Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Organisms don't think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block.

Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.

Glue actually contaminates recyclables. We throw things in a landfill just because they're glued together.

Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earth's most precious gift.

Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in the periodic table. And we use all of them, even the toxic ones.