Sowing Seeds for Bees by Susan Colby
International “Bees Love Organic” Campaign Finds Overwhelming response Honey bee covered in pollen. Photo coutesy Nenad Janicijevic Beekeepers and scientists know that bees need help now. In Europe, Nature & More, a Dutch-based international distributor of organic fruits and vegetables decided to take positive action....
May 17
How To Use One Paper Towel – Video by Susan Colby
In a humorous demonstration that includes audience participation, Joe Smith shows how to save millions of pounds of paper towels every year, using his simple Shake & Fold the paper towel method. R. P. Joe Smith served as a District Attorney in Umatilla County and nearly won a race for Oregon Attorney General without taking a s...
May 16
Endangered Species Day is May 18th, 2012 by Susan Colby
What Are You Doing to Help Endangered Species? On the third Friday of May every year, thousands of people celebrate Endangered Species Day by visiting parks, wildlife refuges and zoos and attending events in support of nationwide conservation efforts underway protecting America’s threatened, endangered and at-risk species. The Enda...
May 16
Youth Art Contest – Endangered Species Day by Susan Colby
Sky Waters, a 5th Grader, won the Grand Prize with his watercolor of a caribou, set against a blazing forest fire. The 7th Annual Endangered Species Day is celebrated on May 18 and as a big part of the event, the latest winners of the 2012 Youth Art Contest were recently announced. The contest provides young people with an opportunit...
May 14
Karen Bass: Unseen Footage, Untamed Nature – TED video by Susan Colby
As a filmmaker and photographer, Karen Bass has traveled from one end of the earth to the other to film and photograph the earth, its creatures and people. Bass proceeds to show some of her truly jaw-dropping footage, much of it shot with the BBC or for National Geographic, often with veteran natural world commentator, David Att...
May 14