Category Archives: Nature

Winter composting: How to make friends with microbes and defy weather (podcast, too)

Posted on 1 January 2019 by

(This blog post is accompanied by an explanatory podcast. See below.) Many people compost. It can be easy or hard, depending upon your tolerance for turning and work, and of the Wild Thing who wants a free meal. I can … Continue reading →

Posted in agroecology, argoecology, Botany, Carbon Cycle, composting, ecological services, Ecological Society of America, ecology, engineering, environment, fermentation, First Parish Needham, karma, local self reliance, Nature, science, solid waste management, sustainability, sustainable landscaping, Unitarian Universalism, UU, UU Humanists, UU Needham, water as a resource | Leave a comment

667-per-cm.net, the Podcast: Episode 1.

Posted on 10 November 2018 by

Commencing today, I’m offering another channel of this blog, a podcast. This will range over the interface between people, their behavior, and the natural world. It’s primarily an opportunity for a less structured and more personal presentation of my experience … Continue reading →

Posted in biology, earth, global warming, Nature, podcast, science | Leave a comment

The global vegetative biosphere

Posted on 19 February 2018 by

(Click on figure to see a larger image, and use browser Back Button to return to blog) Data derived in part from SeaWIFS and image is from the NASA Earth Observatory here. Related links: Global Biosphere Global Biosphere over time … Continue reading →

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What Al Gore, Paul Hawken, friends, and company laughingly call “progress”

Posted on 25 December 2017 by

10 years ago it was 384.26 ppm. That means it is increasing by 1.2 ppm per year.

Posted in American Meteorological Association, AMETSOC, Anthropocene, climate, climate change, climate data, climate disruption, ecology, environment, Humans have a lot to answer for, Hyper Anthropocene, Nature | 2 Comments

Our Nisse and his porridge, 24th December 2017

Posted on 24 December 2017 by

I celebrate a Norwegian custom, honoring the Nisse of the house and land on Christmas eve. (Swedish tomte.) While we don’t have a farm, Claire and I are avid environmentalists, my being such since 1971. So, any being who cares … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Safina, Earle Wilson, environment, environmental law, Henry David Thoreau, natural philosophy, naturalism, Nature, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

`How old is today?` (Carl Safina)

Posted on 20 November 2017 by

How old is today? light comes from everywhere and from nowhere. The ocean, glittering then vanishing in gauzy vapors, handles us more gently than anyone could have hoped. Snow flurries in and hurries out. Mists veil coasts so raw, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctica, Anthropocene, biology, Carl Safina, Charles Darwin, coastal communities, coasts, ecological services, Ecological Society of America, ecology, Ecology Action, Henry David Thoreau, humanism, Hyper Anthropocene, Nature, population biology, population dynamics | 1 Comment