July 26, 2019 – Canyonville Oregon There was something in the air, not clouds, but a thin dusty shimmer permeating the rolling roadside hills. It seemed strange that there was no smell at first. As the sky shifted from grey to red, the charred wind lit up my olfactory. Seeing was believing. We passed through the engulfed hillside just as …
Global Change, Local Effects
Scorching ‘heat dome’ over Middle East sees temperatures soar to 165F in Iran – Telegraph Falling land will exacerbate the flooding that the nation’s capital faces from rising ocean waters – ScienceDaily Who’s Soot is This? Tagging Carbon and Tracing it to the Source -ScienceDaily
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Thinking Like a Mountain During a Silent Spring
Thinking like a mountain is a concept used by Aldo Leopold to emphasize the ethical premise that every individual is a part of a larger interdependent biotic community, and right action can be judged by how it affects the environment. Thinking like a mountain is meant to personify the land in a way that encourages ethical consideration of the entire …
Fukushima and the Potential Fallout
It is not often that one has to call into question whether the water in the tap, the milk from the cow, and the drops that fall from the sky are fundamentally safe to consume, but this is precisely the predicament we could find if ever there were widespread nuclear contamination of the Pacific Ocean. In March 2011, an earthquake …
Bee Death and the American Dream
Farmers and humans think they are pretty clever these days, but not clever enough to take responsibility for the pollination of $30 billion worth of nourishing food crops each year; currently a task taken happily by Honey Bees. Important work is being done to determine what is devastating the population of apis mellifera; but do Americans want to wake up from …
Kittens, Ninjas, UFOs, OMG No It’s Just Compost
Kittens, Ninja’s, UFO’s, OMG no it’s just Compost (by UTesi) Video produced in Austin Texas for the Environmental Science Institute. -ArtIsInFormation.org (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Industrial Sustainability Farm
I simply had to stop when I saw the Industrial County Market (ICM) in Columbus TX. It is a 100% off the grid energy node and market with many sustainability features. They have numerous solar arrays, windmills, a rainwater collection and retention system, garden center, and art, all open to the public. According to their website, the ICM conducts monthly …