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Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) was an environmental activist, marine biologist and writer. She grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where she was very interested in animals and reading. Carson obtained an undergraduate degree in biology from the Pennsylvania College for Women. She went on to graduate school, studying zoology and genetics at John HopkinsContinue reading “Rachel Carson”

One film I nominated for the Applied Plant Ecology film festival was James Cameron’s 2009 movie Avatar. This film relates to Applied Plant Ecology in a variety of ways. One example is the Home tree of the Na’vi people. This giant, ancient population of trees that come together to form one structure is very importantContinue reading “Avatar (2009)”

With the introduction of the internet, the availability of reliable information within the scholarly community soared. Open access is a movement that advocates for free and open online access to academic information, without the need of payment. On an international scale, this brought forth learning opportunities for a lot more people across the world. MetadataContinue reading “Open Access? Metadata?? Creative Common License??? What the F? (@bodgyalreeree – Winter 2022)”

The three films that I chose for this assignment were the Lorax, Avatar and WALL-E. I chose these three movies as they expressed lessons, news, and brought overall awareness to the effects of habitat fragmentation and the extinction crisis. The Lorax and Avatar looked at the cause of habitat fragmentation and the extinction crisis, whereasContinue reading “Avatar & It’s Connections to Applied Plant Ecology (@bodgyalreeree – Winter 2022)”

A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Presently, SARS-CoV-1 is the zoonotic disease that has plagued the world for the past few years but these types of diseases are not new to us. In the past, some examples of zoonotic diseases include the West Nile virus, anthrax, rabies,Continue reading “What comes after the loss of biodiversity? Probably diseases!”

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is a man whose name is familiar even to those who have no background in the life sciences or any science at all. He is a man who is synonymous with biology in pop culture- the face of it all, if you will. But who really was he? Darwin was a man,Continue reading “Charles Darwin- the man, the myth, the legend”

In the world of literature, especially in science, it is important to check and check again for nuances in an article or journal before publishing. Welcome to the world of peer reviewing! Peer review is an important process where an author’s paper is subject to the peer editing scrutiny of others in the same fieldContinue reading “Can You Differentiate Between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Literature?”

A basic multiple choice with 5 questions about the novel Corona virus disease to test your science literacy! Are you ready? *the answers are on the bottom, please no cheating* ~ scroll down for answers ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Continue reading “How well do you know Covid19?”

Three Types of Resources and an open-access Applied Plant Ecology peer-reviewed example! Open access usually  refers to resources, like scientific articles, that are free to use by the public with significantly less restrictions due to open licenses.  Meta is a prefix that comes from Greek, meaning “along with”. So metadata is data that comes alongContinue reading “Open Access, Metadata and Creative Commons Licenses: Explained!”

Why I nominated the film and how it illustrate issues in Applied Plant Ecology My second choice film nomination is Pom Poko (1994, Studio Ghibli). In short, it’s a film about the loss of land and habitat fragmentation due to urbanization and modern development. The film follows a family of raccoons as they attempt toContinue reading “Film nomination 1st runner up – Pom poko (1994) “