Trashball

Trashballs
An interesting artist was featured in today’s New York Times. Christopher Goodwin is a junk truck driver who scavenges for interesting pieces of trash, packages them in round plastic balls, and fills gumball dispenses with them. People buy these mementos for fifty cents a apiece. According to the NYT:
Though some admirers see [...]

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What is worse?

Here is something I have pondered about my own life, but also about other people who I admire. Imagine you had to choose between having an all-consuming career that overall had a strong positive impact on the environment but left you with little time or ability to make sustainable choices (i.e., eating out a [...]

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Response for Colin

Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, posted a riff on my post on Sustainability in his blog yesterday.  There were lots of interesting comments, and I just added my own:
There are some really interesting comments here, now that I’ve had a chance to come back in and read them.  It’s interesting to me how wide [...]

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Blogger BioBlitz

BioBlitzing
I did my “field work” for the Blogger BioBlitz this morning. It didn’t work out as I had planned, but in the end was quite satisfying. I’m posting this now as a kind of place-holder – I’ll come back and edit the post as I have species IDs. For now, a [...]

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Selling…. out?

In yesterday’s New York Times, there was an e-commerce article on the growth of the “Green” Online Publishing industry, fueled by increased ad revenues from “green” products and mainstream companies wanting to project a “green” image. So, mainstream media outlets such as the Washington Post have responded with “green” wings, such as sprig.com, which [...]

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Review of Dominant Wave Theory

In this month’s Seed Magazine, I found a mention of an art book on ocean debris, Dominant Wave Theory with photographs by Andy Hughes.
According to Amazon:
Andrew Hughes’s work explores the detritus and garbage washed up on the shores where he surfs. Despite their ominous presence, these mass-produced items become aesthetic forms within the open theater [...]

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Turtle Race

Leatherback Sea Turtles: They’re Going Faster Than You Think
I found a link to a great site about Leatherback Sea Turtles in Science Magazine this week The site, The Great Turtle Race sponsored by Leatherback Trust, is actually quite fun for adults and kids alike. According to Science:
Close to 95% of leatherback turtles [...]

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What I did on my Day Off

So, you’ve changed all your lightbulbs to CFLs. You’ve cut down on driving and eating meat. Heck, you even bring your own bags to the grocery store where you only buy food produced organically within a 250-mile radius of your home. You buy carbon offsets to atone for your earthly sins. [...]

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DivaCup Challenge

Girls only on this one!
Crunchy Chicken, at first horrified and then inspired by my post on a few of my favorite possessions, is hosting a DivaCup Challenge. Sign up for a chance to win your very own.

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Backyard Beauty

There is a shrub in my backyard that I had thought was a Rhododendron, but it bloomed about a week ago and this is what the flowers look like:

I have no idea what it is. Suggestions are welcome.  Update:  I have discovered that this is Florida anise, Illicium floridanum, which is a threatened plant [...]

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