With fewer bees to pollinate fruits and vegetables each year, ‘beemageddon’ may soon cause the collapse of the agriculture industry. –My Science Academy Help dissuade Beemageddon! It is well-known that we have long been nearing the collapse of our current food system with the concurrent collapse of bee colonies around [...]

Scientists have located a happy place where two Bad News Betty’s – tobacco and GMO – collide, asserting that cultures from genetically modified tobacco plants are able to be grown into a therapeutic anti-HIV antibody. Initial small-scale clinical trials of the HIV antibody (or “plantibody”) made from tobacco have proven [...]

“What is your personal carrying capacity for grief, rage, despair? We are living in a period of mass extinction. The numbers stand at 200 species a day. That’s 73,000 a year. This culture is oblivious to their passing, feels entitled to their every last niche, and there is no roll [...]

Living along the border edge like the majority of Canadians do, we become accustomed to taking  opportunity to skip down to the States for the advantage of cheaper shopping. But to what degree does this hedonistic habit of ours impact economy and industry in Canada? Narrowing the scope, a flux [...]

April showers bring May flowers and you know what flowers bring—bees. I came across a nifty DIY bee hive tutorial on the Homesteading Self Sufficiency Survival page, and soon found myself deep into an internet investigation of all kinds of do-it-yourself homes and hideaways for attracting critters to your yard [...]

In the Northern Hemisphere, the recent calendar page turn from April to May marks the official start of the spring-summer season, the return of shorts and of sand-filled Saturdays. It is also skin cancer awareness month. The thinning ozone and rising temperatures mean it’s more important than ever this year [...]

The recent tragic collapse of a Bangladesh factory making cheap garments for Western wearers has re-invigorated the debate about workers’ rights versus consumer interest to buy cheaply, immediately and frequently. (Seems like a no-brainer, right?) Many of us are doing what we can to fight against fast fashion: buying local, [...]

The world collectively held its breath when a couple of tourists illegally climbed the Pyramids in Egypt earlier this year: some for fear of their prosecution, some in disbelief at their boldness, some in awe of the magnificent photos that came about as a result of this risky decision to [...]

As agri- and eco-tourism continue to grow in popularity, new niches for sustainable world exploration are constantly developing. One of these niches is in culinary eco-tourism, where adventurers are able to experience the harvesting and tasting of regional delicacies under the umbrella of environmental travel. Crete, Greece Based in the [...]

Earth Day can be daunting when you don’t know where to begin lending aid to the planet. 50 Ways To Help.com offers ideas for celebrating Earth Day that can easily translate into being environmentally-conscious any and every day of the year:   1. CHANGE LIGHTBULBS If every household in the [...]