Artful photographers documenting mankind's impact on the Earth and nature - Robin's article here.
Oct 31, 2009
Environmental impact photography
Artful photographers documenting mankind's impact on the Earth and nature - Robin's article here.
Nature's good for kids...Pictured Rocks park
Robin's piece in the San Fran and DC Examiner newspapers. One edition here.
Bicycle thieving in Paris
80 percent of the initial 20,600 bicycles of the Paris bicycle rental system have been stolen or damaged...And along with the dent in the city-subsidized budget has been a blow to the Parisian psyche. “The symbol of a fixed-up, eco-friendly city has become a new source for criminality,” Le Monde mourned in an editorial over the summer. “The Vélib’ was aimed at civilizing city travel. It has increased incivilities.” Read on...
Oct 30, 2009
Today's reason for why we don't eat animals
Treatment of downed cows. Yeah, it matters. Article at
Video accessible here.
And: why many humans are absolutely the most inhumane, stupid and perverse creatures created by God. Enough to make me support the death penalty except for the commandment against killing. You want these people walking your streets or near your kids?
Video accessible here.
And: why many humans are absolutely the most inhumane, stupid and perverse creatures created by God. Enough to make me support the death penalty except for the commandment against killing. You want these people walking your streets or near your kids?
Oct 29, 2009
Chimp funeral
The November National Geographic Magazine features a moving photograph of chimpanzees watching the burial of one of their own. ... A maternal and beloved figure, Dorothy spent eight years at Cameroon's Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, which houses and rehabilitates chimps victimized by habitat loss and the illegal African bushmeat trade.... After a hunter killed her mother, Dorothy was sold as a "mascot" to an amusement park in Cameroon. For the next 25 years, she was tethered to the ground by a chain around her neck, taunted, teased, and taught to drink beer and smoke cigarettes for sport. In May 2000,
Read the story at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/the-story-behind-national_n_338120.htmlRead the story here. Worth the time.
Oct 28, 2009
Green chemistry: copying Nature
Robin's green chemistry piece in today's Examiner newspapers. One edition here. And with photo here.
Oct 22, 2009
Bacon, cheese, junk snacks create addictions
Mammalian brain chemistry altered by junk foods... Bacon, cheesecake and Ho Hos alter pleasure centers in rats' brain. Story here.
Santa Fe: Animals in Modern Art, and Food Spotting
http://prime.peta.org/2009/10/santa-fe-animal-friendly-art-vegan-friendly-cuisine
Oct 18, 2009
Eco-ethical shopping centers - beyond granola
Eco shopping centers? Cool places found in time for the holidays. Online and emerging in places from Santa Fe to San Francisco. Read Robin's Oct. 18 Eco Simple column in the Examiner newspapers. Here's the San Francisco edition.
Oct 17, 2009
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Oct 14, 2009
Odor-prints
Everyone has a signature body odor – the chemical counterpart to fingerprints – and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the “human odorprint” for purposes ranging from disease diagnosis to crime prevention. The current edition of Chemical & Engineering News notes that police long have used trained dogs to track criminals using scent prints (and dogs have successfully detected medical conditions and seizure pre-onset). Scientists now are developing technology to detect and classify smells. Each odorprint is influenced by such environmental factors as diet and cosmetics. Scientists have identified odors in human breath and skin associated with diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Coming soon: tech that detects the “smell of deception” – chemical changes that occur with stress that could identify terrorists planning to detonate explosives.
Oct 12, 2009
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Oct 6, 2009
One reason to not travel to Spain
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