Posted on October 7, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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Move over ‘spider paws’! The Gooty Sapphire Tarantula’s galactic colors are stunning.
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Category: Discovery, Plants & Animals, The Environment & You, The Wild Life Blog, WorldTags: arachnid, biology, crticially endangered, devon bowker, endangered species, environment, gooty, gooty sapphire, gooty sapphire ornamental tree spider, gooty tarantula, india, iredescense, metallic spider, metallic tarantula, peacock tarantula, spider, taratnula, the wild life, venom
Posted on September 25, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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I recently hosted the first ever Facebook LIVE Q&A and there were a lot of questions about purpose, like this one: “What is the purpose of ticks?” The truth is, the concept of a plant or animals purpose isn’t as cut and dry as…
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Category: Other, Plants & Animals, The Environment & You, The Wild Life BlogTags: ask a naturalist, environment, indicator species, naturalist, nutrient cycle, purpose, q&a, snake, tick, ticks, what are ticks good for, what do ticks do for their ecosystem, what is the purpose of ticks
Posted on May 9, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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27 years ago, Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, developed Archie, the very first search engine. That was just the beginning. Somewhere along the way, a symbiotic relationship developed between these continually developing search engines, advertisers, and users which has blossomed into something like…
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Category: Apps & Websites, Make a Difference, News, TechnologyTags: ad revenue, bing, biodiversity, clean air, CO2, coastal forest, cool climate, cooperatives, deforestation, earth, economy, ecosia, featured, forest, google, green, greening, indonesia, madagascar, palm oil, peru, planting, search, search engine, social good, social responsibility, soil, soil protection, sustainable, tree, tree planting, water security, What is ecosia
On April 1st, I hosted a neighborhood clean-up, though the hosting bit was rather difficult considering that I was the only attendee. The schedule was set for two hours on the nicest Saturday of 2017, so far. 60 degrees, sunny, without a cloud in…
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Category: Eco Challenge, Lifestyle, Make a Difference, Other, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, The Wild Life Blog, Waste, We SaveTags: alluminum, clean up, do your part, environment, featured, garbage, JouleBug, litter, Make a Difference, plastic, recycle, recycling, reduce reuse recyce, social responsibility, sustainability, Waste, waste reduction
Posted on April 26, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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Residential waste accounts for 55% of the total US waste-stream. If you compost 90% of your food scraps and yard waste, that’s an annual savings of 106 lbs of CO2 and 155 lbs of waste diverted. That’s the same impact as planting one tree seedling or eliminating 11 bags (or 2 bins) of garbage! (JouleBug)
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Category: Eco Challenge, Food, Gardening, Lifestyle, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, The Wild Life Blog, This Month, Waste, We SaveTags: compost, Eco Challenge, featured, Food, food scraps, how to compost, indoor, JouleBug, odor free, red wiggler, sustainability, Waste, waste reduction
Posted on March 16, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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As one of America’s most influential environmentalist, Barry Commoner devoted his life and career to ecology, awareness, education, and enacting positive change. He was among the first to begin advocating for recycling and organic farming, as well as raising awareness about the threats of…
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Category: Profiles, The Wild Life BlogTags: 4 laws of ecology, barry commoner, change, clean air act, climate change, ecology, environmnetalism, epa, i gave my tooth to science, organic, Profiles, strontium
Posted on January 27, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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Minnesota’s glacially carved landscape is marked with countless remarkable natural features, including some of the best waterfalls in the country. No matter the season, it is worth the trip. You can do this road trip in two ways: 1) Start south of Minneapolis at…
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Category: Lifestyle, The Wild Life Blog, TravelTags: banning state park, cross river, cross river falls, george crosby manitou, gooseberry falls, hastings, high falls, lutsen, minneapolis, minnehaha talls, minnesota, mn, pigeon river, poplar river, roadtrip, schroeder, tettegouche state park, Travel, vermillion falls, waterfalls, wolf creek falls
