Are Small Wind Turbines the Answer?
While reading back issues of Sustainable Industries, I came across an article titled "Land of the Free? Permitting Woes Create [...]
Exploring the East Side of Kansas City
On Friday my brother and I moved my father into the apartment where he'll be staying for two weeks. If [...]
Do Ecosystems Need Disturbance?
The spring 2010 issue of Cultural Survival has a thought-provoking article titled "Conservation Refugees." It's written by Mark Dowie, who [...]
Getting Warm
This morning I walked the Santa Fe Trace trail behind my sister's house, armed with one of my father's canes. [...]
Will More Flowers Help Bees?
Colony collapse disorder (CCD) has been noted in beehives worldwide since 2006. In this disorder, the bees don't simply die [...]
REI Versus the Grump
I just got a cool new catalog from Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), which has several stores in the Denver Metro [...]