Category Archives: drought

Just a lil’ bit o’ a drought … Nothing to be alarmed about … (!)

Posted on 21 September 2016 by
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“Sharon’s Water Problem” (by Paul Lauenstein)

Posted on 29 August 2016 by

(Click on image to see a bigger version of this figure. Use your browser Back Button to return to this blog.) The town of Sharon, MA, has a water problem. Click on the link and see Paul’s presentation about it. … Continue reading →

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David Suzuki on Agroecology

Posted on 27 May 2016 by

See Feeding humanity in a warming world. Dr Suzuki links University of California, Berkeley, Professor Miguel Altieri’s “Principles and strategies for designing sustainable farming systems“.

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FIRE

Posted on 18 August 2015 by

Originally posted on Open Mind:
Matt Pearce wrote an article for the LA Times in which he makes it sound as though the wildfire situation in the western U.S. is no big deal. He does so by pointing out that…

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