disasters… Just days left to save Aceh’s forests – Sumatran Orangutan Society 9 Dec 2013 Last week, I gave yet another talk on orangutan conservation, with student presentations about the problems with palm oil, deforestation, mining and the bushmeat trade and how these threaten nonhuman…
Culture Change… 22 Feb 201322 Feb 2013 ...a healthy relationship between humans and nature is a symbiotic one. We cannot live without nature, but we also cannot live without altering it. Whether we do so with understanding…
disasters… The latest orangutan crises… 7 Aug 20128 Aug 2012 There are so many other crises unfolding that I am processing and hope to speak to soon, but meanwhile there are two bits of news on the Pongo conservation front that I…
Culture Change… Painful Topics: Primate Conservation 29 Jan 20129 May 2018 I realize that the title of my blog probably makes some think that I'd be talking about non-human primates a bit more. But, despite the fact that I could be…
Culture Change… Getting Inspired at Bioneers 18 Oct 20117 Apr 2013 There is so much concentrated hope in one weekend at Bioneers, it can get a person like me and thousands of other "reverent, sane people" (a.k.a. environmentalists - Caroline Casey)…
Culture Change… 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,…
climate… 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…
climate… Twelve year old Severn Suzuki speaking at the UN Earth Summit (1992) « Critical Docs 20 Jul 201120 Jul 2011 Came across this on a kind-of wikiwalk... just... wow. It's still mostly in "Litany" mode, but I think this is getting at what I meant by the way the stories…
Living Systems Timing the Trees (and other wonderful things) 20 Jan 201120 Jan 2011 I've had a terrific two days because I've been able to visit Judy twice! I'm so jazzed about the idea of creating a local phenology calendar/almanac. I found three organizations…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 