ecology
October 28, 2009
- Aspen leaves showing extensive damage done by the aspen leaf miner Photo: ©2006, Benson Lee, Copper Center, Alaska An article by Nicholas Riccardi in Friday’s Los Angeles Times cites global climate change as the primary cause of Sudden Aspen Decline, which has been sweeping through forests of the American West in recent years. Rising temperatures and increased drought ...
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September 30, 2009
- That's what I was thinking the other day as I drove my Prius to the recycling center, and went shopping with my eco-friendly grocery bags. Then, I had a good laugh at myself for feeling so ecologically holier-than-thou...Until last Thursday night when I was driving home from Boston. Tired from a day of meetings and hours of driving, I decided to stop at a Dunkin Donuts on the way home. But having ...
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July 1, 2009
- Try to use the rules of "Old Maid" to make sense of chemical reactions, and the result will be lousy chemistry -- though it might make a good postmodern poem. Contemporary economics tries to use the rules governing human exchanges of goods and services to make sense of the very different processes that generate natural goods and services, and the result isn't even good poetry. Another ...
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June 22, 2009
- For the last few years, I've been buying a can or a vacuum-pack Key coffee from the Keikyu Department Store. In Japan, lower floors of all the major department stores sell food. The two packages are different, but contain the same coffee. For packages, I prefer vacuum-pack over can. But I have a problem. I can't make up my mind on which to buy. A can is 649 yen for 400 grams, and ...
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June 5, 2009
- Arctic Drift by Clive and Dirk Cussler (Book Review) Now in paperback Artic Drift by the Cusslers is the 20th Dirk Pitt novel in the series. It is published by Michael Joseph and its ISBN is 0718154703. This quick and exciting James Bond type of thriller is a well researched and beautifully written novel. There is the usual villain (Goyette) and good guys (Dirk ...
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February 11, 2009
- The Archdruid explores the presuppositions and value judgments that keep modern industrial society stuck in a dysfunctional relationship to nature in the latest essay on The Archdruid Report.
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April 27, 2008
- Fifteen kids lounged on the deck of the Captain Conner one summer day in Astoria. As the captain I was in the wheelhouse, leaving their educational trip up to my very competent interpretative crew. One boy, probably about 10 years old, was sitting just in front of me on the bow and kept smashing something on the deck. The Captain Conner is a pretty sturdy boat and he wasn’t likely to hurt it ...
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