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Reduce Lead in City Gardens
Many substances pollute the air around us, particularly in cities. Some chemicals even get into our garden soil and plants, and these can affect our health. One is of these is lead. We may not see or taste it, but some crops grown in cities may contain dangerous amounts of lead. So we need to…
Make Drylands Productive with Planting Pits
Even if you have dry, desert soils with a hard crust you can improve your land and grow crops again. In parts of West Africa farmers make cracked, hardpan soils productive again by planting their grain seeds in small pits. They plant sorghum and millet this way. Here’s how you can make these planting pits….
You and your environment
No. 1: Plastics harm the environment Did you know that most plastic is not biodegradable? That means that it does not decompose naturally and turn into another material without polluting the environment. There are 46 different types of plastics, and technologies to recycle them are not well developed. There have been experiments to produce something…
What is Happening to the Weather?
Is the weather getting worse where you live? Does the sun seem to burn hotter? Do the rains fail to fall? Some scientists believe what is happening is different from the year-in, year-out changes in the weather that farmers have always had to put up with. And they think pollution from such sources as big…
Use the Sun to Cook your Food
One way people sometimes describe a really hot day is to say, “It’s so hot, you could fry an egg on the ground.” Well, how about cooking vegetables in a box in the sun? You can do this using the rays from the sun. This is called cooking with solar energy. Cooking with solar energy…
Acid Pollution is in the Air
Acid pollution. It’s as horrible as it sounds. It poisons the air we breathe and the rivers and lakes we drink from. It harms the soil we grow our food in and the forests that give us wood. And it also harms us. This is because we are all part of the chain of living…
Cleaning Without Polluting
When we hear about damage to the environment caused by big paper and chemical factories it seems that the causes of pollution are far from us. We think that we are simply victims suffering from these assaults against the environment and our health. However, in one way or another, we all contribute every day to…
Environmental Conservation Begins at Home
Arlequin the clown and his beautiful friend Rosana decide to visit the city to tell everyone how to clean a house without polluting the environment. They knock at the door of Mrs. Salina who is reluctant to receive them because she thinks they are selling expensive cleaning products. Rosana and Arlequin calm her down and…
Dams and Hydroelectricity
Everyone who has electricity knows how convenient it is. You turn on a switch and your home has light. Electricity seems so simple. But did you ever wonder how electricity gets to your home? Let’s see how. Hydroelectric dams create and supply electrical power. These dams are not like the dams you may be used…
Let’s Save our Tropical Forests
Tropical forests. Since the beginning of time they have been a peaceful paradise of huge trees, leafy plants and more birds, animals and insects than you can imagine. But, tragically, these forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, about 30 hectares a minute. In fact, 32 million hectares of tropical forests are destroyed each year….