I don’t believe in global warming. Banksy Environmental Message

Prophecy of Banksy Environmental Message
English street artist Banksy uses graffiti to send environmental message and to draw attention to issues that people try to ignore, or even worse, aren’t even aware of. In fact, Banksy acts as the artist and the “green” soldier. His environmental art project “I don’t believe in Global Warming” created 3 years ago, looks today like a prophecy. The statement sinks as the ice keeps melting… Near the Oval bridge in Camden, north London. The Meteorological Organization is warning that a warming trend and the melting of Arctic ice are increasing the risks of weather disasters. 2012 has ranked among the nine warmest since records began more than 160 years ago, continuing a trend for the planet that is increasing the dangers of extreme weather events, according to United Nations meteorologists.
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They say, pet animals resemble their owners. Indeed, Nyuta, the red fox, and her owner Irina Mukhamedshina, 22 year-old Scientist from Novosibirsk make a harmonious couple. The both have red hair. By the way, the girl is single and any pretender to the girl’s heart should be ready to hear “Love me love my fox”. Tamed fox of Irina Mukhamedshina

Tamed fox of Irina Mukhamedshina
Young Siberian scientist Irina Mukhamedshina, 22, has trained a fox to be as obedient as a dog. The experiment was on her own initiative, she used foxes from a special Novosibirsk Institute of Cytology and Genetics farm. ‘I had seen these foxes daily, wiggling their tails and jumping to get a tiniest bit of human attention, and got really curious about the possibility of working with them the same way as I used to do with dogs’, said Irina. I moved on to the classic commands, such as ‘stand up’, ‘lie down’, ‘sit down’. It took me about three weeks of daily 15 minutes sessions to teach them do these commands.’ The foxes recognized their own names. Both foxes worked very well. Psychologically I understand them better now. Tamed foxes are not quite like dogs, they are more in between dogs and cats in how they respond to humans’.
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Can’t but agree. Time spent with cats is never wasted. Sigmund Freud

According to well-known psychologist Sigmund Freud, Time spent with cats is never wasted. The cat is a symbol of comfort, and with its warmth, it can relieve pain. Besides, it promotes mental relaxation of a person, and has a positive effect on blood pressure. When a cat purrs, it also promotes mental relaxation of a person. Simple patting promotes removal of excess of static electricity, and in terms of the energy field it is also good.
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Animated images of animals

Animated images of animals, and several quotes about animals. The first one – “People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Enchanting beauty of waterfalls

Enchanting beauty of waterfalls
Waterfalls have impressive power and beauty of nature. Shimmering and falling, breaking into a thousand shards of spray. Crashing water scares and attracts soul. Great Russian poet, writer and painter Mikhail Lermontov compared waterfalls with human soul – “Many quiet rivers start from noisy waterfalls, but none of them jumps and does not foam up to the sea. But it is often a sign of great peace of mind, and hidden forces…”
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Corpse flower – the world’s largest flower has blossomed

The world’s largest flower has blossomed
In the Botanic Garden in Basel, Switzerland has opened Titan Arum – 2.27 meters tall monster plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. Although the plant has the smell of decomposing mammal, and is also known as the “corpse flower”, or “corpse plant”, hundreds of visitors gathered to see it blossoming. Titan Arum originates in the jungles of Sumatra. The last time Titan Arum blossomed in the Swiss botanical garden was in April 2011. Before that, the plant blossomed in Switzerland only in 1936. The Titan Arum in Basel attracted 25,000 visitors.
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Amazing Friendship between a cat and a fox

Friendship between a cat and a fox
The cat, who lives on the shores of Turkish Lake Van near the village’s Citoren, 25 km from the city of Van, and the local Fox spend time eat and play together. For more than a year, both – van cat and Fox have become a joy for fishermen of Lake Van. After eating fishermen’s fish, cat and Fox start to play. Kerem Abal, one of the fishermen, said that witnessing friendship of cat and Fox a year ago he was very surprised. “In my life I’ve met such friendship for the first time. Friendship between the Fox and the cat is incredible”. Van cats are very brave, catch mice, birds and lizards. They also eat fruit. They are truly exceptional, because they love to swim in the water.
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A girl with a case. Venice goes under water

Venice goes under water
One of the most beautiful European cities Venice literally goes under water. Noteworthy, this flood is the sixth of the strongest in the history of Venice. According to the monitoring institute, approximately 70% of the city flooded due to heavy rains. Also, due to a strong South wind, which caused a sharp rise in sea level. Thus, the water level in the canal city rose to 140 cm (55 inches) above normal. Some people think it would take huge amounts of money to keep it from sinking. Money, which the rest of Italy is either unable or unwilling to give. In fact, these are the reasons why Venice floods.
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We are made of earth and rain

According to Pablo Neruda, “We are made of earth and rain”.
At night I dream that you and I are two plants
that grew together, roots entwined,
and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth,
since we are made of earth and rain.
Pablo Neruda, Regalo De Un Poeta, Gift Of A Poet
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