Sources of Unconventional Sagacity

This offshore drilling plan is the last gasp of a dinosaur economy of rusted industrialism. What we need is a new vision that can do better than offshore drilling. More of the same will just bring us more of the same, and more of the same means more failure.

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Consider the Aye Aye, the skanky lemur that issues a blood-curdling scream in the night, and uses one extremely long, kinky finger to probe for its meals. Or, how about the long-beaked echidna, a mammal that lays eggs? Would a giant salamander as long as a human being interest you?

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Is Groovy Green really groovy? I have to say no. It’s a serious information resource with lots of great technical information and links to detail-oriented engineers. It’s got stuff that you just won’t find on in mainstream news channel, much less your morning paper. But groovy? No. That’s just fine with me. If you ask me, the world is suffering from an overdose of groove.

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It’s become clear that alternate energy isn’t just good for the environment, it’s desperately needed for the economy as well. The fossil fuel economy has failed us, as stocks are crashing downward and foreclosures are rocketing upward. The Earth’s climate is careening on a helter skelter path of wild fluctuations that are sending […]

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When the whalers aboard the Yushin Maru took two activists from Sea Shepherd prisoner, the world responded with well-deserved anger. Now, on their protest ship the Steve Irwin, the people of Sea Shepherd are giving inspiration to all of those who are tired of seeing the riches of their planet harvested from beneath them for the sake of temporary profit.

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There are the people at places like the Natural Resources Defense Council. They want to cherish the Earth, and save it for future generations, not just exploit it for short term gain in the present generation. The NRDC has set up a beautiful web site called BioGems, highlighting the most biologically critical places on Earth.

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BlogFish does a simple thing. It familiarizes people with the creatures that live in the ocean, so that we can understand the need to conserve their habitat. Seeing is the first step toward appreciation, and appreciation is a step toward protection.

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Are you responsible, with your use of electricity? Don’t guess. You can find out how your energy use contributes to the transformation of mountains into open pits. Go to I Love Mountains to find out your connection.

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If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the politics of climate change, you will have observed that every now and then someone pop up speaking as if they’re a “climate change skeptic” coming up with some reason you’re supposed to believe that all the scientific research that’s been done indicating that global warming […]

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Who among the candidates for President is taking the global warming issue seriously? Certainly not the Republicans. The Democrats are not giving the climate crisis the attention it deserves either, though. They’ve relegated it to the second tier of issues. That’s why I’m seriously reconsidering whether to give Al Gore my support in 2008.

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Day after day, the site tells you about how to recycle more and more materials, until you start to wonder if there’s anything you can’t recycle (sadly, yes, there are some things you can’t recycle: Plutonium, mercury, and George W. Bush being prime among them).

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