Science /Environment
Achimota Eco-Park Project
Saturday March 27, 2010
In 1888, the colonial government of the Gold Coast sent sample wood from the colony to England for tests on their working properties as industrial and construction timber. Following the favourable results from the tests, the government exported 3,360 cubic metres of Mahogany in 1881 and 84,900 cubic metres in 1913. Since those times, the...read more
Kwame Nkrumah Circle — Environmental Analysis
Saturday March 27, 2010
Kwame Nkrumah Circle is an intersection and
part of a road network that connects many, if not all parts of the capital city of Accra to the central business district.
An area of about 500 acres (estimation mine), it was named after the first president of the country, the late Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
Although there are other junctions...read more
Where Six Continents Meet
Friday March 05, 2010
DO you enjoy observing animals in their natu
ral setting? If so, you would delight in a visit to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America all in one place.
How is such a visit possible? By a trip to the Askaniya-Nova Biosphere Reserve in southern Ukraine. Here herds of wild animals from these six continents roam...read more
Nourishing And Nurturing In The Animal Kingdom
Saturday September 26, 2009
Human parents often dedicate some two decades to child-rearing.
Many animals, on the other hand, must provide their offspring with a complete programme of feeding and training within a few brief months of summer.
A few examples will serve to illustrate the formidable task that some animal parents face every year.
1.White Stork: the...read more
The Lazy Life Of A Sloth
Saturday September 12, 2009
“Hurry and get your camera!” I called
to my sister as I spotted a green sloth on the jungle path in front of me.
We laughed when we realised that there was no reason to hurry – the sloth is one of the world’s slowest animals.
To learn more about this mammal, I visited Zoo Ave in La Garita de Alajuela, Costa...read more
Sanitation Ambassadors Form Kiddie Club
Tuesday July 07, 2009
PUPILS of Ashaley Botwe Cluster of Schools, are the latest to form a Zoom Kids Club (ZKC). The club will train the children on best sanitation practices and make them ambassadors of Good Sanitation. Madam Yaa Dansowaa Ampofo, Marketing Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, said a lot of Ghanaians need behavioural change and that is why...read more
Climate Change Threatens MDGs’ Attainment
Tuesday July 07, 2009
Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” When Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe, in what is now the state of...read more
