CROATIAN SOUVENIRS FOR ECO SENSITIVE TOURISTS

                                     all MADE IN /CROATIA/

CORALS,

 

EATABLE LICITAR HEARTS FROM NORTH CROATIA,

AND OUR FABULOUS PAG CHEESE MADE OF SHEEP MILK: 

      






... NOT TO FORGET OUR SUPERB HONEY

AND ...



                OUR TIE IN RED AND WHITE SQUARES:

A MYSTERIOUS HOLE IN THE GROUND

WHAT CAN IT BE?!

BENEFITS OF OLIVE LEAVES

 

While olive leaves have been used as a source of food and medicine for thousands of years, their potential benefits have gone largely untested until recent years. Now available as a supplement, olive leaf extract is gaining a solid reputation for a variety of health benefits. Use olive leaf extract with the guidance of a trained health professional knowledgeable in its proper use.

BENEFITS:

• Enolinate, a substance derived from olive leaf extract, may inhibit bacterial, viral and fungal infections while sparing the beneficial bacteria in your intestinal and respiratory tracts,
• Olive leaf extract may lower blood pressure as effectively as some medications. A study published in the February 2011 issue of the journal "Phytomedicine" found that eight weeks of supplementation with 500 milligrams of olive leaf extract twice per day lowered systolic blood pressure -- the upper number in the blood pressure ratio, signifying pressure in the arteries during heart contraction -- 83 percent as effectively as a common blood pressure medication. Olive oil extract reduced diastolic pressure -- the lower number of the blood pressure ratio, signifying pressure in the arteries during heart relaxation,
• Brain-protective benefits of olive leaf extract were demonstrated in a laboratory animal study published in the January 2011 issue of the journal "Phytomedicine." In the study, olive leaf extract prevented brain injury following periods of reduced oxygen supply similar to that which occurs during a stroke. The herbal supplement decreased the area of affected brain tissue, reduced brain swelling and improved the blood-brain barrier -- the selective filter that helps the brain maintain a healthy environment. Researchers also noted improved scores on neurologic function tests with olive leaf extract supplementation.
•  Diabetic patients may experience better blood sugar management with olive leaf extract.
  

Marine ecology

 MARINE ECOLOGY

Marine Ecology is the scientific study of marine-life habitat, populations, and interactions among organisms and the surrounding environment including their abiotic (non-living physical and chemical factors that affect the ability of organisms to survive and reproduce) and biotic factors (living things or the materials that directly or indirectly affect an organism in its environment).
Marine ecology is a subset of the study of marine biology and includes observations at the biochemical, cellular, individual, and community levels as well as the study of marine ecosystems and the biosphere.
The study of marine ecology also includes the influence of geology, geography, meteorology, pedology, chemistry, and physics on marine environments. The impact of human activity such as medical research, development, agriculture, fisheries, and forestry is also studied under marine ecology. In some ways, marine ecology is more complex than the relatively straightforward study of a particular organism or environment because of the numerous interconnections, symbiotic relationships, and influence of many factors on a particular environment.

 

To understand the difference between marine biology and marine ecology, it may be useful to look at a community of organisms. A marine biologist may focus on behavioral relationships between the organisms in one particular species while someone studying ecology would study how the behavior of one organism influences another. An ecologist would also look at abiotic factors and how they influence that organism. A scientist studying community ecology might study a group of organisms to see how they influence other species and abiotic factors.

 

The major subcategories of ecology are:

• Physiological ecology: the study of how biotic and abiotic factors act on the physiological characteristics of an organism and how the organism adapts to the abiotic and biotic environment.
• Behavioral ecology: a subcategory of ecology that studies which ecological and evolutionary dynamics are responsible for the way in which organisms adapt to their environment.
• Population ecology: the study of populations of organisms in a particular species and how the populations interact with their environment.
• Community ecology: the study of how species react to each other in a community.
• Landscape ecology: the study of how organisms interact with a particular landscape.
• Ecosystem ecology: the study of how energy and matter flow through ecosystems.
• Global ecology: the study of how energy and matter interact in the entire web of life on Earth.

The study of ecology in general includes all of the subcategories listed above as they apply to marine ecology, animal ecology, plant ecology, insect ecology, arctic ecology, tropical ecology and desert ecology.

What is ecology?

WHAT IS ECOLOGY? 
 

Ecology is the scientific study of interactions of organisms with one another and with the physical and chemical environment. Although it includes the study of environmental problems such as pollution, the science of ecology mainly involves research on the natural world from many viewpoints, using many techniques. Modern ecology relies heavily on experiments, both in laboratory and in field settings. These techniques have proved useful in testing ecological theories, and in arriving at practical decisions concerning the management of natural resources.

An understanding of ecology is essential for the survival of the human species. Our populations are increasing rapidly, all around the world, and we are in grave danger of outstripping the earth’s ability to supply the resources that we need for our long-term survival. Furthermore, social, economic and political factors often influence the short-term distribution of resources needed by a specific human population. An understanding of ecological principles can help us understand the global and regional consequences of competition among humans for the scarce natural resources that support us.

Why are they spraying us - a video

Everybody can notice unusual traces on the sky... we've been sprayed!!!
Why? 
Watch the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEfJO0-cTis

Citarum, the most polluted river in the world

Forty miles east of Jakarta, Indonesia, the river Citarum

 

 runs over 186 miles from the Wayang Mountain to the Java Sea.

The island’s largest river supports more than 30 million residents who rely on the water source for agricultural, domestic and personal use. 

 

However, unregulated factory growth since the area’s rapid industrialisation in the 1980s has choked the Citarum with both human and industrial waste. The river, now known as one of the most polluted in the world, is unrecognisable as part of the Parahyangan region.

Over 200 textile factories line the river banks. The dyes and chemicals used in the industrial process - lead, arsenic and mercury amongst them - are churned into the water, changing its colour and lending the area an acrid odour.

Plastic, packaging, and other detritus floats in the scummy water, rendering the river’s surface invisible beneath its carpet of junk.