This translates as: Ants rely for their physiological health on food variety. Please take care of biodiversity. The sign reads: I’m hungry. Please plant flowers. I had standard, boring, grass lawns around every home I every owned. But if …
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Regeneration.Org
Legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken has assembled a group he calls Regeneration. In his book of the same, he explains the concept as follows: Regeneration is a radical new approach to the climate crisis, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, and human …
Now Really IS a Tough Time to Write About the Climate
Brother, I feel your pain. I try to write posts about whatever comes up in the news cycle, e.g., the concept that biodiversity and climate stability play a role in preventing another pandemic. Having said that, the acute situations really …
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Notes on Sustainability
I had a nice chat with an entrepreneur in waste-to-energy yesterday; that’s always an experience I enjoy. Near the end of our talk, we broadened the subject matter to include the entire sustainability movement, at which point she lamented how …
Ocean Coral Reefs
Here’s a greatly abbreviated version of the science: • Increased concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere come into contact with surface ocean waters and cause a series of chemical reactions that acidify the water.
From Guest Blogger Bobbi Peterson: Transportation Harms the Environment in Many Indirect Ways
The world seems to get smaller with every generation as we find faster ways to get from one place to another. Our ancestors traveled on crowded ships and spent weeks at sea to get to a different country. We can …
What’s So Cool About Biodiversity?
Ever wonder why biodiversity is so important to human civilization? One reason is that the vast majority of the cures we’re developing for our wide range of diseases comes from various species of life forms, and thus mass extinction of …
Renewable Energy Nay-sayers
Obviously, renewable energy has a whole host of nay-sayers who make a variety of points, including: • It’s expensive. (This is true, though it’s becoming less so each day – and it depends on how one does the accounting. Some of …
How Ugly Are Wind Turbines?
My wife and I had dinner last night with fine friends, a married couple who never disappoint us with their conversation; they’re both extremely well-rounded and intelligent people who care deeply about the plight of their fellow travelers here on …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Rainforest Destruction
Question: At what rate are we losing the world’s rainforests? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: According to rain-tree.com: If nothing is done to curb this trend, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years. Massive deforestation …
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