There has never been a time in my memory that I have not been stopped in my tracks by a photograph of the Aurora Borealis. One of the most interesting searches I can think of on the computer are for photos of the Northern Lights, geomagnetic phenomena, electrical storms and other curious phenomena that [...]
Archive for July, 2008
The northern lights explained
Published July 26th, 2008 in Astronomy, Celestial event, Earth, Images, NASA, Natural phenomena, Photographs, Science, Space, Technology, Uncategorized, Video and Visual Imagery. 0 CommentsThe dirty dozen and the cleanest 12
Published July 26th, 2008 in Agriculture, Farming, Food, Food labeling, GMO foods, Health, Plants, Uncategorized, What can we do? and groceries. 0 CommentsIt isn’t enough to just go to the grocery store and pick out some plump, ripe fruit or a beautiful bunch of greens from the produce counter. What you can’t see is where these foods were grown and how. The tag, “Organic” goes a long way to eliminate the possibilities of [...]
Earth ships a perfect home for earthlings?
Published July 18th, 2008 in Architecture, Attitudes, Change, Cleanup, Climate, Earth, Ecosystems, Electricity, Energy, Environment, Evolving planet, Future, Global Warming, Human World, Ideas, Images, Innovation, Invention, Low tech ideas, Man-made phenomena, News, Off-the-grid living, Plastic, Recycling, Solar Energy, Success, Sustainability, Technology, Trends, Uncategorized and What can we do?. 3 CommentsMore than ever, we earthlings are wondering how best to live on our planet in an efficient and environmentally friendly way. There is an entire community that has been doing just that since the 1970’s in New Mexico. Their homes made out of surrounding dirt, old tires, bottles, cans, refuse and waste. Even though [...]
Clean energy: wind farms for the wind belt
Published July 10th, 2008 in Attitudes, Change, Cleanup, Earth, Ecosystems, Electricity, Energy, Environment, Future, Ideas, Innovation, Invention, Life, Man-made phenomena, Motivation, Natural phenomena, News, Science, Statistics, Sustainability, Technology, Trends, Uncategorized, What can we do? and Wind farms. 8 CommentsEvery day is another adventure in cyberspace, and today I encountered a lecture by T. Boone Pickens on the possibilities of solving at least some percentage of our energy problem by creating wind farms. Anyone who has been to Maui or driven across West Texas has seen a wind farm, where great rows of gigantic [...]
Plastic bags
Published July 9th, 2008 in Animals, Biology, Cleanup, Collapse, Ecosystems, Environment, Future, Health, Human World, Ideas, Innovation, Life, Man-made phenomena, Oceans, Plastic, Recycling, Statistics, Sustainability, Toxic wastes, Uncategorized and What are we doing to ourselves?. 4 CommentsThis post is going to be short and not too sweet. I’ve added a new category. It’s called “What are we doing to ourselves?” I hope to add another one, called “What were we thinking?” Go HERE to see something eye-opening and worth knowing about plastic bags. They’re everywhere and piling up, and they are really, seriously [...]