February 5, 2014
There’s no power on Earth that can stop it! (chapter 1)
From: Losing our cool
By: Stan Cox
Archive for January, 2014
EREAD 02/05/2014
January 30th, 2014 by Andrea GalindoEREAD 01/29/2014
January 22nd, 2014 by Andrea GalindoJanuary 29, 2014
National Park Proves a Hard Gift to Give
By: Katharine Q. Seelye
From: New York Times
EREAD 01/22/2014
January 10th, 2014 by Andrea Galindo“More than Honey” film screening and discussion panel. 01/15/2014
January 3rd, 2014 by Andrea GalindoMore than Honey
Wednesday January 15, 2014. 6:30pm reception, 7:00pm screening
Rice Media Center (Rice University) map
Come for the screening of “More than Honey”, a movie about the global decline of the bee population, the probable causes and consequences. A discussion panel will follow the screening with Eugene T. ash (TAMU beekeeper), Dean Cook (Houston beekeeper), and Walter Schumacher (Honey Bee Kind, Austin); moderated by Jay Crossley (Houston Tomorrow).
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Environment and Society, the Swiss Consulate, the rice Environmental Club,Transition Houston and the Green Film Series.
SYNOPSIS:
The bee population worldwide is in general decline. In the US, is the latest estimated suggest that 1.5 of the 2.4 million total beehives have disappeared across 27 states. The same phenomenon has been observed in Switzerland, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Poland and England. Scientists have found a name for the phenomenon that matches its scale, “colony collapse disorder” and they have good reason to be worried: 80% of plant species require bees to be pollinated. Without bees, there is no pollinization, and fruits and vegetables could disappear from the face of the Earth.