Kestrel magic
Cornell’s All about birds published a great short video with a nest of kestrels taking flight for first time – leaving nest. Magic. Featured image from Cascade Raptor Center
How do you respond to “Pickers”?
In an earlier post, Plastic Pickers, I allowed emotional reactions to color my view of the work being done by “pickers”. Another article surfaced on e-Waste Pickers from NPR, describing the work, working conditions and need for e-Wast Pickers in West Africa. There is an entirely different moral / ethical discussion embedded here on waste…
Rhetorically framing the climate narrative
Update 10-01-2024: Grist published an article this week about Patrick Brown who seems to have become a controversial figure in climate science. His points (I will not rehash) clearly point to a predisposition / bias in scientific publishing – especially in climate change domain. If I blow through all the Grist language and positioning, I…
Returning to agriculture’s sustainable roots
When, save the last 100 years or so, has agriculture focused on a single product (plant, e.g., corn or soybeans, rice or peanuts, etc.)? Probably never intentionally – remember the oft cited ‘Three Sisters’ from Native American practices. According to Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Ph.D. Administrator, Agricultural Research Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, “in agricultural parlance, ‘The…
Finally, a good piece on fences
After reading Mark and Delia Owens (post here) work the veterinarian fences in East Africa caught my attention and I followed up everywhere I could to find a NGO working to remove / improve fencing. Null … just nothing. Finally this last week, a great piece with good stories and details about fences’ evil and…
Bluesky #BookChallenge
As I engage more on Bluesky to avoid providing X my eyeballs, a great challenge caught me. List your top 20 books that have shaped your life, regardless of order. At first, it sounds really easy, then when I had to limit it to 20 – the challenge hit me full on. See everybody’s here….