Will Tourism Soon Become A Major Problem?
While it is great to discover God’s green Earth, some worry that tourism will soon become a major problem. Loss of cultural heritage, ecological degradation, economic dependence… what are the consequences of mass tourism? And, most importantly, what can be done to limit – or at least, control – the damage?
Sustainable ‘Living’ Architecture
Living Bridges! Watch this amazing video that clearly shows us what humans, in partnership with nature, can do to overcome even the most enormous of obstacles.
The Library of Life
The genetic diversity of the planet is like a vast library full of rare and unique texts. Wanton environmental destruction causing mass extinction is like burning a library, and much genetic engineering is like clumsy editing of classics of literature for commercial purposes.
The Semi-Palmated Sandpiper And I
About an hour’s drive from my home in Nova Scotia the majority of the world’s semi-palmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) stop every year to gorge on “mud shrimp” on the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin.
Positive Training – Beyond The Dogs
Let’s say you have a killer whale in your backyard. You would need a big tank for sure. Actually, you would probably need more than one. After all, how are you going to clean the tank with a killer whale in it? Ok, so you have your two big tanks and your pet killer whale and it’s time to clean one of his tanks. How are you going to get a 9 ton sea mammal out of one tank and into another? If this sounds like a ridiculous problem, it’s not. Zoos and marine animal parks deal with problems like this every day.
Return To The Forest – Now Showing!
Return to the Forest, narrated by William Shatner premiers today for World Elephant Day! Watch the film on the www.worldelephantday.org home page.
A Dream For The Queen
Artist Janet Vanderhoof, inspired and deeply touched by the work of Patricia Sims and Michael Clark Filmmakers of “Return to the Forest” depicting the reintroduction of bringing the Elephants of Thailand back to the wild, felt a need to create her painting … ‘A Dream For The Queen’.
Returning Elephants To The Forest
For most of us in the Western world, the first time we would’ve seen an elephant was likely in a circus or a zoo. But what we were never told is how the elephant, a wild animal that roams the jungles and savannah of lands far away, got to be in the zoo or the circus in the first place. It’s time to return elephants to their natural role in the forest before it’s too late for the elephants and the forests. Join us on World Elephant Day August 12th to find out how.
Whale Watching in Atlantic Canada
Camera in hand, you wait. Nothing has prepared you for the moment to come: not the anticipation built up on the cruise past the lighthouse, not the interpretive talk of the marine biologist on board, not even the ethereal songs from the … Read more →
Turning Plastic Into Oil!
Steve Duck shares with us that there is a better way to make use of our discarded plastics. Check out this video of a remarkable Japanese invention that turns plastic, into oil!
