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Homage to the Earthworm

2020-04-25 Maria Rotunda Climate Action, Lazy Gardener, Natural Ecosystem, Reduce Your Footprint, Zero Waste

Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay

Did you know that Charles Darwin spent his life enamored with worms?

“It may be doubted if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures,” Darwin wrote in his final book (“The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Actions

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Lewis the Koala is this week’s face of the climate emergency

2019-11-27 Maria Rotunda Climate Action

Australian koala Image by Claudia Beyli from Pixabay

Last week, a video of an Australian grandmother taking the shirt off her back and plucking a koala from a tree, as a bushfire engulfed the area around them went viral. The koala was taken to a local koala hospital where he was treated. The rescuer named him “Ellenborough Lewis” after her grandchildren. Everyone… Continue reading

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