This isn’t the first post here (out of more than 15K) that points out how helpful beavers are in our natural world. It is the first, however, that reproduces this marvelous graphic from Collective Conservation.
Category: Sustainability
Lomi Food “Composter”
This is a scam, foisted upon people who know nothing about science. Think for a second. Imagine that every kitchen in the world was equipped with one of this, plugged into the grid, and every night, the world’s electricity was …
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Much to Be Found in Wisdom in Religious Texts
Though I’m not a religious person, I grant that there is plenty of wisdom in the Bible and other theological texts. In fact, most religions warn their parishioners against falling for what could be called “suppressive persons.” That said, how …
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Why We’re Destroying Our Environment
The problem isn’t that we’re not intelligent. It’s that we (most of us anyway) have other attributes that work counter to our intelligence: greed, selfishness, tribalism, and indifference to the suffering of others.
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Dealing with Civilization’s Woes Isn’t an All or Nothing Affair
The snarky meme here suggests that making changes in our society is useless, because we still have problems. This logic may appeal to idiots, but those capable of reason understand that becoming more sensitive to racial minorities is a good …
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“It Is Impossible for a Man to Learn What He Believes He Already Knows”
Epictetus said this, though not in modern-day Spanish. It’s just another way of saying what is attributed to Bertrand Russell: “The problem with the world is that fools are completely sure of their beliefs, where wise men are so full …
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Pessimism, Anyone?
Between environmental collapse, world fascism, and nuclear holocaust, it’s not easy to name the threat that is most likely to take us down. And let’s not forget runaway AI. Carl Sagan warned us many decades ago that we are a …
What Makes an Atheist?
Re: this meme on atheism, I doubt that an examination of the bible causes any significant number of people to disbelieve in God. I suggest that, like so many other aspects of human behavior, it’s a matter of how our …
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Actively Destroying Education in America
We’re banning books while we muzzle and starve our teachers. We’re sending the cream of our public school student population to charter schools, leaving the most difficult kids behind. We’re creating the perfect set of conditions for a democracy to …
The Hostess Twinkie and the Gross Insincerity of the Celebrity Endoresement
Ann Blyth, one of the last living legends of Hollywood’s Golden Age, celebrates her 95th birthday today. The former promoter of Hostess Twinkies is still with us. Further proof that there is no God. Her most memorable commercial: “When my …
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