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  • A Green Cremation

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant outline various ways to process human corpses. One option on the horizon: Alkaline hydrolysis is an established technology that is already in use—albeit for the disposal of cattle infected with spongiform disease and cadavers that have outlived their usefulness at teaching and research institutions. Because of the utter…

  • The Key to How Earth Will Respond to Greenhouse Gases is the Past

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    Richard Harris at NPR notes that the best way to predict how the earth will respond to all the carbon dioxide humans are putting into the atmosphere is to look at the past: About 10 million years after the dinosaurs died out, the Earth suffered another huge ecological shock: Carbon dioxide levels in the air…

  • GMO vandalism not reported in mainstream

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    Originally posted on the irresistible fleet of bicycles: But useful to know about. 40 Tons of GMO Crops TORCHED in America, Media Blackout Though the controlled corporate media apparatus is suppressing the story, 40 tons of GMO crops were torched, prompting an FBI investigation. There has been a complete media blackout.  It was only reported locally…

  • Humans on Mars?

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    On the BBC Science and Environment blog, Neil Bowdler reports on a team of scientists at Imperial College London who have designed a concept mission to land astronauts on Mars: The plan envisages a three-person crew journeying to Mars aboard a small two-part craft. The craft would rotate to generate artificial gravity and use a…

  • Farmers Must Become Disciples and Advocates of Organic Farming

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    It is heartening to find articles like this from all over the world. Here’s an excerpt from a piece by  Ver F. Pacete in the Sun Star in which Mr. Rmon Uy, who operates Fresh Start Organic Farm at Hda. Maquina in Silay, confesses, “I am not a farmer by profession.” Nevertheless his farmer instinct tells him,…

  • Guardian Poetry Podcast Series

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    The Guardian Book section has an ongoing series of podcasts for poetry lovers.  It features contemporary poets reading from their own favourite poets’ work.  You can find the series here.  Some of the featured poets are: Jackie Kay reads verses from Edwin Morgan’s Love and a Life. David Harsent reads three short poems by the Greek…

  • Modernist Poetry: A Report on Maverick Voices and Modernity, 1890 – 1939

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    Originally posted on READ: Research in English At Durham: Koenraad Claes (Ghent University) reports on the conference, Maverick Voices and Modernity, 1890-1939. This report (the third of three) focuses on the changing scope of studies of modernist poetry. The enduring relevance of conferences like Maverick Voices is one of the most fundamental issues in literary…

  • Portrait from Maha Kumbh Mela

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    Originally posted on Joshi Daniel Photography: Bearded man | Maha Kumbh Mela | Sangam, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Maha Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering and is held at Prayag every 12 years. The Kumbh Mela is considered to be an especially auspicious time to bathe in the holy waters of Sangam (confluence…

  • Quote for the Day

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  • Food Movements, Agroecology and the Future of Farming

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    Tony Weis, (Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Western Ontario and author of The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming), who addressed the economic and environmental problems of the dominant chemical-industrial food system; Miguel Altieri (Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Agroecology: The…