Environment

Space Travel - My husband is in love with the thought of going into space. I am not so sure he would want to do it for real, or that he would be young enough for it at this point, but he is fascinated with it none the less. He watches anything that he can find about space travel and anything else remotely related. I would bet there are many more just like him in the world, and

Paper Bags - Chances are good that if you go to the grocery store you will be asked if you would prefer to have plastic or paper bags. Some places will not ask you about your preferences, and if you want to have paper you have to asked for them. However, there are many places that understand some people don’t like plastic bags, or they prefer to have paper

Light Bulbs - I have never really given much thought to light bulbs, but lately that has changed. I used to make sure I go the right wattage, and tried to save some money, but that was as far as I thought. Bulbs are, after all, bulbs right? Even when l learned about different types of lighting in college I never really paid attention to what I was putting in my home. That

Tips For Recycling Glass - Now that it appears that global warming is a real issue that has real long term effects on our world, more people are stepping up and doing what little things they can to make a difference. If each person or family makes just one small change, that adds up to a huge impact on what we are doing to our planet. One thing that many have done

Renewable Energy Sources - There has been a lot of talk about finding new energy sources, and a lot of effort put into finding ways to use older ideas in a better way. We have to worry about what we are doing to the planet as well as what high energy costs are doing to the economies of the strongest countries on the planet. Waste is something we are also

Tropical Rainforest - I remember when I first learned about tropical rain forests when I was in school. We were doing a unit on tropical rainforest animals as part of our natural sciences class. You have to understand that I lived in a pretty urban environment. I had seen a few exotic animals at the zoo, but nothing more wild or out there than a lion or a tiger.

Effects of Global Warming - Environmental education has been going on for decades. Nonetheless, it has taken on a new urgency in the last couple of years. Only a little while ago, people were still debating the causes of global warming. A lot of folks simply didn't want to admit that our actions have consequences that were destroying the planet. Although the

Endangered Species - I remember sixth grade when we first started talking about endangered species. Back then, it was just starting to be fashionable to do in schools. Nonetheless, few adults learned about it. I was shocked. I had never heard about endangered or threatened animals before from my parents. Of course, they cheated a little bit in school.

Pictures of Space - Those of us that are baby boomers have seen many achievements in our life time. Some of the technology has been wonderful and others we could have done without, however the world is much smaller in many ways because of the technology that we have today. It is hard to single out one thing that has had the biggest impact on our world. But

Water Cycle Diagram - I Remember the first time I saw water cycle diagram. I was in middle school, and I had no idea why it was important. I knew vaguely that water changed places frequently. I knew, for example, that it would go up into the air and form clouds, come down as rain, and slowly drain out into the ocean. The significance of this fact was lost on me

Environmental Issues - There's no denying that we humans are hard on our environment. Sometimes I wonder why so many of us treat the earth with such disdain. You can see morons pitch cigarette butts from their car windows on a daily basis, and some folks even toss fast food garbage to the ground like it's no concern of theirs. Where did these people

Save The Earth - It is amazing how much things have changed. It used to be that everyone wanted to save the world from communism. I still sometimes watch old cold war era movies where the hero has to do everything in his power to save the Earth from a diabolical Russian scheme. Movies like Red Dawn played on our primal fears of worldwide nuclear holocaust.