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Limnic Eruptions
[photo at the Lancaster Science Factory of their new exhibit where you can shape and create your own landscape and even make it rain!] Limnic Eruptions When my kids were in middle school, they each had to do … Continue reading
Impermeable Surfaces
Impermeable Surfaces If asked “What is the biggest threat facing humanity,” what would you say? Wildfires? Extreme Weather Events? Floods? Mass migration? Drought? Climate change? Mass Extinction? Our refusal to deal with our big issues? Ennui? If I had to … Continue reading
Posted in drought, floods, impermeable surfaces, impervious surfaces, superstorms, Uncategorized, wildfires
Tagged #AtoZ, #atozchallenge, asphalt, drought, fires, floods, impermeable surfaces, impervious surfaces, macadam, mass migration, permeability, permeable pavers, storms, superstorms, Sustainability, top ten
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5G
5G Causality is one of the central tenets of life on earth because here we live in linear time, one second ticking forward after another, year to year, lifetime to lifetime from the Big Bang (and before) and on to … Continue reading
EEEWW, Are You Going to Eat That?
[photo of a vending machine I spotted at the LCSWMA trash tour — best vending machine ever!] EEEWW, Are You Going to Eat That? We have some refrigerator food rules in our house: two days for fish, three for cooked … Continue reading
Posted in electricity, Uncategorized, waste, waste as a resource, waste disposal facility
Tagged #AtoZ, #atozchallenge, are you going to eat that?, clean air, clean water, CO2, Day 5, eeeww, electricity, environmental action plan, food waste, LCSWMA, NO2, repurposing, SO2, waste, waste as a resource, waste disposal facility
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Doers or Deciders
Doers or Deciders? “Even more than we are doers, we are deciders.” Ralph Blume, The Book of Runes When I was a kid, my parents and my dad’s best friend and his wife, decided it would be a good idea … Continue reading
Posted in health, memoir, mental health, Sustainable Living, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, diets or deciders, mental health, mothers, Ralph Blume, runes, small business owner, Sustainable Living
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Awareness, Meet Action
Awareness, Meet Action Perhaps you saw the story of 16-year old Greta Thunberg who last year took to the steps of parliament in her native Sweden to protest the fact that the Swedish government wasn’t doing enough to combat climate … Continue reading
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WATWB – Watch Out World!
Because the news this month was all too positive to choose just one story, I chose three. The first is the intersection of upcycling, a concept that my sister and her husband embrace with enthusiasm as they outfit their home and … Continue reading
World Water Day
WORLD WATER DAY Today, March 22, is World Water Day. [photo by Stacey Lazos] Not to be a downer, but water statistics suck. By 2050 we will have more plastic in the ocean than fish which is going to be … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, aquaponics, insecticides, Uncategorized, WASH, water, water conservation, water security
Tagged agriculture, aquaponics, clean water, plastics, pure water, WASH, water, water conservation, water rights, water security
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Survival of the Fittest
Survival of the Fittest Blogging friend, Jacqui Murray, has written a new prehistoric fiction novel, Survival of the Fittest, Book 1 in the Crossroads series, part of her Man vs. Nature saga. Synopsis: Chased by a ruthless and powerful enemy, Xhosa flees with her … Continue reading
Posted in blog, book excerpt, book promotion, book release, fiction, Uncategorized, writers, writing
Tagged blog hop, book promotion, book release, continents, crossroads, Jacqui Murray, leaders, man vs. nature, new home, prehistoric fiction, saga, Survival of the Fittest, tribes, writers, writing
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WATWB – SDG’s
It’s that time again for the #WATWB, the last Friday of the month where you post a good news story (yes, I know I’m late and yes I have a good excuse — a house full of company for the … Continue reading
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