WebLog Journal of Environmental Sciences

Cultural learning does not always begin with instruction. For many people, it begins with observation, silence, correction, and lived consequence. This reflective paper develops that premise through my own learning pathway, where Daoism arrived early as a way of noticing how life settles when one interferes less, and Buddhism later became the closest label I could write on school forms to express a similar experiential grounding. Drawing on scholarship on Buddhist Daoist interactions in…

The lives and deaths of Danny Chan, Leslie Cheung, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston unveil a profound lesson: fame comes with a hidden cost, often unseen by fans and the public. This reflective article explores the imbalance between jiwa (Soul) and raga (Outer persona), arguing that the psychological and emotional toll of celebrity life mirrors disrupted ecological systems when the energy output exceeds inner replenishment, eruption becomes inevitable. Drawing metaphors from ecological…

Modern institutions often celebrate titles, ranks, honours, and ceremonial recognition as markers of success. While such symbols may serve administrative and cultural functions, they may also generate emotional distance, hierarchy anxiety, and misplaced attention when detached from meaningful service. This reflective commentary examines the tension between symbolic elevation and practical contribution through ecological metaphors, institutional theory, and systems thinking. Drawing from…

A new organo-humic fertilizer, produced by accelerated fermentation of poultry manure using the "PEATGEL+" preparation, has a near-neutral reaction, is rich in macro- and microelements, and is free from heavy metals, toxic compounds, and radionuclides. The application of this new organo-humic fertilizer to sandy soil at a rate of 30–45 t/ha has a positive effect on the growth and development of cucumber plants of the "Izyashchny" variety.

Keywords: Poultry Manure;…

This study used a destructive approach to develop species-specific allometric equations for H. barteri in Cameroon. A sample of 30 individuals was chopped, measured, and weighed, and six prediction models were created for leaves, branches, trunks, roots, and total above-ground biomass. The best models were chosen using Akaike's information criterion, residual standard error, root mean square error, and adjusted coefficients of determination. The total biomass above ground was ln (B) = 2.832…

Allometric equations estimating carbon stock of Gardenia aqualla and Gardenia ternifolia stands in Cameroon have been developed. The sample consists of 35 individuals of Gardenia aqualla and 35 individuals of Gardenia ternifolia. These individuals were cut, measured and weighed entirely and the data acquired was used to build predictive models of biomass as a function of diameter at breast height. Adjusted coefficients of determination, residual standard error, root mean square error and…