I’ve always had a little bit of a thing for fish…call me crazy, but I think they can be kind of cute sometimes. Especially when they’re so tiny! Don’t get me wrong; I’m a little bit embarrassed by it. I mean, most environmentalist at least try to convince other people that they [...]
Archive for February, 2008
The Tragic Story of the Snail Darter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dams, endangered species, energy, environmentalism, fish, law, nature, snail darter on February 28, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Feeling Out of Place (a.k.a., an environmentalist at a lecture about racism)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environmentalism, feminism, racism, sexism on February 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I was convinced by a good friend of mine to attend this lecture yesterday about racism.
It’s something that’s not really my forte, and it’s certainly not my passion. I don’t mean to suggest that the problems caused by racism are irrelevant or trivial; they’re not. But they’re problems I feel my talents cannot [...]
Ban the Bottle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bottled water, college, consumerism, environment, recycling, seattle, youth on February 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Here’s an outline of what I said today at a panel. It was about a campaign to ban bottled water on campus, and I was invited to speak.
So, yeah:
“ So, I was sitting down the other day, and I was trying to think about what I could talk about. We’ve heard (we will [...]
Correction
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, seattle, sun, weather on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my last post, I said that the next day (which at the time was tomorrow, but at this time, is today) would be cloudy.
It definitely was not. It was amazing, again.
We’re lucky…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, God, light, religion, seattle, spirituality, sun on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was gorgeous out today.
The last few days we’ve had non-cloudy weather; it’s funny, because during the winter, it’s almost so overcast all the time that you forget how wonderful the sun is. But not today; today she was out in full glory. I woke up early, at about six thirty (that’s [...]
Annie Dillard; Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged annie dillard, environment, literature, nature writing, pilgrim at tinker creek, science, spirituality on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, I picked up a copy of Annie Dillard’s masterpiece, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Having already been somewhat acquainted with Ms. Dillard’s writing, I was expecting her typical infusion of mysticism and nature philosophy with actual experiences out in the wild. And I wasn’t disappointed.
It’s sort of drawing mixed feelings from me. [...]
Biologists Beware
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anteaters, biology, environment, jane goodall, nature on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Maybe it’s really not that cool…
I mean, I’m really down to learn about anteaters. But, yeah, I can’t help but wonder if this is based off of someone’s real life. At least with Jane Goodall, the apes could learn sign language.
Ah, the magic of nature.
Happy Valentine’s Day! A Brief Love Story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, legislation, nature, olympia, politics, washington on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I don’t really know what to say, except I hope everyone bought organic flowers and the cards were made of recycled paper. Haha!
Right now, I can really decide whether or not Valentine’s Day is one of those things I love or hate. Thankfully for my wallet, I’ve really only celebrated one, and [...]
Whales…and Sonar!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bush, environment, justice, marine life, Navy, ocean, politics, sonar, whales on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read an interesting blog entry at Motherjones concerning the Navy’s attempts to use sonar (a technology that directly harms marine life). You can find it here.
My favorite part of the article is a quote from one of the judges who ruled against the Navy’s attempts to overturn previous rulings on sonar:
“The second injunction [...]
The Sun Was Shining!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, environment, planet, solar energy, sun on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Indeed, even here in the Northwest, there are times when that golden little circle pierces through the clouds and warms us all up. Between classes and meetings, my walk from building to building was wonderful yesterday. It was sunny out!
Now, people from other parts of the world may be thinking, “What’s so great [...]
