Category Archives: fragmentation of ecosystems

Choices.

Posted on 12 November 2020 by ecoquant

This is a retake of a presentation at the invitation of the Walpole Greens and made at their meeting of 9th November 2020. It is longer and more leisurely. I interleave some of the answers to questions that followed the … Continue reading →

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Everything counts. Growth must end.

Posted on 22 September 2019 by ecoquant

Keep fossil fuels in the ground. Fund restoration of natural processes. Protect natural systems that are left. Stop development of new land tracts, including new lots and subdivisions for housing and commercial development, especially expensive housing. A history of degrowth

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Where we be : 2019 is hot

Posted on 20 August 2019 by ecoquant
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Handel, 2018, “As the seas rise, can we restore our coastal habitats?”

Posted on 8 May 2019 by ecoquant

Professor Steven Handel presents: Hint, hint: A subtle plug for allowing evolutionary dominance to advance, including permitting hearty invasive species to Do Their Thing. Indeed, it is my opinion, that the supposed plague of “invasive species” and associated regulations is … Continue reading →

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Weekend break: Theme for Earth Day

Posted on 6 April 2019 by ecoquant

By John Williams:

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On plastic bag bans, and the failure to realize economic growth cannot be green

Posted on 9 January 2019 by ecoquant

(Updated 2019-01-12.) Despite the surge of interest in plastic bag bans, the environmental sustainability numbers haven’t been run. For example, it makes no sense to trade using paper bags instead of plastic ones, even if the paper is recycled, because … Continue reading →

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Aldo Leopold

Posted on 3 June 2018 by ecoquant

We end, I think, at what might be called the standard paradox of the twentieth century: our tools are better than we are, and grow better faster than we do. They suffice to crack the atom, to command the tides. … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Landscaping

Posted on 27 April 2018 by ecoquant

Update: 2018-05-26 It’s not about plants, not entirely. But it seems that, in one agricultural area, pollinators (bees) under stress have ceded their pollinating responsibility to a couple of species of exotic (read invasive) flies. See: J. R. Stavert, D. … Continue reading →

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