I was down at Elliot Bay Bookstore the other day trying to impress a girl, and while we were looking around at the books, I stumbled across a strange looking one entitled, Varmints, by Helen Ward and illustrated by Marc Craste. The story deserves some explanation.
Back home in the Spokane Valley, there exist small, [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Varmints: My New Favorite Book
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animation, art, books, city, environment, helen ward, kids' books, literature, marc craste, marmots, rural, seattle, spokane, varmints on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Polar Bears: Bad for Bakeries, Bad for America
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate change, endangered species, environment, fish and wildlife service, global warming, polar bears, politics, skeptics on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ah, dear. It seems that the evil forces of tree-humping environmentalists are at it again.
This time, instead of allying with the blood-sucking spotted owl or the nefarious snail darter or the evil turkey, they’ve joined forces with the ferocious, bakery-hating polar bear. For the love of God, what’s next?
All [...]
ELF Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, arson, crime, ecoterrorism, ELF, environment, environmental liberation front, nature, seattle, street of dreams, terrorism on March 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A story was published today in the Seattle Times that I think would be good for anyone interested in the subject to read.
Basically, the article is speaking with experts about whether or not ELF was responsible for the burning of a couple of big houses near Seattle on March 3rd. Some of you may [...]
Zombie Insects!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ants, environment, fungus, insects, mushroom, nature, parasites, planet earth, plants, spores, zombies on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got this from Planet Earth…pretty crazy.
While watching this video, I couldn’t help but think about what would happen if this could happen to people. You’re just sitting their one day, in the park with your friends, and all of a sudden, one of them starts acting all weird, and then [...]
People and Nature
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, flowers, michizane, nature, philosophy, place, plum, poetry, rural life, seattle, spokane, urban life, waka, washington on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When the wind blows from the east,
Send out your perfume
o plum flowers;
Though the master be not there,
Forget not the Spring.
~ Michizane
My friend is studying psychology in college right now, and I’ve always wanted him to do a study on the psychological state of a person [...]
New Sins!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Catholicism, christianity, Church, ecology, environmentalism, equality, income inequality, Liberation Theology, poverty, religion, sin, theology, wealth on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Haha!
Having been Catholic for most of my life, I have to say, I find this little piece of news both heartening and hilarious. Turns out, we have two new sins! As if we Catholics didn’t have enough to feel guilty about, we now have seven more things to worry over:
1. “Bioethical’ violations [...]
Octopus Attacking a Shark
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aquarium, biology, conservation, environmentalism, marine life, naturalism, nature, ocean, octopus, predator, prey, shark on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Right?
After my friend showed me this video, I tried googling about a thousand different things to figure just why the octopus attacks the shark. Alas, it was to no avail.
The shark and octopus in the video are actually specimens at the Seattle Aquarium, which is just a half-hour walk away [...]
Ecoterrorism? Or Peacemaking?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, christianity, ecoterrorism, ELF, environmentalism, ethics, nature, pacifism, peace, peacemaking, politics, terrorism on March 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Last year, a friend of mine was discussing how best to aid socially just movements. Our conversation turned from asking, “What is the best way to change the world,” to, “Is it morally justified tot use violence to achieve our gaols?”
It was a difficult conversation. Pulling me one way was my deep love [...]
ELF Strikes Again?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged arson, ELF, environment, housing, rural, seattle, terrorism on March 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
For those of us in the Seattle area, this is big news.
Turns out, the Earth Liberation Front burned down four houses just north of Seattle. The picture below is from the Seattle Times.
I mean, damn.
This is really a blow to everyone: the developers of the houses, as well as the environmental community. [...]
