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Beneficial Bacteria: 12 Ways Microbes Help The Environment

September 26, 2011

We have become obsessed with eliminating bacteria, attacking with gels and wipes the microbes we associate with infection, illness and death. But not only are many types of bacteria actually helpful, some strains may hold the key to fighting global warming, cleaning up pollution, breaking down plastic and even developing a cure for cancer. These [...]

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Bacteria Made Your Lunch – Revisited

June 6, 2011

Bacteria are one of the few reasons that I can remain optimistic about future prospects for feeding humanity.  We who are involved in feeding the world face many challenges in addition to population growth (climate change, peak oil, growing Asian middle classes..).  Still, we might just pull it off because we have microscopic friends that… Read More…

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10 Incredible Species First Discovered in 2011

May 21, 2011

2011 was a banner year for discoveries of new species. We show the top 10 here, with amazing pictures!

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How to Make Compost Tea & Why You Should

February 4, 2011

Compost tea and seedlings. Image credit: sleepynecko, used under Creative Commons license.

When I posted a video on how to make compost extractions, and later on how to make compost tea it awakened my interest in this lesser-known subset of compostin…

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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Explained at a Third Grade Level

January 30, 2011

Image: Slideshare, Timmy Plante

If you are still wondering just exactly where antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” come from, and how we have contributed to creating them, then this story-book slideshow on Development of Antibiotic Resistant S. Au…Read…

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Compost Poetry and the "Magic at Work in the Rotten Stench"

January 25, 2011

Image credit: Joi, used under Creative Commons license.

Compost is a funny thing. For the uninitiated, or the uninterested, it is at best a clever form of recycling, and at worst a disgusting, smelly and unpleasant alternative to sending your trash t…

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How to Brew Compost Tea (Videos)

January 25, 2011

Image credit: Growing Wisdom

Whether it’s discussing how worm compost suppresses plant disease, or getting a sneak peak at industrial-scale composting, I’ve talked a lot about both methods and usage of compost here on TreeHugger. But when I posted on…

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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Slideshow)

January 20, 2011

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With so many products — from hand soap to dish detergent — boasting about their antibacterial properties, it’s easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you.

But the world of bacteria isn’t so black and whi…

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Make Your Compost Go Further – Compost Extraction (Video)

January 18, 2011

Image credit: The Naked Garden

Whether I am talking about making compost as a form of animal husbandry, or musing on the analogy of compost as a yogurt for the soil, I am known for being more than a little bit geeky about the life in my rotted biomas…

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Compost is Like Yogurt for the Soil – Probiotics in the Garden

January 11, 2011

Image credit: Lindsay Dee Bunny, used under Creative Commons license.

I’ve been reading a lot about compost recently and one thing keeps bothering me. Almost every article refers to this magical substance as a “natural fertilizer”, and on one level i…

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