Tag: wildlife
The Great Urbanization and What it Means for Nature: Part 2
Written by Rob McDonald | January 14th, 2010
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We’re an urban species for the first time in history. How is our language about nature shifting as a result…and how are we going to talk to urbanites about conservation?
How ‘Green’ Is Your Lawn?
Written by Matt Miller | June 10th, 2009
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It’s true: A green lawn is not often a green lawn. Many of you already know this, but neighborhood peer pressure keeps you reaching for weed spray, fertilizer and a lawnmower. When you step through your front door, do you feel like you’ve landed on the set of American Beauty? Do you worry that your attempts [...]
Leave It (Mostly) To Beaver
Written by Matt Miller | May 27th, 2009
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In John Crowley’s science fiction novel Beasts, humans decide they’ve inflicted enough damage on the Earth, and utilize their technology to construct a giant tower removed from the rest of the world. They achieve self sufficiency in food and energy production, and thus no longer interact or inflict damage on the rest of the world. [...]
Better a Logged Forest Than None at All
Written by Erik Meijaard | February 13th, 2009
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Erik makes the case why logging of tropical rainforests is not necessarily bad
