Author Archive for SgtMaj
SgtMaj is a contributing author at Green Earth Friend. He is also a Green Earth Friend Forum leader and moderator.
Colony Collapse Disorder: As Goes The Honey Bees, So Goes The Human Race
Honey bees have been dying out for the past couple of decades due to Colony Collapse Disorder as well as the so called normal maladies that face bees in the forms of parasites and pests such as Varroa and Tracheal Mites, Small Hive Beetles (SHB) and Wax Moths; as well as diseases such as Nosema, [...]
The John Chapman Project: Growing Trees From Seeds
I started working on a new project to try to save and plant the seeds from the fruit I eat. It started out as a simple concept, but quickly blossomed into something more. [...]
5 Tips For Eco-Friendly Fishing
If you talk to any environmentalist long enough, you are sure to get a warning about how food is going to run out. There is a growing concern [...]
Organic Pest Control
“How can I possibly be green when I have to get rid of bugs from my house?” This is a question I have been asked on more than one occasion. When you think of pest control, most people assume that the only choice is to spray your house with dangerous chemicals. But you have other [...]
T. Boone Pickens Plan For Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs)
Billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a plan to reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil. His plan is to build fields of windmills across the Great Plains to generate electricity so that cleaner burning natural gas, which currently costs about $1.50 a gallon, and is used to power many electric plants, can be freed [...]
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD): HoneyBees Dying By The Millions!
There’s something wrong with honeybees these days, and it’s got scientists and doomsday enthusiasts all abuzz. You see, every autumn for the past couple of years, about 20% of an afflicted beekeeper’s honeybee hives are dying off in a [...]
