ECOLIFE CONSERVATION BLOG
Oil Exploration Threatening Mountain Gorillas
Oil exploration in Africa's oldest National Park, also a UNESCO World Heritage site, threatens Mountain Gorilla habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorillas. British oil company, SOCO, holds concessions for 85% of the Virunga National Park and the...
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New Data on Cookstoves
The World Health Organization came out with new data yesterday on deaths related to air pollution. Below show the results for total air pollution and just indoor air pollution which is caused by cooking indoors without proper ventilation. See what ECOLIFE is doing to...
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More Information About GMOs and Monarch Butterflies
We received an email from our friends in Mexico with more information about GMOs and the decline in monarch populations. Let's get this information out so everyone is aware of what is happening. Knowledge is power. The email: "I am attaching the letter, in English and...
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Restoring Monarch Butterfly’s Habitat
This is a little piece of the article from The New York Times today about restoring monarch butterfly's habitat. Our opinion is following the article. MEXICO CITY — Hoping to focus attention on the plight of the monarch butterfly at a North American summit meeting...
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A Plea to Save a Wonder of the World
In this poignant piece, Mexican poet and eco-hero, Homero Aridjis spells out the complex factors that are killing off a wonder of the natural world -- the mass migration of the Monarch butterfly. Aridjis was integral in establishing the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere...
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Monarch Butterfly Population Continues Alarming Drop
Check out this interview by Here & Now with Chip Taylor, founder of Monarch Watch where they discuss the reasons behind the monarch butterfly decline for the third year in a row. For the full interview: Click here How to help: Visit our website to see what ECOLIFE is...
read moreMilagro Farms Vineyard and Winery
Thank you all of the amazing support we have received for our gala this year. We are excited to be declare an early sellout! We hope you can join us next year and in the mean time that you will consider supporting our work. Here is some information on Milagro Farm...
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New stoves and new friends in Bwindi, Uganda
We first talked about our planned stove program in Uganda back in May, when we launched a program to place safer more efficient stoves in schools around Bwindi, Uganda. Since then, a lot has happened! The work accomplished so far has included the Maasai, the Batwa...
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Plight of the Pollinators
Bees and butterflies are disappearing at an alarming rate. But who really cares and why should they? Let’s see. Pollinators are the little things that let plants reproduce. Plants in turn support the vast majority of life on this planet – including ours. So...
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Gifts from the tallest to the smallest . . . .
Maasai people of Tanzania preparing to travel to the forests of Uganda to work with ECOLIFE and the Batwa people. This is a team from the International Collaborative for Science, Education and the environment (ICSEE). They are trained in stove building and will be...
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Water Quality in Aquaponic Systems – Part 2: pH
pH is the measure of the concentration or activity of hydrogen ions in a solution -- sometimes referred to as "the power of Hydrogen”. It is a key parameter of water quality in both wild and captive ecosystems, and determining factor in what creatures can thrive in...
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Another Nail in the Coffin
The Shreveport Times just published an article that suggests we could be helping to save monarch butterflies by planting milkweed in graveyards. This is interesting and the concept has its attraction. Graveyards are consistently beautified and flowers like those on...
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