keep Earth beautiful means we need to protect Earth - our earth is endangered by dioxins, pollution, the air is polluted, the water is polluted, the soil is polluted and contaminated, humans get sick because of dioxins, coal burning produces dioxins and furans, air and food is poisoned by dioxin Keep Earth Beautiful
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DIOXIN

Air polluted with Dioxins
Land polluted with Dioxins
Rivers polluted by Dioxin
Food polluted by Dioxin


dioxin kills humans, dioxin kills slowly
Dioxins are very toxic

Dioxins facts
Furans facts

What are Dioxins and Furans?
Dioxins and furans are a group of chemical compounds with similar chemical structures and biological characteristics.
Dioxins and furans are an unwanted, very dangerous byproduct of combustion, like forest fires and from man-made sources like coal fired power plants, backyard burn barrels and industrial processes as steel production.

There are 75 compounds in the dioxin family and 135 compounds in the furan family. All have varying degrees of toxicity in comparison to the most toxic 2,3,7,8-TCDD.
Melting point 305 - 306 (°C)
Thermal decomposition 700 (°C)

According to the EPA, dioxins and furans released into the air during combustion can be carried long distances before settling to the Earth's surface.
So Dioxins can be found almost everywhere at low levels.

Talking about levels:
The unit of measure commonly used for dioxins and furans is
parts per trillion, = ppt
To put "parts per trillion" into perspective, one part per trillion can be considered equal to:
One cent in $10 billion
One square foot of the state of Indiana

Why do we talk about such small amounts?
Dioxin is so toxic that you need only minuscule amounts to trigger cancer effects, DNA change, birth defects.
Dioxin bio-accumulates in the human body through animal fats, meats and milk, breathing in dioxin polluted air, through the skin.
Emptying a trash burning barrel without, rubber gloves, and a gas mask, will reduce your lifespan, because you get in contact with different dioxins and furans!

There were many accidents where Dioxins were produced and released into the environment. A real big accident occurred in Seveso, Italy.
The Seveso disaster got its name because Seveso, Italy was the community most affected. Seveso is a small town with a population of 17,000 in 1976. A reactor heated up, a relief valve opened and 6 tonnes of material were distributed over an 18 km² area,[6] including 1 kg of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD)
Within days a total of 3300 animals were found dead, mostly poultry and rabbits. Emergency slaughtering commenced to prevent TCDD from entering the food chain, by 1978 over 80,000 animals had been slaughtered. 15 children were quickly hospitalised with skin inflammation. By the end of August Zone A had been completely evacuated and fenced, 1600 people of all ages had been examined and 447 were found to suffer from skin lesions or chloracne.
Normally, when babies are born, there is a relation of
106 male babies to 100 female babies.
After the Seveso disaster the relation change totally to
100 females to 52 male babies born in the region. It is quite obvious that the hormon levels in humans were drastically changed by this Dioxin disaster.

Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), or simply dioxins, are a group of polyhalogenated compounds which are significant because they act as environmental pollutants. They are commonly referred to as dioxins for simplicity in scientific publications because every PCDD molecule contains a dioxin skeletal structure. Typically, the p-dioxin skeleton is at the core of a PCDD molecule, giving the molecule a dibenzo-p-dioxin ring system.
Members of the PCDD family have been shown tobioaccumulate in humans and wildlife due to their lipophilic properties, and are known teratogens, mutagens, and suspected human carcinogens.


How does coal form?


how fossil fuel coal forms
Coal is a fossil fuel = carbon
- it took millions of years to form coal.
Coal burning plants ranked 3rd in the nation for dioxin pollution.
coal mines are threatening our environment Coal mines pollute the air, the water

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smog over Los Angeles is hurting humans and nature
Smog = air pollution over Los Angeles
A lot of chemicals are harmful to humans
Dioxins and furans are a few of them

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coal layer produced by huge amounts of plants, ferns, trees - millions of years ago - so we call them fossil fuels
Burning fossil fuels leads to air pollution and produces dioxins and furans.
More energy consumption produces more air pollution, more water pollution and reduces the Earth's natural resources for the next generation

60000 plastic bags are thrown away every day causing big pollution of landscape, water ways, rivers, endangering ocean animals and native wildlife. Blossom Nature Conservation fights in the Texas Hill Country fights plastic pollution with education and information
60000 plastic bags are thrown away every day endangering our rivers and creeks,
endangering ocean animals and native wildlife

Renewable energy is one way to
produce less air pollution
and less water contamination!



