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Archive for August, 2007

Killing the messenger

Posted in Environment, vegan on August 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Trying to Connect the Dinner Plate to Climate Change
By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH
Published: August 29, 2007
EVER since “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore has been the darling of environmentalists, but that movie hardly endeared him to the animal rights folks. According to them, the most inconvenient truth of all is that raising animals for meat contributes more [...]

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Factory Farm Map

Posted in Environment, Geography, Maps on August 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Ever wondered about factory farming in your neck of the woods (or elsewhere?) Here is an interesting site with a nice web mapping application to help you find out about the impacts of factory farming anywhere in the U.S.: factoryfarmmap.org

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Noodling

Posted in Environment, Urban Nature on August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I saw this article in the NY Times over the weekend and remembered a colleague telling me about this odd southern pastime.
The Catfish Are Biting (and It Hurts)

COWDEN, Ill., July 22 — Stripped to the waist and armed with nothing but his bare hands, John Burns plunged headfirst into a half-submerged hollow log [...]

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