Eden Project’s online Carbon finder

Try out the excellent ‘show me the carbon‘ interactive screens on the Eden Project website.

Photo competition – Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon | Moorland, the Heart of Exmoor

Photo competition – Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon | Moorland, the Heart of Exmoor.

White Thistle | Moorland, the Heart of Exmoor

White Thistle | Moorland, the Heart of Exmoor.

Heath Fritillary survey | Moorland, the Heart of Exmoor

Heath Fritillary survey | Moorland, the Heart of Exmoor.

Yes we’re on Twitter – does it matter?

Twitter growth – over 100 followers fast http://wp.me/p1snLZ-6F—
Moorland Partnership (@heartofexmoor) May 19, 2011

(Micro) Bears in Space

Animal -what is an animal to you? Tardigrades will probably change your concept. BBC Nature has a bloody brilliant article on water bears (Tardigrades) in space. Be amazed!

The Apprentice (Exmoor)

Exmoor Moorland Apprentices

http://heartofexmoor.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/the-apprentices/

The nature of food poisoning

Food poisoning is an excellent topic because it leads you to discover the nature of the microbes behind it. Food poisoning is not a single type of occurence. The multi-faceted phenomenon entails a wide variety of microbes, each with their own ecological qurks.

Bacillus cereus is a species of bacteria that defies some of the commonest advice that you hear about how to avoid food poisoning. If enough of these Bacillus cereus bacteria grow on your food successfully, then even proper cooking won’t save you from harm. You can kill the bacteria with heat, but it might be too late – if they have already laced your food with potent toxins.

Re-heated food is often where B cereus will cause harm, but it’s the storage conditions which are crucial.

“The spores of some species (especially Bacillus cereus and the ‘Bacillus subtilis ‘ group) survive cooking and can subsequently germinate and grow under favourable conditions, particularly those in warm kitchens.” (from HPA website)

Nursing Schools blog article: www.nursingschools.net/blog/2011/05/the-12-most-common-causes-of-food-poisoning

UK NHS… intro: Intro: nhs.uk/conditions/food-poisoning and causes: nhs.uk/Conditions/Food-poisoning/Pages/Causes

Exmoor Pony foal and mother

Vertical Marathon world record

A bloke at work recently did a hugely challenging fundraiser, called the Big Vertical Marathan Tour. Robin Offer was one of a small team who set a new world record – except they didn’t register it with Guinness! Robin said ‘We didn’t do it for the glory – we just did it for the money.’

So far they’ve raised over £1,500 for Cancer Research UK.

PLEASE DONATE ONLINE to their good cause:
http://www.justgiving.com/thebigverticalmarathontour 

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE
http://www.thebigvmt.org.uk/ 

VIDEOS on Vimeo by The Big Vertical

All images from http://www.thebigvmt.org.uk/