Thursday, August 18, 2011

Janique Goff: Bee pollination essential to the cycle of life

Janique Goff is one of those few people who genuinely care about the planet. She is known for her passionate advocacy of all things concerning the environment, from preserving wildlife to developing clean energy. Currently a Business Development Manager for a biotech company, Goff raises her concern on how human life might be at stake when honeybees become extinct. In recent years, there has been a significant decrease in bee hives, known as the colony collapse disorder (CCD). People say that among the causes of CCD are genetically modified crops and pesticides, but it is reported that a lot of agents, when combined, causes this event.

Photo credit: Texas Bees


Environmental advocates such as Janique Goff believe that there is a great need in saving bees from disappearing. Bees are the best pollinators because it is in their nature to collect and transfer pollen. Pollination is important in human life because it helps in the production of crops. It also allows plants to produce a wide variety of fruits, nuts, and seeds that are of high nutritional value. As many would say, a bee is responsible for every third bite of food that people eat.

Photo credit: Texas Bees


The causes of CCD vary from malnutrition to climate change. There is still no definite explanation that has been proven, but these probable causes have one thing in common, which is the negligence of humans to the environment. The aim of environmentalists such as Goff is to raise awareness on the importance of wildlife and other natural resources on human living.


Photo credit: Texas Bees


More information about Janique Goff is available on her MySpace page.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Janique Goff: Her Quest of Greening the “Gray and Brown”

Janique Goff: Her Quest of Greening the “Gray and Brown”


From Janique Goff Photos



At alarming rates, the Earth’s forest cover diminishes by several folds. This dilemma has triggered environmentalists like Janique Goff to become an advocate of re-greening the world’s then-turned “gray and brown” spots.



National Geographic reports that 16 hectares of woodland are lost every year, with majority of them suffering from the cutting down of trees such as cedar, oak, and redwood, which are valued for their industrial importance. Deforested regions are also converted to residential and business areas to accommodate the proliferating number of the human race.


From Janique Goff Photos




Governments and societies continue to disregard the destruction to the environment that both large-scale and daily practices cause. In a way, these actions (or inactions) are self-destructive, as forests are vital to the survival of the planet.



Janique Goffis well-informed that each piece of paper people use to write on or the thick plywood wall they lean against in the home all came from the woods and are processed through pollution-laden practices, starting from the actual cutting of tress itself to the their merchandising in the marketplace.



Aside from providing obvious benefits, forests are important to humans because they:
• protect the soil from serious erosion
• preserve watersheds through natural regulation of water
• manage the earth’s carbon cycle
• prevent climate change phenomena

These benefits people gain from the forests drive environmental advocates like Goff to pursue protection campaigns, technological breakthroughs, and educated propaganda in order to guard the earth from prolonged manmade devastations.



From Janique Goff Photos



Janique Goff’s profile can be viewed at her Myspace account.