Tag Archive | "rainforests"
20 Objects Devoured by the Jungle
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight… Anyone remember that popular tune? Not sure if lions sleep in the jungles we visited around the world (in pictures at least), but the jungle itself is sure eating into everything in its way: cars, planes, statues, temples, churches. Nothing seems safe from the clutches of nature.
Continue reading...Underwater Forest Vs. Underwater Chainsaw
Monday, January 5, 2009
It may seem like a pipe dream for someone to come up with a viable solution to stop the endless logging in many parts of the world. Logging that is driven by people’s materialistic needs, usually the very same people who bemoan the loss of our rainforests and the effects of global warming. Yet one company, Triton, who have been in business for a number of years, discovered perfectly adequate resolution quite a while ago.
Continue reading...How Do Nature and Rainforests Help Medical Research Anyway?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The UN has announced that medical research is on the verge of being seriously impaired by a lack of biodiversity. image via flickr user carreon I’m positive that I wasn’t the only grade schooler that was told that one of the reasons timber companies in Costa Rica were evil [...]
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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