Wasting water as a life-style

Water - the clear, colourless, odourless, tasteless liquid was once generated by the primordial atmosphere of the Earth and also might 'have originated from the outer parts of the solar system' as well. Life dwells in the wet of the biosphere. Diversity has been sprouting in it for over 4 billion year of evolution. Early humans attributed a sacred nature to this substance.

Today's demand by an unsustainable population for a finite supply of fresh water has brought about a water crisis. Megaprojects attempt to wring more of that profane liquid from the water cycle for the sole use of (some) Homo Sapiens. It is a nonrenewable ”resource that is finite in quantity and is being used faster than its ability to regenerate itself.“ Degradation of the biosphere and resulting desertification are the results of such 'harvesting'.

With great optimism they continue to build fantasy-cities in deserts. The life-sustaining liquid is siphoned off from somewhere-land nearby. The many bathrooms and pools of lawn-framed McMasion-sprawl, celebrate wastage as a life-style. Motorised 'water sports' on drinkable water, washed cars and green golfing turf are still the norm.

All our undesirable anti-products are flushed into the hydro-cycle. Most toxins and actions remain imprinted, as some claim, in the 'memory' of H20. This body of water gets re-cycled through living bodies.

Now that the 'water boom' is over, it is claimed that only the private sector will know how to manage sustainably the remaining resource. Turning the remaining essence of life into a commodity restricts the last drops to the ones that can pay, leaving not a drop for the ones to come or other species. The wars for water will be fiercer than the ones for oil.
On ice crystals
On crystals & audio
Siphoning off ponds
State of major rivers
Effects on saliva from mobile radiation

Strawberries costing the Earth

Huge strawberries were on offer at the market yesterday. The WWF is calling to boycott this Spanish produce, because their cultivation is leading to an "environmental catastrophe". The majority are grown around the national park Coto Donana. Germany and France are the largest importers of this water intensive and polluting crop. WWF claims that ”that strawberry cultivation is highly polluting, resulting in 4,500 metric tons of plastic waste each year and pesticide pollution.“ If you buy them before April, they are most likely destroying the Iberian natural milieu.
Graffiti:Berlin_mitte

Ivory mobile, disappearing species, climate comforts

- On the gadgets market, the latest ivory-clad Nokia is sure to be a trophy. Maybe exemptions have been made for this casing.

- Rare rhinos are disappearing in Nepal. There are still 26 one-horned Rhinoceroses left to be possibly pulverised into aphrodisiac.

- A new species of fish called: By-Product has been discovered. Despite plundering the oceans, there are still wonderful fish remaining, even in the deep oceans.

- The record temperatures of a world burning up can not be alleviated by artificially creating cooled habitats for Humans. It has been found that their air-conditioned urban places of aggregation have a raised temperatur of 1 to 2ºC.

Human-caused mass extinction for a healthy economy

The extinction of dinosaurs opened up a niche on the Earth for mammals to take up the vacant real estate. Within a blink of time Homo sapiens evicted most of Earth's plants and animals out of their homes. 150 species a day have to exit this planet because of human action.
They talk, and are worried, that the 'biodiversity treasure trove' will be soon scooped empty and the global economy might be hurt. Putting a negative monetary value on climate change alone does get Homo S. thinking...
Image: Ivory at the Berlin flea-market, depicting European heroes o.s.

What plants we tolerate in our urban parks

A study about urban parks has found that "Increasing human population is significantly related to decreasing native species and increasing nonnative species...Higher levels of human disturbances such as trampling, air pollution, or arson have more of a destructive effect on native species.” The goal to feature biodiversity in the urban wilderness fails as only tough and introduced plants survive the “repeated human disturbances”.

Fairy Penguins killed by toxins

25 Fairy Penguins in captivity died of an “unidentified toxin”. It “ injured the brain, the kidney and the liver”. But first they were renamed from Fairy Penguins to Little Penguins to not offend the paying families..

Australian birds killed by lead

Thousands of native Australian birds died from ”lead levels up to 10 times higher than a fatal dose.” The toxin lead is cumulative and leads to severe seizures. The human manufactured catastophic event took place in Esperanca, W.A. The area planned “...to ship around 84,000 tons of lead in concentrate from the port to its Chinese customers this year....Lead exports from the port were suspended March 12 after testing of dead birds in the region found a number died of lead poisoning.“
The concerned residents now have their water checked. But as usual "no evidence" can be found...and there is an eerie bird-less silence.
The Canary in the mine...
Lead fact sheet, gov.au
Birds Australia
update:The birds started dying three months ago, ABC
update: 22.3. An expert found that the lead carbonate 'poses a hightened risk to human health'.

Slaughter by mouse click

Remote-control cyberhunting of wildlife is taking place as a pay-per-view slaughter.
Graffiti: Berlin

Extinct species exhibition

Eliminating the wealth of biodiversity and racing to cut the last branch (one is sitting on).Unable to learn and act. The floating skeleton is not yet in a history of science museum,'Habibi', by Adel Abdessemed at this stage was an event in Berlin. A video of the floating art-work can be found here.
Sculpture: 'Habibi', Adel Abdessemed, Berlin 2003