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Send an email to Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation main office in Pipe Creek, Bandera county, Texas Hill Country about: international charitable non profit organization 501(c)(3) Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation, main office, Nature preserve, Pipe Creek, Bandera county, Texas Hill Country. Ruled by president Peter Bonenberger, Vice president Bob Taylor, local vice president Rob Platt, secretary Diane Platt, international treasurer Erhard Gold, US-treasurer Marianne Bonenberger, public agent Marky Mander, protects international nature, promotes international nature education, nature conservation about us: international charitable non profit organization 501(c)(3) Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation. Main office + Nature preserve Pipe Creek, Texas Hill Country. Board members president + educator Peter Bonenberger, Vice president Bob Taylor, Rob Platt, secretary Diane Platt, international treasurer Erhard Gold, teacher + US treasurer Marianne Bonenberger
keep Winnipeg beautiful is our expression to save Earth, to lower the amount of plastic bags, plastic trash, to keep biodiversity, to give the next generation a healthy life on earth. To reduce the impact of global warming, to keep Winnipeg beautiful, - Nature conservation is an affordable solution
members of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation help us to keep Buenos Aires beautiful. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina in South America. Trash, airpollution, water contamination, and a loss of biodiversity are environmental problems in Argentina - Nature conservation is the only affordable solution
modern history of Neu-Ulm began with sovereignty change over the city of Ulm in 1810 from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the Kingdom of Württemberg, the Danube as boundary between Bavaria + Wuerttemberg. Nature conservation, nature shows, garden shows in Neu-Ulm
keep Hunt Texas Hill Country beautiful is all about land restoration, erosion control, beautiful nature trails in Hunt Texas. Newcomers work hard to keep biodiversity, to give the next generation a healthy life. Nature conservation is the only affordable solution to the global issue climate change

Bandera Texas
 keep Bandera beautiful = slogan to protect Nature. Nature education online, distant learning at BSB nature preserve - Texas Hill Country. Understand climate change, air pollution, water pollution, nature conservation, recycling. Nature education explains visitors native plants, birds, trees, erosion control, walking on guided tours to see environmental trails, Texas Hill Country birds, Texas Hill Country native tree Madrone - arbutus. Uncontrolled development endangers nature on earth, endangered the balance of fragile Texas Hill Country lime stone habitats
Keep Bandera clean, recycle, don't burn trash, don't bury trash, do not mess with Texas. Recycling lowers air pollution, water pollution, lower use of natural resources. Recycling station at Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve in Bandera County Texas bring recyclables to BSBNCG drop off station
Bandera Texas history founded 1854 - Texas Hill Country, Bandera county - beautiful native plants, madrones, oaks. Bandera cowboy capital of the world. Homes endanger the beautiful landscape of Bandera County, endangering the balance of fragile southern Texas Hill Country lime stone habitats
Cowboys and western values are part of Bandera Texas history. The Texas Hill Country saw many cattle trails. The western tradition is shown in many houses in Bandera county, in cowboy or western country music, jam sessions with fiddle and guitar. New home styles endanger the beautiful landscape of Bandera County, endangering the balance of fragile southern Texas Hill Country lime stone habitats
state Parks, natural areas, nature preserve in Bandera County Texas, Texas Hill Country guided tours, Bandera recreational areas, picnic places, where to grill, outdoor fun
Medina River flows through Bandera County, southern Texas Hill Country - water conservation, water flow control, water contamination, water pollution are big environmental problems

Nature Trails
TX Hill Country
Guided tours on 125 acre Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve, park, recreational area provides nature education. Bear Springs blossom nature trails, birding trails, educational trails in Texas Hills. Walking in Pipe Creek, Bandera County Texas on guided tours on 12 nature trails + 4 birding trails updates your nature education. On BSBNCG guided tours you see endangered species, the endangered bird Golden Cheeked Warbler. Hike on hiking trails in the TX hills, stroll on nature trails to see Texas Hill Country native plants, trees, wildlife. Learn, see pristine nature on guided tours, grab binoculars, get knowledge about native plants, watch native birds, the endangered golden cheeked warbler on our educational birding trails
Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve has twelve nature trails, four birding trails - published in Texas Parks and Wildlife Heart of Texas Nature Birding trail map - our Nature Center lecture room offers knowledge about nature preserves, about wilderness, education trails - informs what to expect on guided tours - enjoy Texas outdoors, see endangered bird Golden cheeked Warbler. Have fun hiking, birding, walking on nature trails in the Texas Hill Country, gaining knowledge in our Nature Center or walking wilderness trails, birding trails
Photos of Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve in the southern Texas Hill Country offers many views, photo opportunities. Take photos of native plants, native grasses, blossoms pictures, wildflowers photos. Get first glimpse with photo slide show, many photos, impressions of native plants, common wildflowers, wild flowers in all colors, learn about nature, get a solid nature education
Texas wildflowers, native plants along our nature trails, birding trails, wilderness trails at the Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve in Bandera County, Hill Country Texas. BSBNCG non profit provides environmental knowledge. See wild flowers, see wildflowers with blue blossoms, yellow, white blossoms, native grass with seeds, native plants, tree flowers + Madrone blossoms
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation preserve, Pipe Creek Texas, Bandera County has different wildflowers along its nature trails, birding trails - see list of plants - of wild flowers, native shrubs flowering, white flowers, pink flowers, yellow flower, many different wild flowers at our nature preserve in the Texas Hill Country. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Heart of Texas Nature Birding trail map - send email for guided tour, visit to update nature education
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation preserve, Pipe Creek Texas, Bandera County has different grasses along its nature trails, mostly bunch grass, the Texas state grass sideoats grama, visit to get your nature education updated
Photos San Antonio TX, southern Texas Hill Country balcones fault zone. San Antonio Texas with the famous river walk, Alamo, missions, San Antonio Texas 30 miles south east of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve
Overgrazing destroys land, endangers our children's future causing climate change. Overgrazing is related to human health problems, overgrazed meadows reduce drinking water supply, multiply water contamination. Overgrazing causes erosion, destroys the native plants that feed wildlife


