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Read articleRedux: An Oceanographer’s Humble Foray Into Political Science – aka – Sociopolitical Controls On Carbon Emissions
While Alan was speaking of transitioning economies after the cold war with respect to CO2 emissions (see Romania, USSR/Russia, Poland, etc.), I was reminded of a…
Read articleLuntz Memo, Senator Inhofe
This also came up in class tonight: the infamous Luntz Memo: You can download the pdf here (via the Environmental Working Group). Here’s a bit (wiki)…
Read articleThis came up in class: contribution of transportation to GHG emissions
During tonight’s class, someone asked about the relative contribution of transportation to a product’s total GHG emission, and how the GHG emissions of vegetables/grains compare with…
Read articleWhat can $155,000 Buy You?
1) 150,000 packages of Cadbury mini eggs 2) Sarah Palin’s failed vice presidential wardrobe 3) 15,000 peoples’ lives in malaria ridden regions ($10 per mosquito net)…
Read articleEdward Burtynsky at the Surrey Art Gallery
Recently, I’ve become enraptured with some of the great American documentary/street level photographers : Stephen Shore, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, Gary Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz,…
Read articleThe SBC Score -or- “The likelihood of getting laid with a hairy-as-hell body” Score
Taking heed to David Ng’s call for personal science eponyms during tonight’s ASIC 200 lecture, I have created the Semeniuk-Bjorge-Colby (SBC) Score (fun squiggly hair looking…
Read articleJason Polan: Illustrator, Naturalist?
Copyright Jason Polan, taken from 20×200. I’m really enjoying Jason Polan’s illustration series of sea creatures, dinosaurs, insects, minerals, and birds at the American Museum of…
Read articleTis’ the Season for Dumpster Diving
Between weekly snow storms, daily melting, and nightly freezing, garbage trucks have yet to tred down many of the neglected and treacherous side streets and back…
Read articleBakeforachange 2008 is Officially Closed!
Attention green baking enthusiasts – entry to BFAC2008 is officially closed! This year we received a half dozen sustainable and scrumptious entries (see them at the…
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