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Re-wilding the monocultural self
While reading the recently published Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, by Emma Marris, I found myself simultaneously cheering and exclaiming with a steely squint: Hey! Real conservationists can’t think this! You’re just giving ammunition for them to … Continue reading
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Tagged agribusiness, climate change, environmentalism, farming, Madroño Ranch, nature, nineteenth century
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March Madness: mountain laurels, plastic ducks, and ‘roid rage
Jeff Meikle), the changing definition of childhood, the history of American environmentalism, and more. He writes well and often amusingly, but the overall message of his book is dire: we are almost literally drowning in waste, and we don’t really … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, climate change, earthquake, Grist.org, Japan, March Madness, sweat, tryptophan
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Meat and flourishment: carnivorocity, take three
The Color of Atmosphere: One Doctor’s Journey In and Out of Medicine. After describing a flummoxing patient she had as a second-year medical student, Kozel said, “[I] devoured the answers without asking the right questions.” Of course, if you’re obsessive … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, climate change, guns, Joel Salatin, meat, Polyface Farm, prophets, Thunder Heart Bison, vegetarianism
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Hall of mirrors: the lost art of conversation
Last week I found myself in a conversation with someone who doesn’t believe in AGW and has written a soon-to-be-published book explaining his position. AGW—which I had to look up—is short for anthropogenic global warming, or global warming caused by … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, conversation, environmentalism, Glenn Beck, Grist.org, The New Yorker
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Cleaning out the mental refrigerator: Niebuhr, McKibben, and Band-Aids
I’ve been surveying the multitude of leftovers in the refrigerator of my mind. When was the last time this thing was cleaned out? Jeez. Prodded into further examination of my last post by subsequent emails, conversations, and readings, I’ve concluded … Continue reading
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Tagged 350.org, Aspen, Bill McKibben, climate change, environmentalism, Jessica Hobby Catto, multinationals, oil spill, Reinhold Niebuhr
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