Posted in Environment, Maps on May 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has two new Google Maps Mashups that Canucks can use to keep track of environmental initiatives across the Provinces and to review information about mercury in canned tuna in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto:
Canada’s Green Cities - Armed with a $550-million Green Municipal Fund courtesy of the federal government, [...]
Posted in Art, Environment on May 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I thought this comic by Lynn Johnson so nicely summed up the frustration many of us feel. Those of us who take a lot of personal responsibility in our daily activities to reduce our impact on the environment still look around and see the overwhelming tide of civilization washing over us, negating everything we have [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Environment on May 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In the February 2, 2007 issue of the journal Science, Editor Donald Kennedy mused on the definition of sustainability and how defining it can impact environmental policy and individual behavior. True to the journal’s technical nature, the editorial is a tad more dry than similar musings by me, Colin Beavan, and Rachel Cassel. [...]
Posted in Environment, Geography, Maps, Ocean on May 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Satellite image of shrimp trawlers in China - Kyle Van Houtan
Yesterday, the Science section of the New York Times featured an article on the visible impact of shrimp trawling wordwide: Satellites Show Harvest of Mud That Trawlers Leave Behind. This is an interesting use of Google Earth for research and presentation purposes. Although [...]
Posted in Art, Crochet, Environment on May 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Square from Knit A River
Today, via Bloggreen, I found out about the I Knit “Knit A River” campaign. This UK-based crafting activism project:
… is a campaign with WaterAid. The campaign is designed to raise awareness of WaterAid and their vision - a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation.
Instead [...]
Posted in Environment, The Stuff of Life on May 14, 2007 | 5 Comments »
My new friend in the kitchen
Over the weekend, I got myself a slow cooker (aka crock pot). I’m hoping to use it once or twice a week to increase the number of homemade meals we eat (as opposed to eating out or resorting to pre-packaged food). All in all, I think this will [...]
Posted in Citizen Science, Geography, Maps, Urban Nature on May 10, 2007 | No Comments »
As a follow-on to my post yesterday on the topic of bird nest webcams — today I found a post in the Google Earth Community with a link to a map file of peregrine falcon and osprey nest cams. If you are familiar with Google Earth and have it installed on your computer, you can [...]
Posted in Blogroll on May 9, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been tagged by Greentime for the Thinking Blogger award. Herewith, are 5 blogs that make me think:
Craftzine blog - wonderful, gorgeous, DIY craftiness. I get a lot of ideas for posts on trashy art here.
Bitch, Ph.D. - Feminism. In no uncertain terms.
indexed - Smart, funny, and short. What more could [...]
Posted in Environment on May 9, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I normally move in circles populated by people who are immersed in environmental issues professionally or at least have strong green leanings. So, when I encounter someone who is on the “other side,” I am often unprepared for how to talk to them.
Yesterday, I was talking to a colleague who I know is very [...]
Posted in Citizen Science, Urban Nature on May 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Barn Owls in a California nestbox
I got my Cornell Lab of Ornithology Newsletter today and there were several features on their Citizen Science Programs (such as Project Feederwatch). A new one (new to me anyway) that I decided to check out, is their Birdhouse watch project. Participants put up a bird nest box [...]
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