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‘Contagion’ Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases

'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases. I haven't seen the movie, but this article provides another reminder…

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Are you a nutter?

21 Sep 20115 Aug 2011

A Fall Field Guide: Nuts. Ah, Mother Earth News... I knew you when. In fact, I probably read this article when it came out in 1988, in the library at…

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Mindful Recycling and Waste « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill

10 Sep 201110 Sep 2011

As with energy, we should have practices that enhance our awareness that nothing is ever “thrown away.” It is especially important that we think about the disposition of each item,…

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Save the Knoll

7 Sep 20117 Sep 2011

A local site in Santa Cruz is in dispute. Remains attributed to the native Ohlone tribe have been found, with the site dating back about 6000 years. Local Ohlone heroine…

The Sound of a New Green Economy

From the Green for All team, a video that sums up the argument for the new Green Collar Economy:

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Hygiene and Its Discontents

27 Aug 201116 Jul 2013

Up to my eyeballs in preparations for Monday's start of the new semester, so I'm re-posting a bit I initially published on 6/22/04 at http://rattlebrain.com/~apegrrl/blog040622.htm Hygiene and Its Discontents While doing as…

The Attacks on Climate Science Education Are Picking Up Steam | Chris Mooney

16 Aug 201120 Aug 2011

The Attacks on Climate Science Education Are Picking Up Steam And I thought teaching about human evolution was fraught with peril. Now this... What’s currently seeping into classrooms across the…

Reconciling With Darwin | What Would Jesus Eat?

Re-posting some thoughtful comments on the relationship between science and religion, particularly in regards to evolution. WWJE is writing as, I believe, a religious-minded person. As a scientist who teaches evolutionary…

Plan B Updates – 99: A Fifty Million Dollar Tipping Point? | EPI

10 Aug 201110 Aug 2011

A bright bit of happy news burning through the sooty smokestack emissions: At a press conference on July 21, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was contributing $50 million…

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Charging for Land

The [Land Value Tax] strikes at the heart of the land monopoly. In a powerful speech, Winston Churchill said, “Land monopoly is not the only monopoly, but it is by…