This weekend, tens of thousands of citizen-scientists will join in The Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the U.S. and Canada.
Carolina Chickadee, 2010 GBBC. Credit: Ken Childs, TN
Participants count birds at any location they wish for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, then enter their tallies at www.birdcount.org. Anyone can participate in...
For more than a decade, World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) has provided a platform for increasing public awareness of water quality through a citizen science project that monitors local water resources around the globe.
"World Water Monitoring Day" has been renamed the "World Water Monitoring Challenge" to promote greater involvement and year-round water quality monitoring.
Yet in recent years, WWMD has become something of a misnomer since activities have not been restricted...
Despite the doom and gloom promoted by traditional media, there is a lot to give thanks for in the Ecology world. The Ecology Global Network takes a look at some of the good stuff that has happened in 2011.
The Animal World
Around the world, in a host of countries, conservationists are rejoicing about the return of species once thought to be extinct, or on the verge of extinction. In Russia, the Amur Leopard is showing strength in its return. There are currently fewer than 50 of these...
Toilets and the services they provide have long been a taboo subject. But since the inception of World Toilet Day by the World Toilet Organization (WTO) on November 19, 2001, the dark secrecy surrounding these taken-for-granted fixtures has been flushed away by a growing movement around the world. The aim of the organization is to focus attention on the lack of toilets and sanitary facilities in underdeveloped nations.
“Sanitation is more important than independence” - Mahatma...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Take Back Day to make this easy for you. Show up at a designated location between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, Saturday, October 29, 2011, and simply pass your medications to the appropriate representative.
This applies to those antibiotics you stopped taking years ago, though you kept the bottle just in case you might need them again. Or perhaps you have just relocated and found old medicine containers holding a few...
