Tag plants
Turning Batteries Into Plant Food
Batteries are extremely useful. Many ordinary household items are powered by single use batteries including, TV remotes, toys, flashlights, and even smoke detectors. But what happens when the batteries are used up and have to be replaced? Could they be turned into... plant fertilizer?
Read MoreTurning Batteries Into Plant Food
5 min read
What is a Mangrove and Why Are They One of The World’s Most Important Trees?
When you feel like you're in a hard situation, can you adapt to make it better for yourself and others? The remarkable mangrove trees do just that, making homes in salt water and saving the environments around them. They're living proof that when we find ways to thrive despite our challenges, we can make life better for everyone around us.
Read MoreWhat is a Mangrove and Why Are They One of The World’s Most Important Trees?Get The Most Out of Your Groceries: Easy Ways to Use Food Scraps
Wait! Before you throw away that banana peel or compost your coffee grounds, you can give them another life. Here are some simple ways to start reducing waste and maximizing your grocery budget.
Read MoreGet The Most Out of Your Groceries: Easy Ways to Use Food ScrapsWearable Bananas? This Ugandan Company is Giving Textile Waste the Slip
What one material could make placemats, rugs, and hair extensions? This miracle fiber is bananas! Learn about the non-profit transforming this popular plant’s waste into something that is wonderful—in more ways than one!
Read MoreWearable Bananas? This Ugandan Company is Giving Textile Waste the SlipSecrets to Surviving: Lessons from Carnivorous Plants
If you think the Venus Flytrap is cool, wait until you meet some if its fellow carnivorous plant friends. From rodent toilets to bat bedrooms, these plants have found some fascinating ways to stay alive! Check out their stories to learn how we can succeed in our own lives—if only we decide to do something a little unexpected!
Read MoreSecrets to Surviving: Lessons from Carnivorous Plants
5 min read
Embracing the Spice of Life: Why Grow the World’s Hottest Pepper?
Can following our passions lead to a world-wide phenomenon? When Smokin' Ed Currie invented the Carolina Reaper, he was driven by curiosity and creativity, inspired by one question: how hot can a pepper get?
Read MoreEmbracing the Spice of Life: Why Grow the World’s Hottest Pepper?Turning Pineapples into Plantable Plates!
Meet the people turning fruit waste into super-sustainable packaging! Their amazing innovations are opening a whole new world of possibility for us all. Prepare never to look at pineapples—or paper plates—the same again.
Read MoreTurning Pineapples into Plantable Plates!
5 min read
Asparagus: A New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries?
A feeling very familiar to most of us almost kept this life-changing treatment for spinal cord injuries from making it to testing! Here's how Andrew Pelling and his fellow researchers overcame self-doubt to create this breakthrough innovation.
Read MoreAsparagus: A New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries?
5 min read
Where There’s a Weevil, There’s a Way!
Here's a story that shows what's possible when we use our strengths to solve big problems. When a Texas lake and way of life were threatened by an invasive species, scientists, community members, and weevils teamed up to save their beloved waters!
Read MoreWhere There’s a Weevil, There’s a Way!
5 min read
Become an Instant Backyard Scientist with iNaturalist!
What if you could go on a safari and get up close and personal with hundreds of plants animals, no plane ticket, no fancy guide, and no money required? Now, all of us can experience our own backyards with a little more wonder thanks to this amazing app!
Read MoreBecome an Instant Backyard Scientist with iNaturalist!
5 min read
How to Grow Your Own Bowls, Lamps, and Baskets!
Can we seriously grow everything we need in our backyard? To explore this question, on this edition of Saturday's Around the World we're traveling to an enchanting land to meet a woman who can transform plants into almost any object you desire!
Read MoreHow to Grow Your Own Bowls, Lamps, and Baskets!Leaf Miners: The Unexpected Conservation Heroes
Forget whatever you've heard about leaf miners, these common garden pests are little wonders that may be holding up an entire ecosystem! Head over to Hawaii with us to check out how these tiny creatures can have a big impact on conservation.
Read MoreLeaf Miners: The Unexpected Conservation HeroesFollow Us
Positive news for curious people.
There is a wave of goodness and progress well underway, all around the world.