How do you teach ecoliteracy? Develop empathy for all forms of life. At a basic level, all organisms—including humans—need food, water, space, and conditions that support dynamic equilibrium to survive. Embrace sustainability as a community practice. Make the invisible visible. Anticipate unintended consequences. Understand how nature sustains life. What is ecoliteracy and sustainable development? Ecological literacy (also referred to as ecoliteracy) is the ability to understand the natural systems that make life on earth possible. To be ecoliterate means understanding the principles of organization of ecological communities (i.e. ecosystems) and using those principles for creating sustainable human communities. How can...

Is it better to have acidic or alkaline urine? Uric acid, cystine, and calcium oxalate stones precipitate in acidic urine; in this situation, the urine should be kept alkaline or less acidic than normal. Drugs such as streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin are effective in treating urinary tract infections if the urine is alkaline. What does it mean if your urine is very alkaline? The normal range for urine pH is 4.5 to 7.8. Very alkaline urine (pH > 7.0) is suggestive of infection with a urea-splitting organism, such as Proteus mirabilis. Prolonged storage can lead to overgrowth of urea-splitting bacteria...