Random Stuff Protecting the Environment and Preserving Trees by Scaling back on Liberal Arts University Programs 5 Sep 201922 Sep 2019 For the first time in 185 years, there will be no fall semester at Green Mountain College in western Vermont. The school fell victim to trends in higher education that…
SUSTAINABIITY Transaction costs matter — Ecology 19 Sep 201819 Sep 2018 Will Harris, a free-range chicken farmer in Georgia, recently learned first hand the importance of transaction costs. In the last few years, bald eagles have been treating his farm as…
SUSTAINABIITY Environmentally Friendly Choices Contribute to Global Sustainability 2 Sep 20182 Sep 2018 Making more environmentally friendly choices are simple to make and will help you start moving in a more environmentally friendly direction: Dental Floss – Honestly, I didn’t even think about the…
Random Stuff Applying Human-Centered Circular Principles to Tax shifts and currencies to better design our societies. 19 Aug 201819 Aug 2018 Building equitable circular societies: “The best way to design a circular world is to consider that waste should not have existed in the first place.” This article is published in The…
Natural Disasters These are the 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history – 3 are from 2017 — CW33 NewsFix 28 May 201828 May 2018 The year 2017 was the costliest ever for weather and climate disasters in the United States, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, totaling $306 billion. The previous record…
Environment America’s Drinking Water Crisis. Profit v. Poison 23 Jan 201623 Jan 2016 Source: America’s Drinking Water Crisis After the shocking news of extremely high levels of lead found in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, The Guardian reports: “Water authorities across the US…
Travel / Tourism Tiny B&B in Chester celebrating after being voted the world’s best boutique hotel 21 Jan 201621 Jan 2016 *Books mini-break*. Anyone fancy a trip to Chester? We hear the B&Bs are pretty decent. And they’re not a bad price either. Edgar House, a tiny seven-bed B&B overlooking the…
Economics Should you Drop out of School? 30 Nov 201530 Nov 2015 Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful" by Michael Ellsberg =================================== "The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful"…
Islanders Ocean Defense Team Tsunami Aftermath: The Urato Islands Rebuild 25 Oct 201530 Oct 2015 THE URATO ISLANDS, near the coast of Japan, rebuilds after the Tsunami disaster: How can new ways of discussion trigger action towards sustainability? Actions were organized by sustainability researchers in the…
Animal Sanctuary Happy Sloth Day via Tico Times 17 Oct 201530 Oct 2017 Happy International Sloth Day!!!! A wonderful day to celebrate my favorite animal!!!! So proud of all the hard work Becky Naomi Cliffe @ Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica has done to research…
SUSTAINABIITY This solar powered floating farm can produce 20 tons of vegetables every day 4 Jun 201512 Oct 2015 From design practice, Forward Thinking Architecture, come a set of modular floating farms that harvest sunlight and rainwater, as well as desalinate saltwater and grow thousands of tons of vegetables…
Rescue A Dog Escapes the deadly clutches of a Wild Python 31 May 201513 Oct 2015 A dog has miraculously avoided becoming a huge pythons meal - after his owner whacked it with a leafy branch. The distressed dog can be seen in the deadly clutches…
Children Educating Children with Climate Information via CBS Miami 28 May 201510 Oct 2015 President Obama arrives to attend fundraisers and receive the yearly hurricane preparedness briefing: US President Barack Obama walks off Air Force One at Miami International Airport in Miami on May…
Travel / Tourism A few reasons not to hate the tourists in your city, even though you want to 26 May 201516 Oct 2015 There’s now one more reason to avoid Victoria’s tourist-swarmed downtown core this summer. Volunteers in 1940s-style British “bobby” uniforms — complete with egg-shaped hats — will be walking the beat…
