Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) is a Japanese for “forest bathing,” something that I’ve always enjoyed doing, even though I didn’t know that there was a word for it. Every language contains its own set of focal vocabularies, that is to say, a set a specialized words to describe — with great precision — the sorts of things that the [...]
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The only thing better than recycling a plastic bag is reusing it, thereby conserving the energy and materials used to create this temporary convenience. Some people might say there is something better than reusing a plastic bag: Adding energy to the equation — human energy — and transforming the plastic bag into something else. “Green Crafting” website: http://www.myrecycledbags.com/ A [...]
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Check out this three-part series of Climate Wars narrated by the venerable Gwynne Dyer on CBC Radio : http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/climate-wars/index.html (hat tip to Kirsten W) (WARNING: Requires 3 x 50 minutes of semi-attentive listening, so plan/multitask as necessary.) THE BIG PICTURE Dyer examines the geopolitics of climate change, and looks at some of the remedies being proposed for [...]
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A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. – Doug Larson
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In terms of public awareness efforts, there’s seems to be this gulf between two extremes in approach, with these enviromental-impact-analogies. On the one hand you’ve got boring, extreme nitpicking, and on the other hand, you’ve got stupid-looking oversimplification. And the two approaches hurt each other’s credibility and efficacy.
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There is a very annoying cellphone dead spot between Stamford and Bridgeport CT, on the I-95 highway / Amtrak railway corridor, right by a small coastal town. This little breach in an otherwise frictioness web of connectivity is probably a result of some recalcitrant NIMBYs who earn and spend their income with Big Business but cling to [...]
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flagrantly fragrant intoxicating night air Springtime in the Bronx
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Here’s a silly little idea: When the wearer of this shoe walks on soft ground or through a puddle and then looks back at their footprints, they will see the word “CARBON” printed onto the ground behnd them — a literal rendering of their environmental impact. I couldn’t find anything already like this out [...]
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palisades cliffs bathed orange in winter sunrise through bare tree branches fluttering with plastic bags
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