Tag: environment
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Things I Learned in 2019
Read more: Things I Learned in 2019It has been a year of action for me but despite or maybe because of that, I have learned a lot.
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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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Progressive Government has a Big, Fat Branding Problem
Read more: Progressive Government has a Big, Fat Branding ProblemWe need to accept that a lean government isn’t a healthy one. What can we learn from the body shaming fight?
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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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Three ‘Green’ Alternatives that Aren’t So Simple – and Three that Are!
Read more: Three ‘Green’ Alternatives that Aren’t So Simple – and Three that Are!You’re planning a holiday and you’re excited. You have plotted your route around festivals and natural wonders you want to see and now, it’s time to book your flights. At the bottom of the web form, the airliner asks if you’d like to offset the carbon created by your trip. It costs you $3.25. “Sure,”…
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