Under the Microscope: Aphids & How to Get Rid of Them Organically
An organic way to get rid of aphids
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Physical Technology
Notes from UW Sustainability Forum, March 7, 2013
Sustainability Forum at UW-Madison Engaging Change: Our Food, Our Energy, Our World Craig Benson & Pat Eagan (Darren Harris = MC) Funding sources: NSE, SIRE (UW), EPA: P3 Sustainability Metrics Initiative (SBMI): STARS Operations (Faramarz Vakili, Director of Campus Sustainability Operations) 20 million sq ft of buildings 8th largest city in the state if separated
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Propane Powered Cars: Fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, propane reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 10% compared to modern gasoline and diesel engines, is equivalent to gasoline and diesel in terms of tailpipe emissions, and is non-toxic, non poisonous, and insoluble in water [but this is nothing compared to the potential for alcohol as a transportation
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Open Source Ecology – Global Village Construction Set
50 open source machines to power a village at civilization-level technology.
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Aquaponic Growing Systems Updated
Aquaponic Growing Systems Updated
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Vorticella: Under The Microscope
See a Vorticella, a Ciliated Paramecium used as a bio-indicator for levels of water pollution, eat bacteria.
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Nematode: Under the microscope
Nematode: Under the microscope video I am still tweeking my digital microscopic photography technology. However here is a video of the Nematode. One teaspoon of good garden soil has about 20 bacteria-eating nematodes, 20 fungal feeders, a few predatory and plant eating nematodes for a total of 40 to 50 nematodes per teaspoon in all. Happy
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Under the Microscope: Rotifers
A look at Rotifers. It was by studying the Rotifer that scientists were able to determine the environmental impact of the 2010 BP oil spill. The rotifers are commonly called wheel animals. They are a phylum of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals. Animals, because they have organs (cilea for mobility, a mouth with jaws, a stomach,
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NewenHouse
Imagine a house with all the comforts of any house, but so efficient in size and energy-use that you could heat your home with a hair dryer even during a Wisconsin winter!