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In Praise of Mary Oliver3 comments

seacat wrote 6 months ago: We  heard poet Mary Oliver read from her works at Benaroya Hall here in Seattle last night.  The col … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, Mary Oliver, natural world, Poem, Poetry

Plastic Disturbia12 comments

seacat wrote 6 months ago: The other day I was paddle boarding around the bay in West Seattle. At this time of year, we have ex … more →

Tags: Pollution, Culture, Environment, FOOD CHAIN, nurdles, Plastic, plastic bags, recycle, rethink

Save Pincent's Hill2 comments

mattblackall wrote 7 months ago: I will not go into all the details and the arguments, but i would like to mention about some opposit … more →

Tags: Environment, Local Politics, Reading, Tilehurst, calçot, theale, pincents hill, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, development

Eating Green

practicallysisters wrote 7 months ago: My original intent was to post an “all green” meal & by “all green” I me … more →

Tags: Living on Less, randomness, Green, eat, Earth Day, organic, Natural

Cornell Ornithology Lab: quick vid

seacat wrote 1 year ago: I really enjoyed this vid which promotes the Cornell Ornithology Lab.  I’ve written about Corn … more →

Tags: Cornell Lab Of Ornithology, Birds, Ornithology, Cornell, Citizen Science

Biggish bats

Charlie Peverett wrote 1 year ago: An unusual experience at 6.50pm this evening – six or seven largish bats hunting above the car … more →

Tags: middle farm, a27, bats

About those Seattle Summer 5 and 10K runs, and such: The City of Seattle responds...

seacat wrote 1 year ago: A while ago I wrote about running the Fred Hutch Shore run and noted, with dismay, the dozens and do … more →

Tags: Environment, Community, Seattle, recycling, City of Seattle, public utlities, Public Events

Fritillaries, toads, birds

Charlie Peverett wrote 1 year ago: Silver-washed fritillaries were back and easy to see in their usual spots along Coombe Lane today. T … more →

Tags: Local sightings, bullfinch, common toad, grey wagtail, linnet, marsh tit, Roe Deer, silver-washed fritillary

Cuilfail2 comments

Charlie Peverett wrote 1 year ago: Finally made it up Chapel Lane in Lewes, which climbs over the Cuilfail Tunnel onto Caburn. It … more →

Tags: Local sightings, lewes, chiffchaff, blackcap, whitethroat, cuilfail, Chapel Hill, Goshawk

Plastic bottles: dumb stuff we do3 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago: Last Sunday I ran a 5K (Fred Hutch Shore Run) down along Lake Washington Blvd to Madison Park– … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, Mayor Greg Nickels, recycling, Plastic water bottles, 5K run, talking rain, recycle

Cowslips vs no cowslips

Charlie Peverett wrote 1 year ago: Be gentle, this is my first attempt at video for Firle Birds. It’s recorded on a Flip Video ca … more →

Tags: cowslips, Video, Flip video, downland, grazing

Anyone know anything about Fishlake Meadows?

Charlie Peverett wrote 1 year ago: Not far from Awbridge, there’s a fantastic piece of bird-friendly habitat called Fishlake Mead … more →

Tags: fishlake meadows, romsey

Not on my watch! A working meditation story about recycling.3 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago: The first week of April I participated in silent vipassana retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center … more →

Tags: Environment, Community, plastic bag, recycling, Composting, work meditation, silent retreat, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, vipassana

Days 360-365: MLwC hits the Year End Mark3 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago:  So, I thought in honor of the project that has changed the way I think about driving–this gre … more →

Tags: alternate transportation, Alternative Energy, Bike, bike envy, breaking up with my car, built-in obsolescence, Bus, Cadillac Desert, calm clear mind

Treecycling!

aurorawillow wrote 1 year ago: It’s not too late to recycle your Christmas tree! Why recycle your Christmas tree when you cou … more →

Tags: Environment, Christmas, Trees, recycling

Social Media narrative meets Consumerism and The Limits to Growth 1 comment

compassioninpolitics wrote 1 year ago: Concerned about the environment or want to know about your footprint beyond just carbon? Check out t … more →

Tags: Environmentalism, 10 ways to solve the environmental crisis, amazon forest and deforestation, communities wasted, consumerism, contamination of human breast milk, FOOD CHAIN, global fisherises, Globalization

Days 278-281: MLwC and can we stop eating ourselves out of house and home?

seacat wrote 1 year ago: Jared Diamond, of Guns, Germs and Steel fame, wrote another book that got its share of acclaim but n … more →

Tags: Environmental Cause, overpopulation, Population growth, Politics, extinction, global climate change, jared diamond, collapse, Jakarta

Days 267 & 268: MLwC and Good Carma2 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: Pal Brian sent me a a link to a new site that’s getting some buzz. It’s Carma–Carb … more →

Tags: Culture, Seattle, Alternative Energy, Social Networks, energy grid, global climate change, Connections, global immune system, Carma Carbon Monitoring for Action

Day 264-266: MLwC and a Seattle Transit Rider's Union?

seacat wrote 2 years ago: I continue to be intrigued with the idea of a bus and transit rider’s union, which I touched o … more →

Tags: Local Politics, Community, Bus, Collaboration, Hybrid-electric bus, alternate transportation, freeways suck, seattle transit riders union, Transit Riders Union


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