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Watched an Earth Odyssey presentation on NBC channel about various wildlife of the Caribbean Islands. Including bird, reptile, insect and crustacean species. Interesting side note: The Caribbean Islands happen to be one of the 35 global hot spots of biodiversity!

Today I watched The weather channel's Pattrn. One of the topic's was a "Tiny House" on the beach in Bali, owned by this gentleman ( I forgot his name). I thought it was so cool that the house was constructed from 35,000plastic bags, plastic cups & straws that the owner collected from clogged rivers, pumping sites etc. He gave a...

Today I watched The Weather Channel...Patttrn. One piece was on this young gal ( age23) managing her own non- profit business: sustainable clothing, she is doing other things too to manage Climate Change. She quoted If we do not solve the problems...nothing else matters. Also, there was a piece on "Florida Everglades"; how the fresh...

Today I took a walk around the neighborhood: I picked up trash on the street curb, yards and in wooded areas. Anoka County, MN Happy Earth Day weekend!

Tonight I watched- Wonderstruck, "Chasing The Rains" on the BBC channel. It was a piece on various wildlife (ie elephants, cheetahs , wildebeests, etc.} in Northern Kenya; in their search for water and food survival for themselves and their cubs and babies, as that area has a dramatic rainy season and 5 months later a drought season....

On the NBC Nightly News; one of the pieces was on: "Cutting Food Waste to save the Planet" I learned that food waste produces Emissions of Carbon Dioxide and 1 million food wastes a day end up in landfills; that's 15% of food wastes. It was impressive that they showed 1 elementary school children filling the appropriate bins (ie...

Today I watched Nature on PBS. Subject was Ecology of the Niagara Falls Region. Interesting facts on how the Niagara River and some of the Great Lakes flow into the Falls. Also showed aquatic wildlife in and around the Niagara River ecosystem. Showed beautiful scenery of Niagara Falls. I also made a renewal Donation to the Yosemite Conservatory...

I read the rainforest site ( website). Topic: "Stop Killing Sharks for Dubious Bone Supplements". A lot of the shark species are close at extinction; due to GNC contributing; in no small amount; to the killing of those sharks by continuing to purchase and stock supplements made from shark cartilage. These supplements profess to aid...

I watched "Pattrn" today on the Weather Channel. Several topics were discussed. The ones I found very interesting were: The Housing Building topic, where they are experimenting and building some houses using A. I. ( 3D printed). The purpose: to save the trees. It takes 30-100 trees per lumber pieces. Also replacing Dry Wall and...

Watched a documentary about indigenous wildlife of the West Indies Caribbean region, on the Earth Odyssey program of NBC network television.