Ideaplants » online networks http://ideaplants.org Thoughts, ideas and trends around mind shifts in environmental decision making, corporate citizenship & sustainability Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:35:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Bees help us fertilise crops, let us help them survive http://ideaplants.org/2011/01/bees-help-us-fertilise-crops-let-us-help-them-survive/ http://ideaplants.org/2011/01/bees-help-us-fertilise-crops-let-us-help-them-survive/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:33:43 +0000 Sylvia http://ideaplants.org/?p=1780 Nature is pretty to look at, nature is an inspiration for science, nature provides a lot of things that would cost us dearly to do by ourselves or would frankly be impossible to do at all.
Think about the bats that eat mosquitoes (up to their own body weight each day), worms and slugs that recycle organic waste and loosen the ground or bees that fertilize our crops..

Now, some of them are in a bit of trouble, the bats in Belgium have troubles finding caves to hibernate over winter and the bees are globally on a very steep incline because of use of pesticides. They are pollinating 90% of our plants! And “Multiple scientific studies blame one group of toxic pesticides for their rapid demise..”

As for the bees there is something you can do for them.. Avaaz, a global web movement, which helps enforcing environment friendly policies through petitions, is currently collecting signatures to hopefully provoke a global ban on pesticides. I signed already, why don’t you sign it as well? http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_bees/

thanks,
Sylvia

PS: Avaaz also deals with human rights issues.

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I just found out this morning: tomorrow is World Environment Day and lots of things are happening worldwide! Events range from conferences (for example the environmental day conference in Brussels) to a release of the movie HOME.


HOME is a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the sky perspective photographer. I have his book at home and it’s the best photography book I know, it has been opened many times by me and friends of mine. The special thing about this release is, that it will be in over 50 countries on the same day and in different formats: movie theatres, TV and DVD.


Brussels DG Environment is planning a special screening of the film at the RESIDENCE PALACE – 155 Rue de la Loi at 5pm. I will definitely go. Let me know if you want to join as well. You will need to register in advance with an e-mail to basha@unric.org


Otherwise you can also watch it online or on TV.
Click here to read about what else is happening in Europe.
Facebook event


Sylvia



PS: > More about World Environment Day
> More about the movie here
PPS: If anyone is planning to go to the conference in Brussels, please let us know! We’d be happy to blog about your impressions.




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