Tag: nature
group name: sustainability
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January 30, 2008 06:51 PM EST --
I think it will vary from area to area, in order to capture the most abundant resources. In Florida, I think we should strive towards using solar power. In other areas wind power might be . . . more
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April 09, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
The recent acceptance in mainstream politics of the threats created by global warming has complicated the already complex issues which Bill Bradley discusses in his chapter on "Oil and the Environment." . . . more
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April 06, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I read an interesting debate this morning between Rick Warren, pastor, and Sam Harris, atheist. The author of The purpose driven life and the author of Letter to a Christian Nation recently met to . . . more
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January 17, 2007 04:23 PM EST --
By Tom Christopher, Contributing Garden Editor---
I used to threaten my son when he was little with promises of squid for dinner. He's tough; he never responded with more than a groan . . . more
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November 16, 2006 04:44 PM EST --
By Tom Christopher, Contributing Garden Editor---
I hope next spring to begin the planting of a garden around our house in western Massachusetts and, given the size of the budget, I know two things for . . . more
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May 15, 2006 06:01 PM EDT --
The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It: A Complete Back to Basics Guide is a book by John Seymour, the international father of self-sufficiency, printed by DK publishing.
Though it is becoming a . . . more
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April 19, 2006 05:01 PM EDT --
Since the first Earth Day in 1970 people around the world have sought to celebrate the planet through a variety of individual and community activities. But Earth Day is about more than observing the beauty . . . more
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April 30, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
Tropical and temperate rainforests are among the most important and yet threatened ecosystems on the planet.
Today, more than half of Earth's original rainforests have all been destroyed, victims . . . more
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September 22, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
My wake-up call came a couple of years ago, while working in Santa Monica, in the entertainment industry. I was in a room with the director, the record label executive, various computer artists, . . . more
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June 01, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
Along scenic Highway One approximately 150 miles south of San Francisco lies a 90-mile stretch of awesome beautiful coastline – Big Sur. Its dramatic meetings of rugged cliffs and raving waves of . . . more
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August 19, 2006 09:39 PM EDT --
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
A prairie plant that likes wet areas, the stems of Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) grow 3-8 feet. Note the top two leaves enclose the stem to form a cup that . . . more
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May 17, 2006 03:22 PM EDT --
By Jill Davis
Photography By Martin Hughes
How big is your footprint? That's to say, how big of an impact does your lifestyle and resource consumption have on our planet? Are you trampling Mother . . . more
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May 31, 2006 10:13 AM EDT --
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman
Conservatives love to bash the 1960s, but when you think about it, the ones who should really be distancing themselves from that activist decade are those who seek to warn . . . more
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December 19, 2006 02:31 PM EST --
Living on the edge, which often means engaging in activities that may injure or kill you, is increasingly popular in our society. Currently two climbers are still missing on Mount Hood in Oregon . . . more
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March 24, 2006 06:22 PM EST --
It's About the Food
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
The Modern Primitives of the Great Plains
There is a hidden tribe that exists in the middle of the North American continent. Unlike his "civilized" . . . more
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October 13, 2006 03:51 PM EDT --
By Tom Christopher, Contributing Garden Editor---
Procrastination is a fault, I know, but it does provide me with fresh perspectives. In a week or two, for example, it will be time to put the vegetable . . . more
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May 17, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
Life has come full circle for America's symbol of freedom in the northern Channel Islands off the coast of southern California. On April 12, the first bald eagle chick born on the islands in more than . . . more
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April 22, 2006 12:52 PM EDT --
Former United States President and supporter of The Nature Conservancy's Georgia program, Jimmy Carter is the founder of The Carter Center committed to bettering the human quality of life throughout . . . more
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June 10, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
I was putting the leftover vegetable cuttings into the compost bin when I heard a rustle under the wood pile. I thought perhaps it was a lizard, trying to escape the heat (98 degrees in the . . . more
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November 10, 2006 12:06 PM EST --
What's the Big Deal?
The dailies? You know - milk, bread, eggs - the dailies. These are the things that you find yourself running out each week (or each day) to purchase. Now, you spend a lot of money . . . more
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