Cows and Pigs and Global Warming

Cows and Pigs are big contributers to Global warming. See link.

Maybe we should eat less Pork, Beef and Milk...

Mini-Project #5 Superfund site

The E.P.A.'s website is too complicated and extraneous to use with ease, and its impossible to understand through them about superfund sites... Oh Well...

South Korean Recycling

South Korea's Recycling effort-From CNN.com

Mini-Project #4 Genetically Altered Foods

Partial List of Genetically Engineered Foods Center for Food Safety September 1st, 1999

This is a list of processed foods that tested positive for genetically engineered ingredients. These tests were not "safety" tests; they were only to establish the presence of unlabeled genetically engineered ingredients. Frito-Lay Fritos Corn Chips Bravos Tortilla Chips Kellogg's Corn Flakes General Mills Total Corn Flakes Cereal Post Blueberry Morning Cereal Heinz 2 Baby Cereal Enfamil ProSobee Soy Formula Similac Isomil Soy Formula Nestle Carnation Alsoy Infant Formula Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Nabisco Snackwell's Granola Bars Ball Park Franks Duncan Hines Cake Mix Quick Loaf Bread Mix Ultra Slim Fast Quaker Yellow Corn Meal Light Life Gimme Lean Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix Alpo Dry Pet Food Gardenburger Boca Burger Chef Max's Favorite Morning Star Farms Better'n Burgers Green Giant Harvest Burgers (now called Morningstar Farms) McDonald's McVeggie Burgers Ovaltine Malt Powdered Beverage Mix Betty Crocker Bac-Os Bacon Flavor Bits Old El Paso Taco Shells Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Sources: Genetic ID (an independent testing firm) and Consumer Reports (September 1999).

Glowing Cats!!

Done with cloning in South Korea

Mini-Project #3 Endangered Species

Instead of creating my own list from another list, I decided to post this list to show the immense amount of species in Florida that are threatened and endangered. When people think of endangered species the automatically think of Mammals, avians and reptiles. They tend to forget about the insects, fish and plant life that is also endangered.

-Bret

The following list courtesy of :

Author     :    Don A. Wood, Endangered Species Coordinator
                   Florida Game & Freshwater Fish Commission
Provided by:    Glenn Reynolds,
                   Florida Game & Freshwater Fish Commission
Located by :    Bobbi Walton, ESE
Uploaded by:    Chuck Segal, ESE

List of Florida Endangered Species

Mini-Project #2 Carbon Cycle

--Diagram Courtesy of Wikipedia

Link to: NEOSELVA ZOOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: SURVIVAL.COM/30 BRAINS

NEOSELVA ZOOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: SURVIVAL.COM/30 BRAINS

MUST SEE "Waste" Art Work

This is amazing work by Chris Jordan.....

Go to:

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php

Fire Rainbow

A fire rainbow. Supposedly a very rare thing...if its real...

Mini-Project #1 Environmenal Organization

In looking at the three environmental organizations; Greenpeace, The NRDC, and the Wild Spots foundation. I am most inclined to join Wildspots or The NRDC. I like how The NRDC emphasizes the use of the law to back up their use of science to promote their mission statement.

Greenpeace in their mission makes it sound like they are a bunch of "treehuggers" yelling at the top of their lungs for change and they are lobbying for that. I know thats probably a misconception, but thats how they come off on their website as well as popular media. "Screaming at the wind..."

I very much liked the mission statement of the Wild Spots Foundation. They have a very worldly approach; their mission is "to serve conservation beyond utilitarian reasons by incorporating a sense of stewardship and ownership, which protect the world's valuable wild spots (ecosystems and associated biodiversity) in return for the physical, aesthetic and spiritual sustenance it offers for generations to come. "

Ultimately I see no reason not to join all three. All have been effective in their mission statements, and all have made great efforts in protecting and preserving the environment.