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Dark Desires
Dark Desires Award-winning author Ronel Janse van Vuuren mainly writes for teens and tweens, though she is known to write mythology-filled short stories for anthologies aimed at older readers. Her dark fantasy works, usually full of folklore, can be viewed … Continue reading
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La Familia Que Escribe Juntos…
La Familia Que Escribe Juntos… (The Family that Writes Together…) My dear friend Lydia Isales with whom I had worked for over a quarter century retired a few years ago.One day she was there and the next, up and out. A … Continue reading
Posted in author interview, blog, book promotion, environment, Uncategorized, writers
Tagged A Dragon's Bloodline, Alan Ackroyd-Isales, blog, book review, character development, collaboration, David Ackroyd, family writing, Lydia Isales, new novel, plotline, Second Chance, The Dead Time at Aguirre, The Family that Writes Together, writers
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan is a rock star. Not a shooting star, not a fleeting 15-minutes-of-fame star, not a one-hit wonder, but an honest to goodness Influencer, someone who moves the populace, sometimes in small increments, at … Continue reading
Posted in book review, butterfly effect, influencer, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, connectors, consciousness, Denver, depression, Food Rules, How to Change Your Mind, Life Magazine, LSD, magic mushrooms, major depression, Malcolm Gladwell, mavens, Michael Pollan, millennial thinking, new world, psilocybin, salespeople, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Tipping Point
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#WATWB — Single-Use Plastics Ban!
Single-Use Plastics Ban! The EU Parliament has approved a single-use plastic law, giving the 28 EU member countries two years to amend their national laws. The directive bans single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks and cotton swabs by 2021. … Continue reading
Posted in plastic bag, plastics, Uncategorized
Tagged #WATWB, EU ban on plastics, EU Parliament, plastics, plastics in water, plastics recycling
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All My Mothers-in-Law: A Tale of Diversity and Inclusion
All My Mothers-in-Law: A Tale of Diversity and Inclusion When you think of the words diversity and inclusion, the first thing that pops into your mind might be race, but really it’s not just race, but a range of things … Continue reading
Drink to Every Beast
Drink to Every Beast The whole six degrees of separation thing was fully in play when I met Joel Burcat, a friend of a friend and an environmental lawyer like me who also writes environmental thrillers — like me. Burcat … Continue reading
Posted in blog, book release, carbon footprint, environmental thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, book synopsis, books, Drink to Every Beast, environmental thriller, Joel Burcat, lawyer-turned-writer, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, review, Susquehanna, synopsis, writer
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Plastic-Free Life
[Fruits for a plastic-free life unite.] Plastic-Free Life I think I’m just one of those people that needs a mission. This week I decided that if I’m ever going to even approach a Zero Waste Life, I need to find … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, environment, environmental conservation, environmental effects, plastic bag, plastics, saving the world, single use plastic, Uncategorized, waste, water, water conservation, zero waste
Tagged #save the world, #startamovement, conservation, environment, environmental conservation, plastic, plastic bags, single use plastic, waste, water, water conservation, zero waste
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Zero Waste Life
Zero Waste Life Let me start by saying I am nowhere near living a zero waste life. I am actually embarrassed by the amount of trash we produce (both personally, and as a society), but I am doing my … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, consumer safety, eco, environmental conservation, environmental effects, evolution, food packaging, organic food waste, product packaging, Sustainability, sustainable eating, Sustainable Living, Uncategorized, zero waste
Tagged DIY, DIY products, food packaging, Lauren Singer, organic food waste, plastic water bottle, product packaging, stainless steel water bottle, Sustainability, Sustainable Living, trash, zero waste, zero waste life
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Youth-Led
Youth-led More than ever, the world needs a deus ex machina, a word derived from Latin and used to describe the point in an ancient Greek tragedy where a God was dropped onto the stage by a machine, sent down … Continue reading
Xenophobia
XENOPHOBIA xenophobia | ˌzenəˈfōbēə, ˌzēnəˈfōbēə | noun: intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries: the resurgence of racism and xenophobia. DERIVATIVES xenophobe | ˈzenəˌfōb, ˈzēnəˌfōb | noun (online dictionary definition) xenophobia: n. The desire to run … Continue reading
Posted in diversity, evolution, mythology, Uncategorized, Xenophobia
Tagged #AtoZ, #atozchallenge, blog, blogging, diversity, dodo bird, dutch sailors, evolution, flightless bird, invasive species, isolation, Madagascar, Mauritius, mythological status, Princeton scholar, Robert Wuthnow, rural America, science, sociology, white nationalism, Xenophobia
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