The preceived birth of life on our planet, to the evolution of species, to shifting of land masses, to ice ages, and mass extinctions; mother earth has been through a lot. It's almost surreal to understand the changes that have occurred over the last 4 billion years.

Dig furthur into the realm of what drives our government to push for or against legislation. Find about about new bills put forth. How is your representation voting? Remember , they represent you, not their campaign contributors.

From the constant debate about climate change, to the various noted particulars of pollution; things are painted sometimes brighter colors than they should be. For other things the opposite is true.

Habitat destruction, over-fishing, over-hunting, and just plain disrupting on our part has cause much of a rift in many ecosystems around the world. Its not that we're removing a species, we're tearing apart a system that our own lives depend on.