Tag: United States

  • Mapping the Emergence of Cicada Broods

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    Cicada’s are trending on Google right now. I guess we’re all trying to find out when the 2024 brood will emerge. Cicada’s are interesting because of their strange 17-year hibernation cycle and the sheer mass of millions, if not billions, of the insects that emerge from the ground, sprout wings, make a ton of noise,…

  • Study Shows One in Four Americans Don’t Know Earth Revolves Around Sun

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    I found this article in the Indian press.  It is an embarrassing indictment of our educational system. Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out today. The survey included more than 2,200 people…

  • A Large Corporate Low Wage Service Sector Makes For a Town Without a Soul

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    The Emeryville Tattler blog post, A Large Corporate Low Wage Service Sector Makes For a Town Without a Soul, delves into the debate about how to best develop the town.  The Tattler calls for a new paradigm – one that moves away from the “flawed auto-centric model” with “lots of shopping malls and drive-in drive-out lofts (formally condos,…

  • Dickensian Christmas Village – A Model for Today’s Cities?

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    Jeff Turrentine reminisces about his love of scale-model Dickensian Christmas villages and how their inherent sustainability can serve as a model for today’s urban planners. There’s a reason, I think, that human beings—wherever they happen to live—dream about disappearing into the inviting setting of an urban village, be it real and historic or fake and kitschy. In the…

  • The Cost of Conventional Food to Society

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    Dr. Stan Gardener shares his perspective on the cost society pays for conventional food in his article Pay the Farmer or Pay Pharma.  This was published in the Meridian Magazine by the LDS Church.  It is refreshing to see them take this on. If all the churches followed suit, we might see significant changes to our…

  • Research Shows Organic Milk Healthier

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    In thespec.com Sandi Doughton posts information on the first large-scale study to compare milk from organic and conventional dairies across the United States …the researchers found significantly higher levels of heart-healthy fatty acids in organic milk. The reason is that organically raised cows eat more grass and less corn and other grain-based feed than their conventional…

  • Coordinated Assault Against Public Sector Service Revealed by The Guardian

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    Documents published by The Guardian Thursday reveal how a number of right-wing groups, funded by today’s oligarchs, plan to privatize the commons: Conservative groups across the US are planning a coordinated assault against public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, workers’ compensation and the environment,documents obtained by the Guardian…

  • Poetry in Afghanistan: New York Times Profiles Matiullah Turab

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    The New York Times features the life and writing of Matiullah Turab. Mr. Turab is a popular poet who performs throughout Afghanistan and works during the day as a metalsmith. With his unflinching words, Mr. Turab, 44, offers a voice for Afghans grown cynical about the war and its perpetrators: the Americans, the Taliban, the Afghan government,…

  • Is Genetically Modified Food Bad for Health?

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    Md Nasir Ahmed, a Noah Project reader, has written an informative and well-researched article about GMO’s   I’ve posted it below.  You can also find it at GreenMagz.info. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, basically it means food made in the laboratory which refers to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest…

  • Women Break Through the “Grass Ceiling”

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    Eleanor Bader celebrates women’s leading role in the sustainable and organic agriculture sector: According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, the number of women-operated farms more than doubled in the 25 years between 1982 and 2007. In fact, female farmers now make up the fastest-growing sector of the country’s changing agricultural landscape…