There are people protesting Nestles because it is pumping 80 million gallons a year out of a spring in California. You realize 80 million gallons is not nearly as much water as you think. Let’s compare, shall we? “A shocking 2,100 gallons of water are needed to produce just a single pound of shelled almonds” (Ecology.com). That would mean that Nestle is using as much water as it takes to grow 38100 pounds of almonds. We grow a LOT of…
Did you know your standard, garden variety honey bee is not native to the Americas? They came over with the Europeans after Columbus. http://bugguide.net/node/view/475348 Did you know earthworms are not native to the Americas either? They also came over with the Europeans and caused ecological disaster on the continent. Earthworms change the way leaves and such are decomposed and thus change the nature of the land. http://www.charlesmann.org/art…/NatGeo-Jamestown-05-07-1.htm http://ecosystems.serc.si.edu/earthworm-invaders/ Did you know tomatoes are not native to Europe?They were transported by…
The next time you think one person cannot have a dramatic effect on mankind and the future, think about this: A single German, Wilhelm Souchon, decided at the start of WWI that he was going to take his battleship, the Soeben, to Constantinople, which was then the capital of the Ottoman empire and Turkey. His purpose, with just his one battleship, was to cause Turkey, a very powerful country at the time, to enter the war on the side of…