Antibiotics, antidepressants, blood thinners, ACE inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, digoxin, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, painkillers, anti-seizure drugs, cholesterol drugs, diabetes drugs and more – it’s all in your drinking water. Here are five steps […]
We have big brains. How can we be so utterly ignorant and stupid? It is impossible for me to feel confident in the world these days. The natural disasters alone will set […]
“Sustainability” and “resilience” aren’t the same thing, and nobody knows what “green” means, anyway. I have become a bit more irritated these days about linguistic sloppiness. Well, I’m getting old and cranky. […]
What will the islands and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts look like in a generation? I’m not a climate expert, so I want to tread cautiously here. That said, our recent spate […]
On my way from my car into my office this morning, I got buzzed by a butterfly. Nearly having a beautiful flying insect land on my face pulled me out of my […]
By Tamara Enz Abandoned buildings have long held intrigue for me. Who built them and why did they leave? Where did the builders come from and how did they get there – […]
Acting locally, but perhaps not thinking enough globally… I attended the Resilience Conference in Stockholm this past week. Just what is that, you may wonder. Well, it’s put on by the Stockholm […]
You need to look up more often, Sparky. My S&R Tokyo series will return periodically. From now on I’m doing things at random, ‘cause entropy needs love too. It rained a little […]
By Tamara Enz Cynicism and sarcasm toward my country and its future are hard for me to get around these days; sometimes I trip over them in unexpected ways. This was clear […]
When the railroad industry decides that coal is dead, it probably is. For all their imperfections, markets generally do know how to price a pretty broad spectrum of goods and services (nature […]
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