Vermiculture
Written by: Dayana Futtingah
What is vermiculture?
Vermiculture, also known as worm farming is the cultivation of earthworms, especially to use them to turn organic waste into fertilizer.
Benefits of vermiculture:
▪Worm casting is an organic form of highly concentrated, nutrient-packed fertilizer produced from earthworms, that you can use for your garden and house plants....
How can agriculture help the economy?
Written by: Mégane Sinnapen
Agriculture contributes economic development by providing food and raw material to non-agricultural sectors of the economy Agriculture creates demand for goods produced in non-agricultural sectors, by the rural people. Agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the process of economic development of a country. It has already made an important contribution to...
Ayapana Plant
Written by: Sophia Anseline
Ayapana
is in the large Asteraceae plant family (which is also called the
sunflower or daisy family). The Asteraceae is the second largest
family in its Division with some 1,100 genera and over 20,000
recognized species. Two common and well known North American
medicinal plant species in the family are boneset (Eupatorium
perfoliatum)
and...
Moringa Plant
Written by: Maria-Cristina Oogur
What is Moringa?
The moringa is a genus of East
Indian and African trees constituting the family Moringaceae and
having pinnate leaves and irregular flowers with 10 stamens and a
3-valved capsular fruit.
History of Moringa
The history of the Moringa
tree begins on the Indian subcontinent around 2000 BCE. It was used
in traditional...

What Goes in the Ocean Goes in You
This ecological ad from Surfrider Foundation “What Goes in the Ocean Goes in You,” is meant to remind us all of our responsibility regarding not only the earth but the oceans as well. The consequences of our actions on earth impact directly on the sea. If all of us to reduce our use of plastic and protect and respect our oceans, we would have a cleaner and safer world for our children.

UN chief asks banking sector to invest in climate action
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on
Sunday asked the banking industry to invest in climate action and to disinvest
from fossil fuels and pollution in general, in Xinhua China. He made the appeal
as he was launching the UN Principles for Responsible Banking. “Climate
action has multiple benefits, including job creation, reduced air pollution,
improved public health, and greater...

Urine powered generator in Nigeria
A group of four high school Nigerian teenage girls solved one of Nigeria’s biggest electrical challenge by inventing a system that uses urine to power generator. Their major goal in creating this invention was to reduce the production of carbon monoxide. Their invention comes only years after the famous cases of death from carbon monoxide poisoning that is common in Africa. The...

How a Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Could Change Agriculture
NASA’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) was launched on June 29, 2018. This spaceborne could change our agricultural practices here on Earth by measuring the temperature of Earth’s plants from space. When a plant has access to a sufficient water supply, it releases water through pores on its leaves. When water is scarce, these tiny pores close,...

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