Feb 12, 2025 | Earth's Gifts
If ever there was a wonderful, WAKE-UP call from Nature showing us how we can solve our environmental challenges, a colony of Czech beavers have built a dam EXACTLY where the local government needed it. And the tree-gnawing designers saved them around $1.2 million...
Dec 11, 2023 | Earth's Gifts
…… with natural, living moss.” The pupils at Hampstead Hill Nursery can say this with pride as the London school has installed two CityTrees in their playground. The German company Green City Solutions has developed these award-winning air filters....
May 22, 2023 | Earth's Gifts
When Cameron gathered acorns on holiday last year, he decided to grow them in glass bottles. Imagine his excitement as he watched the roots appear and eventually the shoots and leaves. At Christmas, an oak tree sapling was a fitting gift for his teacher, Mrs Leckie....
Mar 30, 2023 | Earth's Gifts
It’s no coincidence that the human body is like the Earth. We are microcosms of our home planet. The tree stump and the finger print are so alike and there are many more similarities: Both the human body (60%) and the planet Earth (71%) are largely made up of water....
Mar 18, 2023 | Earth's Gifts
Butterfly teamwork with no EGO in sight! And what about the tailorbird making a secure nest by sewing leaves together. Tailorbird nesting story – YouTube A bee’s wings are not engineered to lift its weight and yet it can still fly. Maths explains how bees...
Feb 18, 2023 | Earth's Gifts
Our Earth Mother has given us EVERYTHING we need to live on this beautiful planet. I was in awe of the snowdrops this morning and remembered that this harbinger of Spring contains a powerful medicine within its bulb. Galantamine is an alkaloid compound that is now...
