DVD Available at: www.longtailnet.com Ice and fire meet dramatically on the worlds most southern volcano Antarcticas Mount Erebus. This film is an adventurous journey from the base of the volcano 300m under the sea to inside the erupting crater 3500m above sea level. See this extreme landscape, revealed as never before. As the film journeys from the volcanos base to its summit, we will compare the formation of ice crystals from water and snow with the formation of crystalline rock for...
Living in Canada, you learn to live with rapid climate change. During the summers, BBQ’s, cycling, boating and many other outdoor activities are on. After the bright summer days, the winter sets in. Deep snow and ice during the winter involves an entirely different set of activities. All these activities changing with the season means that you need some place to store the equipment you aren’t using from one season to another. Why have it cluttering up your house when there is a simple...
Scientists in Japan think they may have found a way to remove caesium radiation from contaminated ground around the Fukushima nuclear plant damaged in the earthquake in March. It involves using microbes to attracts particles from the metal caesium in soil and water. So far results have been very encouraging and the scientists are keen to test the procedure on the ground as soon as possible…. www.euronews.net
Dave travels to Monterey Bay, CA where he sees experts handcraft topiaries for fine garden centers, designers, and florists nationwide. Their selection of forms includes cones, balls, rings, hearts, and wreathes from tiny tabletop shapes to 6-foot specimens. Then travel along as Dave journeys to Walnut Creek, California to see the Ruth Bancroft Garden that was created by a 100-year-old gardener, Ruth Bancroft. The Garden is a perfect example of creating a stunning design of form, color,...
Last Chance for Animals saved 366 animals from the disaster areas and nuclear evacuation zone in Japan. This is the story of just one of them. Chuppy was found alone and extremely traumatized and would not let anyone approach her in a devastated area about 25km south of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant. When she was successfully reunited with her whole family it was a rare moment of pure joy, both for humans and dogs alike…
DIY HOW TO BUILD HOMEMADE 12×15 FT AIR SOLAR PANEL FOR $400 FOR OUR 30×80 SHOP IN OPERATION MADE OUT OF USED WOOD, USED POLE SHED STEEL, 1/2in FOIL FACED INSULATION, 6 MIL PLASTIC ( SHOULD BE 6 MIL UV RESISTANT GREEN HOUSE PLASTIC ), BLACK PAINT, 16in BARN FAN, THERMOSTAT FOR BARN FAN ( SOLD AT FARM SUPPLY STORE ) TOTAL COST $400 ( METAL & WOOD FREE ) *****IDEALY PANEL SHOULD BE 12×30 FOR A 30×80 SHOP*****
DVD available at: www.longtailnet.com Whales have lived in the seas for millions of years, but in an infinite fraction of this time, they have been pushed to the very edge of extinction. For 150 years the Southern Seas were bloodied by mass slaughter. Hundreds of thousands of whales were hunted and killed mostly to oil the wheels of industry. But at the eleventh hour a reprieve may have come. In 1994 an international agreement designated the Antarctic seas a sanctuary for whales. This...
