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…
Read articleRebecca Gu – Conservation Challenges in Development.
Name: Rebecca Gu Talk Title: “Conservation Challenges in Development.” Notes: Sauder School of Business; Topic: Environmentalism was a movement that was largely born out of the…
Read articleLooking for some help with the Phylomon project
Not sure if you remember this, but I’ve been happily watching a little web project of mine grow over time. It’s known as the Phylo project,…
Read articleLive blogging the NE subarctic Pacific Ocean – Part 1
Tomorrow morning, your trusted Terry-ites Jody and I will be heading off on a 16 day field expedition to the NE subarctic Pacific Ocean. I’ve decided…
Read articleThinking Critically About our Diet
Gordon Katic says: What is critical thinking? What isn’t critical thinking? How do we know if our convictions have been arrived at by sound reasoning or…
Read article“The Danish Text.” Oh dear – this might hurt a little. Copenhagen soap opera continues…
Lately I’ve been wondering if everything going on in the world of climate change has been done just for the benefit of ASIC 200, a course…
Read articleWell this is a little sad. Americans waste approximately 40% of the food they produce.
Courtesy of this paper at the Public Library of Science. This is pretty bad. Basically, the authors attempt to quantify food waste by calculating global food…
Read articleStar Wars: Botany edition.
All I can say is, is that this is brilliant… And there’s much more here from Christopher Niemann from the NYT Abstract City Blog. (via Magpie&Whiskeyjack)
Read articleForest Ethics Event
This poster caught my eye as I was grabbing coffee at Sprouts today… Author Andrew Nikiforuk and renowned photographer Ian McAllister team up to discuss the…
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St. Matthew’s Island
By Sarah Andersen,
Working in a microbiology lab, I’ve seen my fair share of bacterial growth curves. They all follow the same pattern: a lag phase or period of…
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