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This a brilliantly argued 598-page book is a comprehensive work that summarizes in detail all the objections that many people, including many prominent scientists, have ...
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Pablo Neruda. The Chilean forest
A short memory of Pably Neruda (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973) in the Chilean forest. An enchantment that everyone knows, like millions of ... -
Christian Opitz. Healthy nutrition for man and earth or is the chicken stupid?
You look and act the way you do and what you eat. There is deep meaning in this simple sentence. Countless texts have been written ... -
Frozen Niagara Falls like the last Ice Age. 18,000 years ago
Frozen Niagara Falls – I did see this… even more awesome when you see all the trees covered with ice. The Niagara River, and the ... -
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else … Knowledge can be communicated, but ... -
West Montrose Covered Bridge, also Kissing Bridge is one of the oldest covered bridges in Canada
Built in 1880–1881 mostly of oak and white pine by John Bear. He had previously built barns, the total cost to the Township of Woolwich ... -
Seattle speech. A text about the domination of an ideology, about slavery, about freedom disappearing
There are texts so timeless that they must be preserved for future generations to avoid the mistakes of our ancestors, based on the psychopathic behavior ... -
Cheltenham Badlands was formed over 400 million years ago
This impressive landscape in Caledon was first formed at the base of an ancient sea over 400 million years ago and was exposed in the ... -
Rattlesnake Point. Home of ancient cedars and limestone cliffs
Rattlesnake Point is one of the most beautiful spots in Southern Ontario. Popular rock climbing spot, spreads over 264 hectares of protected land and features ... -
Bridal Veil Falls. Popular waterfall along Manitoulin Island’s Kagawong River
Popular waterfall along Manitoulin Island’s Kagawong River. It’s very pleasant to have it as part of Manitoulin island tour. Trails: red / 5km yellow / ... -
The Algonquin Logging Museum. Take a step back in time
Take a step back in time and learn about this very colourful aspect of Algonquin’s cultural history. The Algonquin Logging Museum brings to life the ... -
Lawrence Newcomb. The unknown botanist and his famous, legendary Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide
In every region on the planet we can find popular botanical guides. For the northeastern part of North America, Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide is such a ...
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"In case nobody has told you," she said, "this is the United States of America, where nobody has a right to rely on anybody else—where everybody learns to make his or her own way.
"I'm here to test you," she said, "but there's a basic rule for life I'd like to teach you, too, and you'll thank me for it in years to come."
This was the lesson: "Paddle your own canoe," she said. "Can you say that and remember it?"
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“it is illusion to think that there is anything fragile about the life of the earth; surely this is the toughest membrane imaginable in the universe, opaque to probability, impermeable to death.
We are the delicate part, transient and vulnerable as cilia. Nor is it a new thing for Man to invent an existence that he imagines to be above the rest of life; this has been his most consistent intellectual exertion down the millennia. As illusion, it has never worked out to his satisfaction in the past, any more than it does today.”Lewis ThomasLives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
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There are 60 065 species of trees
in the world.
In Ontario, there is a study
of the Native Trees of Ontario Collection,
which has about 85 species.