The newest podcast and radio show today on the Earth & Sky website features Mathis Wackernagel and the ecological footprint. If you haven’t heard of the ecological footprint yet, you should probably start by taking the quiz to find out how many Earths we would need if everyone lived like you (not to point […]
Archive for April, 2007
Sustainability versus total destruction
Published April 30th, 2007 in sustainability and Science. 8 CommentsIn the wake of An Inconvenient Truth, the “green” TV concept is beginning to take off into the mainstream. I enjoy imagining the development of a “green” reality show - couples would race against each other towards carbon-neutrality. The tag line: Will low-impact living have a high impact on their love? The show would be […]
Ethanol’s benefits not appearing any time soon
Published April 19th, 2007 in politics and alternative fuels. 25 CommentsIn terms of alternative fuels, ethanol is known as what’s called a mixed bag. There’s active debate over the pros and cons of the largely corn-based fuel, including whether or not it really has significant net energy gain over gasoline, and the infamous “food versus fuel” debacle. And now a new study says ethanol may actually […]
Are climate scientists the new evangelists?
Published April 17th, 2007 in global warming. 3 CommentsSaturday, as you may or may not know, was the National Day of Climate Action. I decided to celebrate by attending the event on the steps of Texas’ state capitol in Austin. It was an extremely windy day, and a crowd of about 70 huddled together to listen to speeches by local environmentalists and politicians. […]
I’m Lindsay, and this is my blog… about science!
To come clean: I’m no scientific expert. I graduated from college a year ago, and majored in creative writing, which is more about making things up than finding empirical truths. Doing science has never been my strong suit. Labs and numbers tend to make me a […]