Aug 24, 20191 min read
THE AMAZING AMAZON-AGEDDON
As ever, we are being played. We may wish to ask why and by whom. Everywhere I turn I'm being told there are "unprecedented wildfires in...
Jul 27, 20194 min read
HONEYBEES AND HUMANITY
There's a meme that's been going around for a decade or more that I'd like to see end. There are many variations but they typically...
May 16, 20196 min read
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE NEW DEAL
You’ve likely noticed Progressives in America all atwitter with talk of what is being called the Green New Deal. And, as the nation that...
Apr 6, 201910 min read
BIODIVER[C]ITY
Some people were sitting together working on their laptops in the cafe when I sat down to start my own work. Shortly after I arrived one...
Jun 1, 20164 min read
POPULUS TREMULOIDES
Also known as white poplar, golden aspen, mountain aspen, quaking aspen, or Quakies, Populus tremuloides is a truly amazing organism. It...
Jun 12, 20134 min read
EARTH HOUR: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
Earth Hour, an annual event organized by the folks at The World Wildlife Fund, attempts to raise awareness of environmental issues by...
Dec 8, 201221 min read
TOWARD AN OLD CONSCIOUSNESS
I was recently given a report called Toward a New Consciousness: Values to Sustain Human and Natural Communities. The work was produced...
Mar 13, 20129 min read
FUNDS
Recently I had some money I wanted to put away and, really, never think about again. I was convinced to talk to someone at my credit...
May 10, 20117 min read
RECYCLE RECYCLE RECYCLE
So, let’s talk about recycling. Do you recycle? Of course you do, you're not some kind of barbarian! When Vancouver first implemented its...
Sep 23, 200913 min read
NOISE POLLUTION
Defining noise in a truly satisfactory way is a complicated issue. In his book The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of...