Charles Darwin, one of my heroes spent 40 years of his precious time on the planet studying earthworms. How did hit fit it all in I ask?
Darwin was clearly on to something and it is time we all paid some attention to his work as the author of Earth Worm Digest has. This is to be book marked for sure if you are interested in worms.
It is loaded with information about worms and how they deal with the soil and organic matter and quite frankly their unique position in how the planet exists.
Take this article posted in November 2006 about how an American business is helping to reduce the massive waste mountain by introducing the waste to worms.
I read only this week that Sir Richard Branson is offering, as part of a consortium £12 million to anyone that finds a way reduce the carbon dioxide emissions in the world before we overheat.
Well, it is my view, that indirectly earthworms can help do this if every one of us composts our waste and helps to cut down on the amount of processing and infill in the world.
"Americans throw away about 96 billion pounds of food waste each year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Food items are the single-largest component of the waste stream by weight in the United States, and residents spend about $1 billion annually to dispose of scraps and leftovers.
Lotito says worms can shrink those numbers. One pound of worms eats about a half-pound of waste a day Isn't that a wonderful statistic? If everyone, and that includes commercial waste producers. were to have a worm bio unit at their premises, we could cut our a huge cost to the environment in one foul swoop. Of course, you do not have to travel that far afield in cyberspace to find good resources on worms if you are a UK resident. Waste online is a great place to start for those who want to start composting their waste and build a wormery. Get your children into worms at an early age. The BBC, always a great resource, has plenty of fun information for the kids (and you too). This page shows you how to make a small wormery s where you can watch the fascinating little wrigglers go about their work. As the song says 'children are our future' so let them be the ones who change the way we deal with our organic waste. And the benefit to us gardeners is? All of this waste is turned to lovely compost that will esure the food chain is replenished with good tasty produce. Some more resources on worms: Green Gardener, and one of my favourite sites is Wiggly Wigglers which is packed with information and Heather Gorringe the founder of Wiggly Wigglers keeps a blog , if you are interested will perhaps provide a more interactive way of getting involved.
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