Denver Restaurants: My Brother’s Bar
I walked by My Brother's Bar in Denver's South Platte neighborhood many a time and could not fathom what might [...]
The Restoration Economy: Ecosystem Services
In Chapter 1 of The Restoration Economy, Storm Cunningham discusses the 3 crises: Constraint, Corrosion, and Contamination. And then he [...]
Denver Photos: Globeville Elyria Swansea, pt. I
On February 17 I took an Environmental Justice tour of the Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea neighborhoods sponsored by the Cross [...]
Titusville Photos: I Saw the Sign
I'm ending my obsession with all things Titusville with a post featuring dueling signs. I almost drove off Highway 50 [...]
Zero Waste Academy in Kamikatsu, Japan
From United magazine (February 2010): The village of Kamikatsu (2,000 residents), on the island of Shikoku in southwestern Japan, sorts [...]
Titusville Photos: Great Egret
I don't usually photograph birds because I don't have the lenses for it, but on my drive around Black Point [...]
Restoration on BLM Lands in Colorado
Well, this is old news from Colorado Senator Michael Bennet (from May 2009), but it enables me to weigh in [...]
Cocoa Beach Photos: A Surfer’s Surf
My friend from Orlando was rhapsodizing about the waves at Cocoa Beach two Saturdays ago. I kept looking at them [...]
Navajo Nation Green Economy Commission
The Navajo Nation became the first American Indian tribe to pass a law encouraging green jobs on tribal lands. The [...]
Can the Great Lakes Be Restored?
The Obama administration has released a five-year plan to deal with threats to the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Restoration [...]
Titusville Restaurants: Dixie Crossroads
I’ve saved the best from our trip to Titusville, Florida, for last: Dixie Crossroads. We ate there the first and [...]
Titusville Gulls and Denver Restaurant Week
I've been busy this week with copyediting deadlines. Next week I'll post my review of Dixie Crossroads, my favorite restaurant [...]
Titusville Restaurants: El Leoncito
The night after the launch of space shuttle Endeavour, Todd and I had dinner at El Leoncito, a Mexican and [...]
Titusville Restaurants: Caffe Chocolat
No question that Caffe Chocolat was a find in downtown Titusville. Every city needs a coffeeshop/sweet shop/cafe with a choco-cam, [...]
Denver Jewish Film Festival
The past weekend I saw 2 films at the Denver Jewish Film Festival: Bruriah and The Fire Within: Jews in [...]
Titusville Restaurants: Dogs R Us
Our trip to see the last night launch of the space shuttle (STS-130 Endeavour on February 8, 2010) included a [...]
Horseshoe Crabs May Save Your Life
Why? Because a compound in their blood clots when it meets harmful bacteria. According to Nature Conservancy magazine ("Jurassic Beach," [...]
PhotoFAIL, Or, How I Flaked Out at the Shuttle Launch of STS-130 Endeavor
I had a great time at the shuttle launch Monday night (the second attempt). At one point Todd and I [...]
Islands for Polar Bears
I still believe, but apparently the World Wildlife Fund does not. I found this comforting quote in the summer 2008 [...]
Black-Footed Ferrets All over the Place
According to "Long Time Gone," an article in the summer 2008 issue of Nature Conservancy, the nonprofit has introduced ferrets [...]
Restoration Economy: The Three Crises
In Chapter 1, Storm Cunningham discusses three crises affecting the globe in the twenty-first century: 1. The Constraint Crisis: Simply [...]
Denver Restaurants: Mad Wine and Cheese
My friend and I stopped in at Mad Wine and Cheese in the middle of visiting the Denver Art Museum [...]
The Denver Art Museum’s Embrace!
I had the privilege last Wednesday of visiting the Embrace! exhibit at the DAM for the second time (yes, it's [...]
Second Homes and Habitat Loss
Looking through an old issue of Nature Conservancy (Summer 2008), I read a brief article at the front of the [...]
Denver Photos: Museum of Nature and Science
I'll leave you with this moody photograph of the back entrance to the museum. There's a woman standing in the [...]