- Aug 24, 2019
- 1 min
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 28, 2019
- 4 min
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 17, 2019
- 6 min
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 7, 2019
- 10 min
BIODIVER[C]ITY
Some people were sitting together working on their laptops in the cafe when I sat down do start my own work. Shortly after I arrived one...
- Jun 1, 2016
- 3 min
POPULUS TREMULOIDES
Also known as white poplar, golden aspen, mountain aspen, quaking aspen, or Quakies, Populus tremuloides is a truly amazing organism. It...
- Jun 13, 2013
- 4 min
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, 2012
- 21 min
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, 2012
- 9 min
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 11, 2011
- 7 min
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, 2009
- 13 min
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...