Heraclitus said you can never step twice in the same river. That’s more true than ever, according to a study published in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate. As China Daily reports:
An analysis of 925 major rivers from 1948 to 2004 showed an overall decline in total discharge. The reduction in inflow to [...]
I’ve posted a few new (or, rather, old) texts, one of which I seem to have forgotten to publish back when I wrote it, on my archive. From the sadly defunct Impact Press, I’ve posted my 2005 book reviews of The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader and Normon Solomon’s War Made Easy. De Cleyre [...]
Ecofeminist Greta Gaard’s remarkable essay “Explosion,” which I quoted a few posts ago, is now available in free full text online. I’m so happy to be able to share it!
Two paragraphs into my first reading of that essay, I bolted out of my chair and bounded around the house exclaiming, “This is so good! I [...]
I just saw this advertisement in Harper’s magazine:
(c) 2008 American Chemistry Council, reprinted here for non-profit educational purposes
Let’s break it down: Leaving aside the offensive trope of the blue-eyed girl — so often used since 11 September whenever we’re supposed to remember who’s supposed to be protected from contamination — the gist of this American [...]
I wrote about the DiY grief zine for anarchists and other anarchists, “The Worst,” before but now that I’ve had the chance to read it in it’s entirety (thanks, Kathleen!), let me share a quote with you:
The norms enforced by the ruling elite of our society ensure that time and effort are structured by [...]
Wow, going unplugged for a few days was really relaxing. You ought to try it sometime.
Before returning to our regularly scheduled programming, let me tell you some things I experienced in Minneapolis. I did two events for activists while there, a workshop on stress and grief and a reading of Aftershock focused on planning for [...]
A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems
“over 40% of the world’s oceans are heavily affected by human activities and few if any areas remain untouched”
Livestock Sector Drives Increasing Water Pollution | EarthTrends
“the livestock sector is the major driver of increasing water pollution in most geographical areas”
“Industrial-scale farms in the U.S. [...]
