Environmental Media Assoc. on Instagram: "Not everything moves at the speed of a human. It takes time for something as small as a seed to grow into a colossal tree. Humanity can learn a lot from this process. We must embrace patience and slowness. Further, our addiction to wanting everything, always and right on time, leads to waste, pollution, and species loss. Video credit: Box Lapse @boxlapsefilms #tree#timelapse#timelapses#nature#naturelovers#greenliving#ecofriendly#science#sciencelover#natu

Jessie Jacobson on Instagram: "I put soil from my garden in a jar to see what would grow…and now I’m adding janitors! In July, I took soil from my garden and put it in a jar to see what would grow…without watering it or ever opening it. I wanted to see if this jar could become a mini ecosystem without even planting anything. My main question became: how does something grow from nothing? Well seeds that fly with the wind or spores that live in the soil can sprout on their own. This summer when so

Nature Animals Plants Geography on Instagram: "Follow @explainingthewild for the best nature, animal, planet, and geography content Duckweed is small, unassuming, and almost magical—quietly helping nature, and maybe even humans too. This tiny, free-floating aquatic plant is often overlooked, creating a green carpet on the surface of calm ponds and slow-moving water, but its impact is anything but small. It is one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth, which is what makes it so environmentally a