Category: environment
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As You Grow, Some Old Shoots Must Wither
Read more: As You Grow, Some Old Shoots Must WitherBushwalk is such a gloriously Aussie word. While Americans vigorously hike and the English ramble or roam, Australians, mate, we just go for a walk, you know, in the bush.
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Five Reasons Aliens Have Not Made First Contact
Read more: Five Reasons Aliens Have Not Made First ContactThere seems to be little argument that there is intelligent life out there, but perhaps the little green dudes are just not that into us.
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Why Foodies Must Also be Environmentalists
Read more: Why Foodies Must Also be EnvironmentalistsFoodies and environmentalists don’t always get along. Environmentalists make compromises daily for sustainability. Foodies are known for being single-minded and ruthless in their search for the perfect meal. But I argue: If you love food, you must appreciate and respect the environment in which it was grown. And that means you have to make green…
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A Murmur of Approval
Read more: A Murmur of ApprovalOn seeing the wonder of a murmuration firsthand for the first time.
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The Hidden Cost of Cheap Clothing
Read more: The Hidden Cost of Cheap ClothingAs I write this, I am wearing another woman’s pants. I’m wearing a second woman’s shirt. This isn’t some Fergus Brown-style fantasy but an effort to reduce my waste footprint while still trying to look stylish. Some of you probably find it a bit creepy to consider wearing someone else’s clothes. As my germaphobic workmate…
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7 Environmental TED Talks to Educate, Energize and Entertain You
Read more: 7 Environmental TED Talks to Educate, Energize and Entertain YouIt’s usually around the third drink that it happens. You’re in a bar, talking about a problem you’re having – whether it’s with your garage door-opener or the stubbornness of the human mind – when suddenly, you’re interrupted by your companion who breathlessly blurts out: “Oh, ooh! I saw this amazing thing in a TED…
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The Devastating Environmental Impact of the Space Program
Read more: The Devastating Environmental Impact of the Space ProgramIn our rush to explore space, we made a huge mess of our environment. But it’s the space agencies that are now helping us clean it up.
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Meet the Tiny Desert Slime that Holds our Topsoil Together. For Now.
Read more: Meet the Tiny Desert Slime that Holds our Topsoil Together. For Now.If your eyes were microscopes and you had really good sunblock, you could lie down in the Arizona Desert and watch tiny microbes build colonies of millions around you. These greeblies, called cyanobacteria, colonize the very top layer of soil and need little more than sunshine to survive. In their wake, they leave a trail…
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The Big Fish in Sustainable Seafood
Read more: The Big Fish in Sustainable SeafoodSo here we are, my husband and I, standing in a busy Asian supermarket on a Saturday morning and I have two cuts of frozen fish in my hands. My husband and I are discussing which one to buy and we’re considering type of fish, cut, price and how far it’s traveled to our plate.…
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A Mixtape for Planet Earth
Read more: A Mixtape for Planet EarthStill on a high at the end of a successful green film festival and pumped by the news that the US Government is taking real action on climate change, I have made a mixtape for the Earth of my favorite environmental tunes. These are songs that turned me into an environmentalist. I hope you love…
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