Nuclear waste is one of the major environmental headaches of our time. Even if every reactor on Earth were to suddenly shut down and none built again, there is still millions of gallons of waste left over from three quarters of a century of production to deal with, along with future waste from […]
Stephan: There have been so many truly awful stories about the situation of bees, that I am happy to report this good news. Slovenia shows how a nation can live happily with bees, to the benefit of both.
These little beings are essential to successful agriculture, and ecological wellbeing, one of whose attributes is having enough to eat. Bees are a leverage point that can powerfully influence a nation's wellbeing.
It is my personal view that beekeepers should be part of the forestry service, and that communities should regulate toxins and maintain beekeeping as a community activity, with skilled government employees managing the hives, without having to make profit a consideration. Although, in fact, I believe the honey and wax from those hives would actually make the service self-funded and profitable.
Beekeeping is a cherished national tradition in Slovenia, which has led the way in raising awareness of the plight of bees
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It was a Slovene who wrote the world’s first modern beekeeping manual.
And Slovenia has gone on to lead the way in raising awareness of the plight of bees, as concern has grown over the health of the world’s bee population in recent years.
Beekeeping is a cherished national tradition in Slovenia, with colourful beehives to be found dotted throughout fields, on the edge of forests, in gardens and on city rooftops.
The bee can be spotted as a symbol of industriousness above the doorways of banks and museums, and now even on a special two-euro coin issued by the country’s central bank to mark the first World Bee Day on Sunday, an initiative launched by Slovenia and backed by the United Nations.
“Once you start keeping bees, it’s like an addiction,” Bostjan Noc, head of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association tells AFP, adding that his family boasts several generations of apiarists.
“We have […]
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JOHN WHITEHOUSE, - Media Matters
Stephan: In the christofascist world the mass murder that just occurred at Santa Fe High school was a staged event using what have come to be known as "crisis actors." This requires such a distortion of reality that it is hard to believe anyone would seriously believe such a scenario. But they do; we have a significant minority in America who see the same events that you and I see, but to them it is part of a very different reality. One to which they are passionately committed.
In response to a viral tweet showing Curry’s response, a pro-Trump Twitter account is already accusing Curry of being a crisis actor, saying she was looking down because she was reading from a script.
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Pro-Trump media accused Parkland survivors of being crisis actors when they began speaking out following the mass shooting at their school in February.
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