or margarine? Sugar or corn syrup? What do these questions have to do with collecting? It's a new year and that usually means N
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Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) have developed a cost-effective way to save a wide range of threatened species, including rare old ones that may be costly to protect. Their new technique to help maximise both the species and genetic diversity we save helps resolve the dilemma facing conservation managers worldwide: whether to rescue a larger number of recent and more common species or fewer, unique and older species that may be more costly to preserve. The technology will help nations such as Australia and New Zealand to protect as much diversity of both species and their genes as possible, says lead researcher Dr Joseph Bennett of CEED and The University of Queensland (UQ). "The global extinction crisis is getting worse, and conservation funds are seldom enough to stop biodiversity from declining," says Dr Bennett. "This is like a library on fire – and we have to save as much of the precious information as we can. "If we have to choose, do we carry out a few rare, old tomes, or do we carry a larger number of smaller books that may contain less information than the ancient tomes?" Dr Bennett explains that highly distinct species have few close relatives, and their lineage has been isolated on the tree of life for many millions of years. The platypus is one example of Australia's 'rare old tomes' – its ancestors diverged from other mammals somewhere between 160 and 200 million years ago. As the distinct species are isolated from others, they also contain unique genes, which may in the future prove very important to the health of ecosystems, or even the development of medicine. For example, Ginkgo biloba is an old and genetically distinct species that was once close to extinction, but is now used traditional medicine, he says. "So losing the more distinct species – akin to losing the rare old tome – could mean the loss of this genetic information, along with millions of years of evolution," he says. "But when these species are expensive to protect, it may mean spending money to save one or two species instead of five or ten other species." Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald, Jocelyn Stoller
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Both our daughters are not at our home this Christmas, but living in their new homes this year. One daughter is in town, in her latest apartment; the other is out of state, stuck in her dorm and unable...
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How a 19th-century nervous condition shaped the way modern Americans think about health and happiness Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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When you learned about The Periodic Table of Elements in high school, it probably didn’t look like this. Above, we have a different way of visualizing the elements. Created by Professor William F. Sheehan at Santa Clara University in 1970, this chart takes the elements (usually shown like this) and scales them relative to their abundance on the Earth’s surface.
16s3d's curator insight,
November 23, 2015 7:16 AM
Morphisme du tableau périodique des éléments en fonction de leur abondance
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Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
As book lovers, do we love or hate this? I say "love" because so many old books are just dumped in landfills, so recycling them seems a better option.
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Soil microbes have been found to have similar effects on the brain as Prozac without side effects and chemical dependency. Learn how to harness the natural antidepressant in soil and make yourself happier and healthier in this article.
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Meet the eco-superhero using the sun and volcanic rocks to reinvent cooking in Kampala. Via mrhill, Skuuppilehdet
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In episode 4 of The Spark, carbon-absorbing nanobubbles could be the key to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions Via THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY
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I've been collecting vintage cookbooks (and other ephemera) for decades. But it's not because I actually cook. Other than baking, I nearly hate cooking. Thankfully, my dear hubby is the cook in the...
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When companies offer instructions as to how much of their product to use, what do you think drives their decisions as to what advice to give?
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I did take the rest of the pot out and offer it to everyone downstairs because I couldn't bring myself to waste it. The first person to try some got this look on his face like he'd seen God and took the whole thing to his room. It really is that good.
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Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
South Dakota couple is building sod houses, digging wells and baking bread like their grandparents did on National Geographic's show, The Pioneers.
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1. Making creates authentic experiences for learning.
Learn more:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/coding-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/
Via Gust MEES, Vivalist
AnnC's curator insight,
October 17, 2014 9:51 PM
So many of my student like to keep their hands and/or bodies moving. They become engaged . |