Nature Conservation

Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation international non profit organization. Nature Preserve located in Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country. See photos, get information how to recognize native plants, native trees as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, texas persimmons, mountain laurel, different native grasses, as little bluestem, bushy bluestem, indian grass, lindheimers muhly. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation shows how to use erosion control, BSBNCG gives courses how to get a beautiful landscape where flora, fauna will flourish and all can live in harmony with nature
Naturschutz ist international - Beschützt die Natur unserer Erde - Information des gemeinnützigen Bear Springs Blossom Naturschutz Vereins, online Bildung, Naturkunde, Naturwissenschaft - Naturschutz, Umweltschutz, Luftverschmutzung, Gewässerschutz, Regenwaldschutz, Klimaveränderung
nature conservation: the only way to give children, grandchildren a safe future, with enough breathable air, enough healthy drinking water, with good climate, without violent weather, storms, floods. Nature conservation is not very costly but very efficient if all of us do just a little bit to reduce air + water pollution, to reduce co2 levels, to lower the impact of global warming + climate change
International Water conservation provides a safer future to children, grandchildren. Water conservation provides enough drinking water, a better climate, without food shortages. Polluted water causes higher food prices. Water conservation is cheap but very efficient if all of us a little bit to reduce water waste, water pollution. Humans need to drink water - drinking water has many health benefits - earth has an permanent water cycle, but polluted drinking water cannot be used - take action today, reduce water consumption - conserve water
soil conservation is the only way to secure our food supply, our drinking water supply, a stable climate - soil conservation is not costly but efficient. Reduce erosion and chemical soil contamination = soil conservation. Reduce co2 levels to lower the impact of global warming, climate change
Nature Center of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation is located at our Nature Preserve in Pipe Creek, Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country. BSB Nature Center gives information how to recognize native plants, native trees as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, texas persimmons, mountain laurel and many different native grasses, as little bluestem, bushy bluestem, indian grass, lindheimers muhly. BSB Nature Center main task is nature education so you can learn how to use erosion control to get a beautiful landscape where flora and fauna will flourish
Mission of non profit organization Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation, Bandera County, Texas hill Country. BSBNCG fights for Earth protection. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation takes action for water conservation. BSB mission shows how to preserve a beautiful landscape where flora, fauna can flourish. BSB mission is to provide a better education of the environment, a safer future for the next generation
Madrone or Madrona are rare trees in the Texas Hill Country. Some call it Indians leg, others the peeling tree because the Madrone cannot grow bigger without growing new bark every year. Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve has over 300 madrone showing how nature conservation works and how important an intact nature habitat is to Madrone trees, to provide food for birds, joy to humans
Junipers juniper ashei are trees, shrubs found all over Earth - preferring limestone. junipers are native to Texas. Nature conservation, nature education explains why so many junipers grow in the Texas Hill Country. Texas Junipers are Texas native trees growing up to 80 ft for 200 years. Texas Cedar juniper makes good mulch, help other native plants to grow. Juniper is a nursery plant - very important for nature conservation, essential to humans
earth star, astraeus hygrometricus - a native fungus found at Nature Preserve of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation in Pipe Creek, TX, Bandera County
The Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird, breeds in the Texas Hill Country - no other place on earth. Golden cheeked Warblers need Texas Hill Country trees, plants, mature junipers to build a nest. BSB nature preserve provides habitat for 7 pairs of Golden cheeked Warbler, = GCW who peels little stripes of bark from mature Texas Hill Country juniperus ashei to built its nest. Nature conservation, nature education is important to live in harmony with nature, to protect globally endangered species through international nature protection
Birders like Birding on our birding trails on Texas Hill Country guided tours. Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird breeding only in the Texas Hill Country, see tanager, wren, mocking bird, tit mouse, native + migrating birds at BSB nature preserve
birdlist of native birds seen while birding, walking our birding trails on guided tours in the Texas Hill Country. See the Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird breeding only in the Texas Hill Country
vacation in Texas are very special - the Texas Hill Country - San Antonio - many parks and nature preservers, birding, river walks, hiking, biking are only a few favorites for visitors. guided tours in the Texas Hill Country - see Bandera the cowboy capital of the world
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