Even preschoolers know how to save the Earth
Image courtesy Georgia, of http://www.chrisroberson.net
With World Water Day and Earth Hour both happening this week, I’ve been reflecting on the personal actions I’ve made towards cutting down my impact on our planet over the past few years, and looking forward to additional changes I intend to make. While these actions may seem [...]
(This post is mirrored from Jody’s blog Intersection of Everything)
That’s an actual request I received from a committee member on my doctoral comprehensive exam way back in 2009. A bacterium of the genus Rhodobacter, to be exact, is what he was looking for. My bacterium looked something like [...]
(This post is mirrored from Jody’s blog Intersection of Everything)
Before I delude you any longer into thinking I have an answer for the title question, I don’t. But since I’m hearing that gut-wrenching question “so, when will you be done?” more and more frequently as I progress [...]
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I’ve been taking some time everyday to reflect on all of the things I am grateful for in my life – both the big, obvious ones like my friends, family, home, and food on the table, as well as the more subtle aspects of life which are more easily taken [...]
Ode to Terra Firma
I’ve been back on land for over two weeks now and I have to honestly say I’ve never been happier to be home! I guess deep down, I really am a true landlubber. The unpredictable and isolated life of a seafaring scientist is just not for me! It’s not that I [...]
I’m going to be honest, it’s been a very long couple of days. My body no longer has much sense of time, which I guess is kind of a good thing given what I’ve been asking of it (and will continue to ask of it for at least another week). My lab-mate Craig and I [...]
After spending most of Wednesday fuelling the ship (I think it took 3 double sized Chevron tankers to fill the vessel – she’s a bit of a gas guzzler!), we finally departed into the setting sun from Saanich Inlet, B.C. last night. Our workload has been fairly light so far, and the seas have [...]
(mirrored from my blog)
If you have spent more than a couple of hours with me (or ever entered a coffee shop in my company), than you’re aware of my (STRONG) beliefs about the value of using reusable coffee mugs. For those of you who work with me and have to endure my constant [...]
(mirrored from my blog) Courtesy of SuperForest.org
I just finished participating in Earth Hour by turning off my lights and electrical appliances from 8:30-9:30pm. In case you haven’t heard about Earth Hour before, or are not exactly sure what it entails, here’s some interesting tidbits from the official site:
Earth Hour started [...]
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