You better bee-lieve we’re proud to present the very first EcoMyths video, starring Chicago Botanic Garden bee expert Becky Tonietto and the inimitable landscape designer Cliff Miller as they discuss the fact that, contrary to popular opinion, bees are definitely not out to sting us. This is the first of three in The Bee Chronicles … Read more
Did you know that one out of every three bites of food you eat was created, at least in part, by the pollination of a bee? Really, one third! I was startled to learn this and many other surprising facts from the bee scientists I have had the pleasure to get to know recently. This … Read more
Why pledge allegiance to bees? For starters, they’re among the most important pollinators we’ve got. Check out the latest installment of The Bee Chronicles, to see Chicago Botanic Garden bee expert Becky Tonietto school EcoMyths’ own inimitably inquisitive Cliff Miller on pollination. Pollination Nation from ecomyths alliance on Vimeo. This is the second of three … Read more
Food for Thought: Is Organic Produce Overrated? Welcome to the fall harvest, ground zero for comfort food obsessions. Visions of gourd-laden tables, steaming pots of soup, and fresh-baked apple pie are already dancing in our collective heads. So in celebration of the national treasure that is our produce supply, let’s take a moment to reflect…on … Read more
Power Play: What’s the Deal With Vampire Power? It may seem like a no-brainer: You turn off your TV, your iPod player, your phone charger, and they’re done using electricity, right? Nope. Turns out, plenty of products still suck power even when they’re not on. Standby loss, more popularly known as vampire power or phantom … Read more
No, “Vampire Power!” is not a rallying cry created by Twi-hards camping out at premier of the new Twilight movie. It’s not even a blood-red energy drink. But if you use electricity at home, vampire power is a phenomenon lurking in your household at this very minute. According to energy expert, Eric Masanet, staff scientist … Read more
—Written by Liam Heneghan, PhD, professor in the EcoMyths Alliance partner DePaul University Department of Environmental Science. A short note in which I conjecture on a potentially vast local extinction event of Midwestern soil organisms especially of those inhabiting the leaf litter of woodlands. In our evolutionary progression humans scrambled from the leafy treetops about … Read more
No, “Vampire Power!” is not a rallying cry created by Twi-hards camping out at premier of the new Twilight movie. It’s not even a blood-red energy drink. But if you use electricity at home, vampire power is a phenomenon lurking in your household at this very minute. According to energy expert, Eric Masanet, staff scientist … Read more
With apple season in full force, and dreams of cider, pie and other fall favorites dancing in our heads, we wanted to know:is the crunchy fruit still a healthy pick? In this era of pesticides, does “an apple a day” still keep the doctor away? Some argue no, at least when it comes to apples … Read more
