Why you should offset carbon emissions when you fly

Assumption: You agree that carbon emissions cause global warming, that this is a bad thing and that emissions should be reduced.Web sites like http://www.mittklima.no or http://www.myclimate.org let you pay for CO2 reductions that compensate for the ones caused by your flight. You should use these because:

It is the right thing to do. You know that air travel is […]

Encouraging News

A Byrne Dairy egg carton, probably left over from Halloween, with this upbeat message: “It’s worth the trip!” Keep it in mind. Also, one more Jingle Bill$ card, with no winners.
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Which Path To Choose?

We returned to Alva Glen today, this time giving ourselves plenty time for a full explore. We took pastries for a picnic, and, with camera in tow, spent most of the day trekking all the way to the end of the path. I took over 200 photos during our walk! Needless to […]

In Charlotte’s Garden

A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Sensitive Plant,” 1820

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Happiness is Having an Anal-Retentive Friend

After all, who else would spend the better part of a sunny Saturday to help me organize my studio. Now, many, many… many people would consider me anal-retentive (a-r) - and they would be right, but when working with my own area that had gotten so out-of-control, I was having trouble getting started.
Enter my […]

Sorry, Charlie, You Forgot Something

On September 11, 2007, Nashville had a run-off election for mayor and city council members. The candidates had three weeks (winners and losers) to pick up their campaign signs. I photographed this sign for Charlie Tygard, who ran successfully for council-at-large, today (12/30/07). According to Charlie’s council page, he is a member of Recycle Nashville.
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US Military Maritime Strategy For The 21st Century: Congress Not Impressed

In October 2007 the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard released their combined proposal for maritime strategy: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. As would be expected, given the group preparing the report, the strategic importance of the world’s oceans was stressed. The report lists six key tasks, or strategic imperatives:

Limit regional conflict […]

Creation Next Door

I went for hike today by myself.  This is so nice sometimes, to get out and be by yourself in this wonderful creation we live in.  There is something powerful about being quiet and still, away from the hustle and bustle of everyday hurried existence.  If you never do this, I urge you to.  I […]

Nuns are good for the environment

Nuns don’t consume many resources. They vow poverty and don’t buy needless things. They’re mostly vegetarian. That’s a lot easier on the environment than the resources required to produce livestock. They vow chastity, which helps keep the population explosion under control. They don’t travel much. They have a small ecological footprint.

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Except for candles. They […]

Greenpeace Global Warming Ad

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Text Translation: “If we don’t stop the climate change, there will be more floods and the sea level will rise. What is your candidate going to do for the next generations?” The ad was made just before the Finnish Parliamentary elections.
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