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The Food Map Container is just the place to start your relationship with mother earth over. With its high-tech curvilinear drainage system, this container will allow you to grow fresh fruits, veggies, and herbs with complete ease.

Damage from invasive species already costs the world more than $1.4 trillion annually. But now a new report says that biofuel crops could also become invasive species -- and that the risk needs to be evaluated before these crops are planted.

Learn more at http://www.nature.org/initiatives/invasivespecies/strategies/art24885.html

A grassroots distributor of compost worms and vermicompost bins in the greater Montreal area.

This article gives descriptions and uses of common garden plants in medical situations to cure a large list of illnesses and problems that a lot of people face daily.  Did you know Stinging Nettle can cure chicken pox?

One of the best gardening site on the web. very short precise and informative!!

China's thriving economy has opened up new routes for invasive species.

If you live in the suburbs, like I do, the yard around your home is the closest you come to the natural environment on a day to day basis. This begs the question - Is your yard a natural environment? In his book 'Bringing Nature Home' Douglas Tallamy makes a case for replacing alien invasives in the home landscape with native plants specific to the area.

The newest museum in Madrid, CaixaForum, got a vertical garden on one of the exterior walls. Designed by Swiss architects Herzog & Meuron, there are 15,000 plants from more than 250 different species

This is a helpful article for any company or business looking to improve their workspace for both employees, guests & clients, including eco-friendly suggestions. A great how-to guide filled with useful, easy-to-apply tips and valuable links to other resources.

Researchers have traced a sharp decline in survival of caribou calves to climatic warming. While arctic plants have kept pace with the earlier arrival of spring temperatures, the caribou that graze on those plants have not.

Nanosolar with the help of the Google Guys has developed cheap solar panels that don't use silicon and are now bringing them to market. You can even buy one on eBay.

From New York to Costa Rica, from the first national park in China to a marine protected area in the South Pacific, these are the best of the best, the conservation success stories with the most impact for nature and people in 2007.

A list of the amazing number of animals and plants we've lost since 1960.

While most of the discussion about a US/Mexico fence has centered on immigration and urban areas, there's also concern about the potential impact these barriers would have on wildlife. Great photo essay about the most-affected wildlife and natural systems that span the US/Mexico border.