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Posts Tagged ‘ecology’
Conservation, Nature, Jun 2nd, 2011,
The second installment of Adam Curtis’ new documentary series “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” (recently on the BBC) focuses on how ecologists once reasoned that nature was made up of mechanistic, computer-like systems, consisting of many factors working in harmony in order to maintain balance. This view of ecosystems, which does not fully account for the chaos caused by the inherent flux of nature, has fallen out of fashion among many contemporary ecologists. They claim previous ecological theories were inspired by man-made machinery and not nature itself. Yet despite the fact that nature may be chaotic,…
Tags: Adam Curtis, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, biodiversity, capitalism, commodification, Conservation, Defra, ecology, ecosystems, natural capital, NEA, TEEB
Climate Change, Green living, Politics, Sep 11th, 2010,
There has been a lot of controversy about a much-publicized anti-Islam protest by a certain nutty preacher in the US, which was scheduled to take place today, on the anniversary of 9/11. But has anyone stopped to think about the CO2 that would be released if Terry Jones were to burn the Koran? What? It’s no dumber than everything else surrounding the planned burning of the Muslim holy book. And since everyone else has already said their piece, isn’t it time for a Green perspective? Sorry, it’s no laughing matter. Someone has actually already died in counter protests leading up…
Tags: Climate change, ecological, ecology, environmental, environmentalism, Green, Islam, Muslim, religion
Climate Change, Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, Sep 7th, 2010,
How much can we “safely” pollute our environment? How many fossil fuels can we burn? How much of a poisonous substance does not threaten our health? That our knowledge has limitations does not mean we shouldn’t exaggerate the ecological threat. On the contrary, we should be even more careful about it, given that the situation is extremely unpredictable. The recent uncertainties about global warming signal not that things are not too serious, but that they are even more chaotic than we thought, and that natural and social factors are inextricably linked. The above quote is by Lacanian philosopher and Slovenian…
Tags: ecological, ecology, environmentalist, Slavoj, trash, Zizek
Uncategorized, Oct 15th, 2009,
Today, October 15th is this year’s Blog Action Day and the subject for 2009 is ‘Climate Change’. You needn’t have a blog that is normally environmentally themed, just relate a Green topic to your blog’s subject. Of course you can write about hard- hitting issues like global warming, pollution, famine and war if you are so inclined, but the goal is to get as many blogs as possible mobilized on one day in order to promote awareness of climate change and Green issues. So if your blog is about stuffed animals, don’t be left out! You could write something about…
Tags: Blog, Blog Action Day, ecology, environmental, Green
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Oct 6th, 2009,
The island nation of Madagascar, once a vast treasure of diverse and unique plant and animal life, is now an environmental disaster zone. Located in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of southeast Africa, Madagascar is an island with an area larger than France and an ecological system unlike any other in the world. There are as many as 99 species of Lemur, the primates that are endemic to Madagascar – meaning, in terms of ecology, that they exist in nature in only one geographical region. But 90% of the island’s rainforests have been destroyed, and the remaining 10%…
Tags: ecology, environment, lemur, Madagascar
Uncategorized, Sep 17th, 2009,
Think the world can’t get any more green in their business pursuits? Well, Green Maven is about to prove you wrong. Green Maven is a search engine and website directory specifically dedicated to listing and promoting all things “green”. Launched in 2006, they host over 10,000 websites today, with “green” categories ranging from clothing to restaurants to travel, and even eco-weddings! If you are one that is dedicated to living a “green” lifestyle, then this website is something you will definitely want to check out.
Tags: ecology, environment, Green, search engine
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Autumn is quickly approaching, and there sure are a lot of events coming up this year. Conventions, fairs, expeditions and more are happening across the globe, and here is your chance to get involved! You can join artists, poets and musicians in Tucson, Arizona, as they share and discuss how their work contributes to the understanding of nature. Perhaps you would like to take part in family activities at Australia’s Big Scrub Rainforest Day, or maybe attend a business conference in Hungary. You can even travel down the Amazon to help researchers with their conservation efforts! The events range in…
Tags: ecology, environmental, events
Climate Change, Politics, Sep 1st, 2009,
Follow my blog with bloglovin Economic recession brings out all kind of fools and experts on television. We have been talked to death about the causes and effects of the recession on everything from international politics to hair care. Why then should the green revolution be spared? After all, it is the hottest topic of the century, pun intended. But there seems to be some confusion on whether frying the economy is good for the earth or frying the earth is good for the economy. Let’s look at the current state of environmentalism in the world with a large magnifying…
Tags: ecology, economic crisis, environment, recession
Uncategorized, Aug 28th, 2009,
In a sassy, if obvious, attempt to debunk popular conceptions about prominent issues, Newsweek magazine’s “The Smart List” feature, with the subheading “What do you know?” is a dose of brash journalism for the American public. Some articles are blog-like and some of those are barely bigger than Twitter tweets, while one or two are even less worth reading. A picture of a belching smokestack marks the entries with an ecological theme and most of the articles have a somewhat condescending “I think I know what you believe (idiot) and your wrong” air to them, which I find kind of…
Tags: controversial, ecology, newsweek magazine
Green living, Politics, Aug 24th, 2009,
It seems inevitable: with the rise of the environmentally conscious culture, someone’s bound to try and make some serious scratch. Try walking around the store or the mall and you’ll find it easy to run into “green” products – organic produce, chemical-free cleaners, all-natural t-shirts – these are a few of the common items you’ll find that are for sale. There are products out there that seem practical. Who wouldn’t love cleaning supplies that not only are good for the environment, but can keep your kids and pets safe, like Earthworm’s Family Safe Drain Cleaners and Dapple’s line of baby…
Tags: bio products, ecolabel, ecology, environmental policy, european union, green products
Climate Change, Politics, Aug 21st, 2009,
The year 2009 has been a nice and crispy hot year for many. It’s got us hopping like cats in a hot tin roof, brandishing sunscreens like guns, and chatting about global warming over a nice cool drink. Some of us are also feeling guilty about releasing all those green house gases into the atmosphere. So what are we doing about it? What we can give up to fix that? Maybe that super sized refrigerator, or the central air conditioner, or perhaps that gas guzzling muscle car sitting in the garage? If you are sweating at the thought of all…
Tags: carbon offset, ecology, global warming, greenhouse gas
Climate Change, Green living, Aug 19th, 2009,
Have you ever wondered how we survived before super-markets came to be? And how did our parents go through life not knowing the joy of recycling tons of food packaging in color coded recycle bins? It must have been such a boring life for those who had their own kitchen garden and had to cook only what grew in the local fields and caught their own fishes and never knew of global warming and climate change? The older generation surely missed out on all the excitement. Gone are the days when the cabbage came with the nice local caterpillar and…
Tags: carbon footprint, eat local, ecology, food, greenhouse gas, Health, Sustainable eating
Climate Change, Nature, Jul 30th, 2009,
Back in the 1980s and 90s Sting and other celebrities fought to save the dwindling Amazon rainforest and campaigned for the rights of its indigenous peoples. Who could forget images of the handsome blond rock star standing side by side with proud members of the Kayapo people of northern Brazil? Sure, he got made fun of a lot and even criticized for what some thought was exploitative behavior, but he did draw attention to the plight of aboriginal peoples and the Amazon as a whole. For this Sting deserves some credit. But to quote another 80s icon, Miss Janet Jackson,…
Tags: amazon rainforest, ecology, environment, Sting, yanomami
