Knowing more means loving more. And loving more is good for the earth, right? But where can you go to get reliable info on the abundant bunch of plant and animal species on earth?
Right now, there’s not one single place, but Encyclopedia of Life is trying to change that.
Encyclopedia of Life is now available online as a work in progress. BBC’s article, First look at vast ‘book of life’, gives more details about this cooperative undertaking.
If all goes according to plan, the site will feature 1.8 million species of plants and wildlife by 2017.
The site is designed to be used …read more

Just some basic figures to consider tonight from Worldwise:
how long will it take to decompose…
Cotton rags
1-5 months
Paper
2-5 months
Rope
3-14 months
Orange peels
6 months
Wool socks
1 to 5 years
Cigarette butts
1 to 12 years
Plastic coated paper milk cartons
5 years
Leather shoes
25 to 40 years
Nylon fabric
30 to 40 years
Tin cans
50 to 100 years
Aluminum cans
80 to 100 years
Plastic 6-pack holder rings
450 years
Glass bottles
1 million years
Plastic bottles
Forever
If you aren’t already recycling (composting counts!) all you can, you need to, or your great grandkids 10 times over are going to find your trash from yesterday. Here’s some help: How to Recycle Practically Anything.
Get the kids involved:
Trash 4 Kids has …read more