The earth is an organism (1), this planet is the basis for life itself and most matter is inanimated. Nature, in theory, is divided in animated and inanimate. The inanimate part of nature is dependant on the inanimate part. Electrolytes (2) are present in the human, and animal, bodies. The balance of electrolytes in the body is essentially for the normal function of the cells and organs. The electrolytes in the human body are:...

Adieu year 2010! It was a difficult year. It was also the last year of the first decade of the new century. In the year 2010 we all could witness catastrophes caused by human negligence, as there was the Oil Spill of the BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The Red Sludge in Hungary. Those examples are just the tip of the Iceberg. Many more minor incidents did happen, which did not get the same attention in the media. So no one talks about...

      Merry Christmas?   So shortly after Christmas I would like to write a post about people who are easily forgotten in such festive times. I want to write about refugees of all kinds.   The migration of masses of people, regardless of the reasons, throughout the world, becomes a global political and social problem.   Nomads   Human beings were always a wandering species. Only in the last thousands of years we began to settle...

    According to the website Sustainable Cities from Denmark, which introduces cities throughout the world who claim to be Sustainable. Jamshedpur/India One example is the city of Jamshedpur in India. This city is Harvesting Rain Water. The central water collector is the artificial Dimna Lake, some 13 kilometer away from the city. An enormous infrastructure is needed to manage this amount of water from the city to the lake. Three main...

On the 11th of  November 2010 the media reported about a miniature student revolt in Britain. The cause for the anger was a rise in the tuition fees. Currently the fee is 3.290£ and will be 9.000 £ a year in 2012. It seems, from far away, that higher education in the UK will be only affordable for wealthy people. The anger is understandable, but not so the violence. Still property was broken and more than 40 police officers were injured....

The Climate Summit 2010 in Cancun/Mexico is coming to an end and the outcome is as was expected. Letters of intent. It is the declared intention to cut down on the CO2 emissions. But how to achieve this goal remains in the dark. The developing countries shall be supported in this task. While in the developed countries the the ways remain as they are. Although in an ecological and sustainability context the developed countries are also just...