Rou Rou Uses The Facts of Life to Make Sense of Her World!

The 5 facts of Life

(a) One species waste could be another species food
(b) Diversity assures resilience;
By having many different species in crisis some will overcome and survive in a diverse environment
(c) All energy comes from the Sun;
All the oil, coal resources come from the earth and we use their energy from the sun
(d) Matter cycles continuously through the web of Life -
The energy gets reused.
(e) Life took over the planet by networking.
Everything had to work together to take over the world.

I saw these Five Facts of Life all over the place at Herons Park, SFPUC, and at SPAWN.  In the early 1900’s Herons Park was filled with toxins and poisons because it was used as a land fill. IN the 1990’s conservation groups created a park by cleaning up the area and covering it over. This new creation allowed plants and native animals to be drawn back to the site.  At SPAWN, I saw Fact of Life #1. After the adult salmon give birth, they die immediately. They’re dead body gives food to the insects, while the insects feed the baby salmon. At SFPUC many ‘ facts of life’ can be found. The SFPUC used sludge (poop) to make biosolids. Biosolids are fertilizer. The SFPUC sends out nearly 8 truckloads of biosolids a day to farmers for their land.

In my life I can compost and recycle, fulfilling Fact of Life #1 and #4. By practicing cooperation and teamwork, I can exhibit ‘Life taking over the planet by networking’.
Currently, we do not have any solar powered devises but to fulfill “fact of life #3” in the future I could have a home with solar power.