Global Spin

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 [...]

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 | Comments Off

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 »

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 | Comments Off

Since I know y’all are just waiting breathlessly for updates on our new Electric ATV or ATEV from Barefoot Motors, here’s a recent article on Wired: Behold the Tesla of All-Terrain Vehicles. Our vehicle is supposedly going to be ready in March. Y’all can start making travel plans to come test drive it; I’m starting [...]

Posted by Deb in Environment, Shameless Promotion, Technology, That which is awesome on December 20th, 2008 | 4 Comments »