Living World Classroom

The world is your classroom, live, learn, love, play. . .

[sanjanasart]

Sunflowers painted with Dr Ph Martin’s Hydrus Liquid watercolours, on Bamboo mixed media paper. Special thanks to Cee-Roo for letting me use his track “I’m So Happy” :)

[cockandballnurture-deactivated2]

@sextremists

[you-are-another-me]

[creativehouses]

[mymodernmet]

Extremely Detailed Woodcut Print Completed After 3 Years of Meticulous Hand-Carving

[boredpanda]

Sea Slugs That Prove Aliens Already Live On Planet Earth

[biodiverseed]

Turgor Pressure

The tissues of plants, bacteria, fungi, and some protists are kept erect by water pressure within their cells, called turgor pressure. 

The cell plasma membranes of plants are differentially permeable, so that while water molecules can enter and exit, the larger salt molecules inside cannot escape: since turgor pressure is maintained by osmosis (the diffusion of solute molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration) the solute concentration within the cell affects water pressure to build up in the cell membrane, giving the plant a rigid structure.

National Gardening Association

This is why plants wilt when they have insufficient water: their cellular membranes are essentially deflated, which normally provide support to the cell walls.

Gifs: My Coffee Plants; houseplantjournal’s timelapses 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

#gif #garden science

[purplebuddhaproject]

Aerial Footage of Fang District in Chiang Mai

Purple Buddha Project Youtube Page

[culturenlifestyle]

Abandoned Detroit House is Transformed with 36,000 Flowers

In November 2014, florist Lisa Waud bought this abandoned, crumbling duplex in Detroit Michigan. Winning the bid at $250, Waud had not even seen the home. Her vision was to transform the location into an art installation called Flower House.

To ornate the home, Waud invited florists Michigan, Ohio, New York and Canada to install different flower installations in every room. 

[gifak-net]

[threewordsteve]

This fucked me up

[avtomata]

This is terrifying

[thomasjay32]

I’m confused

[sipnsyphe]

He’s upside down under water.

[nature-euphoria]

[knightandgay]

nature | Cakra.jpg | by sfipul | http://ift.tt/1NQkc0A

[midwestsunset402]

Spiral Out.

[livingworld-classroom]

rocket mass heaters are the cleanest and most sustainable way to heat a conventional home

[livingworld-classroom]

[livingworld-classroom]

My notes on Sepp Holzer's techniques for ponds, farming, animal shelters, root cellars, permaculture, pigs, riparian areas, trees and more

[yupthatexists]

There is a village in Mexico that gave complete control of it’s town design to a group of youth graffiti artists…

[livingworld-classroom]

Low-Cost Multipurpose Earthbag Building

With this novel technique you can make an earthbag building to serve as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or root/storm cellar — no permit required!

[livingworld-classroom]

[purplebuddhaproject]

Scientific inquiry shouldn’t stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.

Neil deGrasse Tyson (via purplebuddhaproject)