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Photo: Hermes Rivera Well some of us have a few old cars. Some of us save piles of "recycling" we swear we will need to use. But did you know that our trash is literally killing people in other countries? Check out this article to find out how and pictures of the mountainous piles.  Our plastic trash has until very recently been shipped to other countries, less than 9% able to actually be recycled  ( Loria ) . (So maybe those among us who want to save and reuse it are onto something?)  Photo by  John Cameron   on  Unsplash Our toxic electronic waste is being sent to countries with less strict regulations or enforcement. China and then the US produce the highest amounts of e-waste in “unsustainable” amounts  ( Arora and Farge ) . It creates pollution and releases chemicals into the environment  ( Miller ) . Recently, even the moon was hit by a piece of space “debris” abandoned after a space mission  ( Howell ) . It is figured to have created ...

Feb 28 th , 2022 About a month ago, a warm January day after a big snow – which was melting on the field, I saw a very large flock of robins. I think it was almost 50 full. I have seen robins in winter before, and one even clearly asked me for food after a freezing snow. But I have never seen so many. I just read ( on this blog ) that they are more nomadic than migratory - they follow the food, and they do flock up in winter for safety and to keep each other posted as to where the food is. We had 2 melts this January and apparently this is when worms and slugs can be found.   The interesting thing is though, today I just saw a big male. He flew away and came back with 2 juvenile robins and guarded them as they drank from melted snow on our black deck. I snapped a few pictures before they flew away. I did not get close so as not to scare them off.  February 28 th  seems very early for this behavior. They are already nesting. According to the same  blog post , if ...