Into the Unknown

It has been fun. But the winds of change are in the air.
Over the next few weeks, this blog will be undergoing a metamorphosis.
A change into something that better suits the course I am currently on.
I do hope you'll check back to see the changes.

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Stepping Out of the Painting

The art of Nathan Cartwright

Weird Wednesday ~ Plastic Eating Fungus!

A fungus has been discovered in the rain forests of Ecuador that consumes polyurethane, a polymer that is used in the making of everything plastic and synthetic. And it can do this in an environment which does not contain oxygen!

Every year more than 33 million tons of plastic is discarded every year by Americans! Of that, roughly 6.5% is recycled and 7.7% is combusted in waste-to-energy facilities. This fungus, Pestalotiopsis microspora, may very well be the answer our society has been needing.

Link to various articles - read more!