These folks aim to turn the White House lawn into something way more yummy and useful.
I say it’s about dern time!
EDIT: And these folks are working on picking which farmer . . .
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Community & Activism, Environment, Food, Organics, That which is awesome on January 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
Well, as a farmer, I have a lot of worries, but lately this is what has been keeping me up at night.
California teeters on the edge of the worst drought in the state’s history, officials said Thursday after reporting that the Sierra Nevada snowpack – the backbone of the state’s water supply – is only [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Environment, Wicked Weather, You have got to be kidding on January 30th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Seems like we’re getting back to the future in style.
The Climate Friendly Cities is a project of the Green Renewable Independent Power Producers (GRIPP), a local non-government organization. In the Ecopolis episode, GRIPP Chairperson Athena Ballesteros explained that she envisioned GRIPP to address the pollution and noise problems that come with the 250,000 or [...]
Posted by Deb in Business, Carfree, Environment, News, Shameless Promotion, That which is awesome on January 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
[from my GeekDad post]
Lest we take the modern GeekDad for granted, I submit for your attention this comic strip from 95 years ago regarding the exploits of a ‘lectric-obsessed child and his less-than-supportive father. (Click through for the rest of the comic.)
This was before the first personal computer, before the Nerds took their Revenge, before [...]
Posted by Chris in Geekdad, History, Technology on January 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
Who says good things can’t come from your trash can?
Posted by Deb in Environment, Oddly Enough, Technology on January 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just to remind you that the change between yesterday and tomorrow is enormous:
…or read the full transcript at American Rhetoric.
Posted by Chris in History, Holiday! Celebrate! on January 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
Bob Barr, author of the Defense of Marriage Act, recants, like sort-of, in this article.
Maybe hidden in the causes of his commitment to federalism is an understanding of the inherent civil rights of human beings — as stated in the the Bill of Rights and, oh, in this little phrase from a certain document: We [...]
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Government, Politics, Sexuality, You have got to be kidding on January 9th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Xerces Society has a new website. Yay, bugs!
I mean, seriously, just because they lack endoskeletons and have more appendages than you do is no reason to get all squeamish.
Here, we’ll start you off slowly with some really, really important bugs: native honeybees and bumble bees (one of my favorites). And they’ve got [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Animals, Environment, Science, That which is awesome, Uncategorized on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
