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10 Best Plants to Grow Indoors for Air Purification

10 Best Plants to Grow Indoors for Air Purification
trueactivist.com | Most are naturally drawn to the outdoors for a period of quiet contemplation and/or a restful area to relax in. But often snowy weather, lack of time, or location can inhibit one’s time in the wilderness. Thankfully, it is easier than ever to introduce flora into one’s home. Plants grown indoors have a variety of benefits. Not only are they the ultimate in functional decorating, but some well-placed greenery can brighten a space, purify the air, and also create a more relaxing, restful ambiance. Studies have also proven that bringing lush greenery indoors can help reduce stress levels, relieve tension, and even help one heal faster. Reap the benefits nature can offer by adopting one (or more!) 1. Not only is the aloe plant readily available to soothe sunburns, stings, or cuts, it can also detoxify the body and is great for purifying the air. 2. According to NASA, English Ivy is the number one houseplant to grow indoors due to its incredible air filtering abilities. 3. Related:  razoniaMobilisation local d'arts plastiques et multimédia

Vivre libre : mode d’emploi de l’autonomie Attention, il y a déjà de bons articles sur l’autonomie sur le blog, en voici un exceptionnel écrit par “Homme des bois” qui est un habitué du blog. Car c’est bien beau de vouloir se préparer (ou pas) à un éventuel effondrement du système, c’est bien beau de parler d’autonomie énergétique, mais le faire sans réellement savoir par ou commencer rend parfois les choses difficile. Voici donc de bonnes pistes sur le sujet, des liens, des explications qui, j’en reste persuadé, vous serons très utiles le moment venu! Un grand merci à “Homme des bois” pour cet article relativement complet et intéressant. J’espère que ça vous plaira et que ça aidera ceux qui veulent s’y mettre. puis que ça ouvrira les yeux a certains moutons pas enragés du tout qui lieront ça pas hasard.

Aménager autrement sa salle de classe : une clé de la réussite des élèvesLeWebPédagogique Depuis le début de l’année scolaire, j’ai pris l’habitude de m’exiler dans d’autres salles que la mienne. J’ai enseigné dans la classe de mon collègue d’Arts plastiques, au CDI, en salle informatique, dans la salle polyvalente, dans une prairie surplombant la ville ou dans les couloirs des musées. L’activité menée avec les élèves justifie de changer d’espace de travail. Débat argumenté, lecture de paysage, cours magistral, travail de groupes, TICE, atelier artistique : le panel des activités pédagogiques nécessite un équipement et une configuration de l’espace spécifiques. Rester entre les quatre murs de ma classe limite ma pratique professionnelle : les élèves n’ont pas accès à un ordinateur hormis le mien (je reste donc le principal pourvoyeur d’informations), je manque de ressources papiers (dictionnaires, atlas, magazines attendent patiemment au CDI), le seul vidéoprojecteur interactif de l’établissement est en salle informatique et le lot d’IPAD un matériel dont je rêve encore.

Vegetable Plant Families – Using Family Names Of Vegetables For Rotating Crops By Kristi Waterworth Crop rotation is a common practice in the home garden, giving vegetable family-specific diseases time to die out before reintroducing families back into the same area of the garden years later. Gardeners with limited space may simply divide up their garden plot into three or four sections and rotate plant families around the garden, while others have separate plots they use for vegetable family crop rotation. It can be hard to know which vegetables belong to the different vegetable families just from looking at them, but understanding the major vegetable plant families will make the task a little less daunting. Most home vegetable gardeners grow several plant families in any given year – using a handy vegetable families list will help keep rotations straight. The following vegetable families list will help get you started with appropriate vegetable family crop rotation: Fabaceae – The legumes are a large family, important to many gardeners as nitrogen fixers.

40 Of The Most Powerful Social Issue Ads That’ll Make You Stop And Think Many people complain about glossy advertisements and TV commercials as an obnoxious way for companies to invade our everyday lives and ram their products down our throats, but that’s not all that printed ads are good for. The best commercials on this list are excellent examples of effective advertising strategies for social issues marketing campaigns that let their voices be heard. A well-made advertisement is designed to grab your attention and to remain in your memory long after you’ve left it behind, and that is precisely what many of these social problems need. Getting people to think and worry about various social and environmental issues such as human trafficking, racism, and air pollution is significant for raising public supporting and affecting meaningful changes. A few of these ads are, in fact, commercial ads, but it’s still nice that they champion socially or environmentally aware causes/products.Just like with commercial advertisements, having just the facts is not enough.

Report: Showtime close to Halo TV deal (update) Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studios is "deep in negotiations" with cable TV network Showtime to create a live-action Halo drama series, according to a report in Variety. Xbox Studios has been pitching a Halo drama series around TV companies, as part of its remit to expand gaming properties across new media platforms, and to offer content to Xbox Live subscribers. Variety says the two companies are "close to a deal" although negotiations are continuing on how such a series would be aired, between Showtime and Xbox's console-based entertainment hub. "Sources say the plan is to have episodes show on Showtime first, followed by the Xbox window," according to the report. The Halo TV series is being executive produced by Steven Spielberg, while a Halo digital feature being produced by Ridley Scott started shooting this week for a release later this year. Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled its long-term commitment to TV and movies, talking to Polygon about its broad plans.

8 Lessons to Help You Prepare for Your Earthship Build Last fall we spent three months building our Earthship-inspired greenhouse. It was messy, unnecessarily long, cold, and fraught with unpredictable challenges. We thought that the integrity of our mission plus the enthusiasm of our team and our supporters would be enough to get the local municipality on our side. Now that spring is about to blossom, it is prime time to begin planning your build! 1. Our mistake Due to stringent agricultural land laws, we couldn’t build a makeshift bathroom on our land or let people camp out there. The lesson It is absolutely CRUCIAL to understand what your team needs. Residential and commercial building codes are very complex in the United States and Canada, so do plenty of research and make sure that your dream Earthship complies with both federal and state/provincial laws! Make sure you know: What kind of zoning is my land considered? Canada: The United States: 2. Some background In 1990 a repository of 3.5 million car tires had burned in St. Our solution 3.

untitled la forêt cueillie Que ce soit pour se nourrir, se soigner ou même se vêtir, l’homme a toujours trouvé au sein de la forêt un grand nombre de plantes pouvant répondre à ses besoins. La cueillette a pourtant évolué au cours du temps : sa place dans le quotidien de l’homme, les différentes espèces ramassées ainsi que leurs utilisations, n’ont pas toujours été les mêmes. La liste des végétaux ramassés par l’homme en forêt est très longue… © Ingrid Laromiguière / ONF La châtaigne a eu pendant longtemps la valeur du pain Durant toute la Préhistoire, l'alimentation de l'homme est basée sur la chasse, la pêche et la cueillette. A partir du Néolithique (environ - 5500 av. Les végétaux ramassés par l'homme pour se nourrir sont nombreux. De nombreuses plantes, herbacées ou ligneuses, sont aussi ramassées pour leurs feuilles et leurs fleurs, mais la plupart de ces cueillettes sont désormais tombées dans l'oubli : pulmonaire, cresson, raiponce, ortie, violette, oxalis, primevère, jeunes pousses de frêne et sapin...

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