Archive for March, 2007
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Musical Interlude: Free Hugs
You know, as mentioned in a previous post, we all have different perspectives on things. We all need to do what we each believe is right. Sometimes, with our best intentions, we clash with others who have their own best intentions. It’s good to take a moment to consider the other’s viewpoint. To relax, and […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Musical Interlude by Craig Mackintosh
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Time’s 51 Things We Can Do
The title of the first item on Time’s list was a little alarming - ‘Turn Food into Fuel’ (you’ll understand our concern if you’ve read this), but it gets better from there. Actually, they also make mention of the ‘Tortilla Effect‘. Check out Time’s collection of suggestions over the weekend, you may well find some […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Media by Craig Mackintosh
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Global Warming Caused by Lack of Pirates?
In a bizarre twist to U.S. disputes between creationists and evolutionists, a third faction have leapt into the fray with a third theory - the theory of Spaghetti Monsterism (or ‘Pastafarianism’) - the adherents of whom claim the world was created by a spaghetti monster who demands all his followers dress in full pirate regalia, […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Comedy Break by Craig Mackintosh
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Public Resources for Private Profit
Maarten Stapper - former Research
Scientist at CSIRO Plant Industries
The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. As a publicly funded body it should be working for the public good. Recent press releases indicate a potential industry conflict of interests that has resulted in the sacking […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Agriculture & Food, Industry by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
So, is that Puerto Rico Sorted?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x59MptHscxY
2 Comments » - Posted in CleanTech - Ocean by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
European Bees Also Taking a Nosedive - Perhaps GM Crops?
We’ve had significant interest in our recent posts on Colony Collapse Disorder in the U.S. (here, and here). The latter of the two stories intimated that European bees are also being affected. Spiegel have just released an article giving more info on this mysterious phenomenon - now hitting Germany’s bees hard - and experts are […]
40 Comments » - Posted in Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, GMOs by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Real Estate Climate Appraisal
Wondering how global warming may affect the sale price of your property? At the risk of driving down real estate values, I thought I’d bring this new Climate Change Appraisal service to your attention (U.S. only).
Appraising Climate And Environmental Risks By Address — Climate Appraisal Services, LLC, an innovative partnership between scientists at The University […]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Craig Mackintosh
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Biofuels - It’s Getting Annoying Now
Life is a big learning curve, isn’t it? From the moment we’re born, till the day we die, we’re constantly faced with decisions and predicaments - of varying degrees of importance - the choices we make normally determined by the information we’ve previously assimilated, and that have shaped our perspective.
Amongst ourselves, as families, societies, and […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Bio-fuels by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Homemade Hybrids - with the 10-Second Rule
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7IyOlcfoMc
Everyone knows that if you’re going to be idling your car for a while, you should turn off the engine to save gas. But how long or short, I’ve always wondered, is that “while”? I’d heard 3 minutes, I’d heard 30 seconds, but most often I’d heard “Leave your engine on. You don’t want to […]
13 Comments » - Posted in Transport by Kristen Caven
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Amazon gets Reprieve, but what of the Local Economy?
Greenpeace protest against Cargill at
its illegal soya export facility in the
heart of the Amazon rainforest
One of the world’s largest agribusiness giants was forced to close a soy export terminal in Brazil’s Amazon region this weekend, marking a major victory for environmentalists who have argued for years that the plant was built illegally and became a […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Environment & Wildlife, Industry by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Environmental Issues May Oust Terrorism as Top Concern
Just a few days ago we wrote how the seemingly imperceptible and gradual changes of global warming are easier to ignore than immediate threats - like those of terrorism - even though the effects of global warming are… well… global, and potentially cataclysmic. Reactions to Anthrax scares, for example, despite causing only a handful of […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, March 26th, 2007
The City of Bikes
In the 1870s Paris became one of the first cities in the world to adopt street lighting. This, combined with its historical reputation of being a centre of learning and knowledge, earned it the title “The City of Light”. Soon, however, the city may accept a new title - denoting a move to reduce congestion, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Transport by Craig Mackintosh
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Al Speaks at Capitol Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZYXllyaF0
1 Comment » - Posted in Politics, Celebrities by Craig Mackintosh
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Caution, Butterflies Crossing
It does the heart good to see humans make some small sacrifices to assist our fellow earthlings in their bid to survive.
Taiwan is to close one lane of a major highway to protect more than a million butterflies, which cross the road on their seasonal migration.
The purple milkweed butterfly, which winters in the south of […]
