Category Archives: Big Picture

How Can Conserving Water Harm Our Environment ?

(c) Copyright 2001-2016 David Dilworth Paradoxically, using less water can actually increase total water use. Wait. What? That’s backwards. It  doesn’t make sense. How could this be possible?  If you use less water, how can it increase water use ? … Continue reading

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Ecological Interdependence – Why We Can’t Stop Holding Hands with all our Biota Neighbors

Ecological Interdependence Why We Can’t Stop Holding Hands with all our Biota Neighbors Copyright 2002-2004 David Dilworth Species Interdependence The life of every animal and plant depends upon other biota.(1) When one species is removed for human use, other biota, … Continue reading

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Its OUR Environment, not “The” Environment

(c) Copyright 2015 David Dilworth Have you ever breathed air from another planet? Or eating vegetables grown in another solar system ? Of course not. We all (6 billion of us humans) breathe air from the same atmosphere and eat … Continue reading

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Extinction is Truly Forever

(c) Copyright 2005-2013 David Dilworth Some claim that toxic pollution or burning fossil fuels is the most devastating damage humans have done to our earth. Now of course, those are deadly serious problems, but are they the longest lasting harm … Continue reading

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How Ecological Interdependence Affects You

How Ecological Interdependence Affects You or Why We Can’t Stop Holding Hands with all our Biota Neighbors Copyright 2002-2012 David Dilworth Sea Otters and Kelp (c) Copyright 2008 David Dilworth Here are some principles and examples of how very different … Continue reading

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