Why Fracking is a Bad Idea

“Josh Fox [director of Gasland]  is our Martin Luther King,” I overheard one attendee say, as the rally ended and people got ready to speak with their elected officials. I joined several hundred of my fellow New Yorkers who traveled to Albany on Monday April 11, 2011 to rally and then meet with our elected [...]

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A Rock Star of the Mushroom World Says, “Save the Old Growth Forests as a Matter of National Defense.”

Thanks to fellow mycophile Tim Sage, I have just viewed Paul Stamets’s presentation of how mushrooms can save the world.

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Almost Road Kill Again

Idiots with guns give hunters a bad name and they put others at risk.

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Writing Exercise: Every Picture Tells a Story

Writing exercise: Choose a photo for a writing prompt.

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Nature Has the Final Say, Not the Humans Trying to Outwit Nature

Nature operates on its own terms, we are fooling ourselves if we think we can outwit nature.

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The Squirrels of Distraction and Writer’s Block

The once literal “squirrels of distraction” have become a metaphor for writer’s block for this nature writer.

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Earth Day 2010: After 40 Years Do I Have the Audacity of Hope?

Forty years after the first Earth Day, we seem to be pedaling backwards. Is there hope?

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When Food is Scary: What does GMO mean?

If we are what we eat, we may be in more trouble than we realize. If GMO’s are not harmful, why the secrecy?

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Climate Change: Blog Action Day

Every day is Earth Day for me. Knowing that others care enough to take some kind of action is encouraging.

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