Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Eco Weekly Wrap-Up
The Eco Weekly Wrap-Up is where I share what I’ve been reading and watching when I probably should have been doing something else. Enjoy! In this week’s episode we will hear from a comedian who has found a way to … Continue reading
Is the BP Oil Still in the Gulf?
When I was out on the beach in Orange Beach, Alabama, and Perdido Key, Florida, this past weekend I did not see a single BP clean-up worker. What I did see in Perdido Key was heron, guitarfish, rays, angel fish, and a tar ball. Continue reading
Terra Nova: Time to Try Again
In Steven Spielberg’s new project Terra Nova, the year is 2149 and Earth has been ruined by pollution and overpopulation. The solution? Go back in time and try again. 85 million years back in time to the Cretaceous Period, when … Continue reading
How To Take Great Photos of Nature
Get out in nature. You’re not going to take great photos of nature sitting in front of your television or computer. That’s not to say you have to venture out into the wilderness for six months to get that great … Continue reading
The Eco Weekly Wrap-Up
Another week, another list. Here’s are some great articles that I don’t want you to miss. 1. Trial Opens Against Scientists For 2009 Italy Quake Scientists on trial for looking at their data and concluding a large quake was not eminent. … Continue reading
How to Get in Free at a Museum
Growing up just outside Washington, D.C. I went to museums often and from a young age. My mama likes to tell a story about when I was two and she took me to a Degas exhibit at the National Gallery. … Continue reading
The Eco Niche Challenge: The Giving Tree
This month, 12 years after his death, a new book by Shel Silverstein is being published. Full of poetry and drawings, Every Thing On It, promises to be more of what we loved growing up and maybe appreciate more that … Continue reading
Where Are You From?
Where are you from? Someone asked me this a few weeks ago. And now I ask you. Where are you from?
Go ahead. Answer. Continue reading
How To Re-craft Old T-Shirts
I was cleaning out my closet this weekend and came across my sentimental wardrobe – a pile of clothes that I no longer wear but can’t bring myself to throw out. You know the clothes I am talking about. The … Continue reading
Eco Weekly Wrap-Up
The Eco Weekly Wrap-Up is where I share what I’m willing to admit what I’ve been reading and watching on the internet. 1. The Warming Wine Regions by Suemedha Sood, BBC Say it ain’t so! According to a recent study by Stanford University, … Continue reading
