The next time you head out to enjoy nature, take a careful look around. You may be surprised at how many cans, plastic bottles and cigarette butts you notice. Litter surveys show that annually over 350 pounds of trash and 3,000 cigarette butts are picked up per mile of interstate highway. That is disgusting! These figures do not include all the garbage dumped on state highway and rural roads.
The Earth is one of nine planets that form the Solar System, so called because the sun, the source of solar energy, is the central point around which all the planets revolve. So far, scientists have not been able to establish or prove the existence of life forms on any other planet within the solar system. Often, the search for other life forms has focused on looking at the climatic conditions of the celestial body in question. Scientists assume that life forms on a different planet would need similar conditions as life on earth, such as oxygen, light and water, to grow. This may or may not be true.
Walking along a winding road on the North Shore of Kauai, I meet Jake, an elderly statesman of a Dog. He happily waddled down the road alone on his daily walk, with a shiny green orb in his mouth. He had been out hunting for avocados.
I enjoyed watching Jake stop and relish a hunk [...]
Green Tea is a popular brew in the East, a counterpart of people’s love for coffee in the West. Since ancient times, the Chinese have known the healing properties of green tea and they used it to cure headaches and depression.
