Hawaii's future, and why we all should care by ostanbro on February 26, 2009 Hawaii is one of the most blessed places in the world. Abundant rainfall, perfect temp., ocean resources, mountains, indigenous knowledge …
Organic geography: German bio-carrots & buying ugly in Spain by Kirsten Dirksen on October 28, 2008 Organic can be cultural. The last time I flew into Heathrow airport I was organic-shocked. On our descent I was …
SMART trains, intermodal travel and Obama’s love of the rail by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2008 In the US, we treat cars as a right and trains as a privilege. Our nation’s highways have a trust …
Predictions, home-made econometrics on the recession by BioDieselHauling on May 30, 2008 A couple of years ago I posted about trends in the US government spending (it popped back up to the …
Education, now with references by BioDieselHauling on May 27, 2008 NOTE: let me say upfront that I think this entire entry is a gross oversimplification. We (Americans) aren’t very smart. …
Evil will always win, but it's allright by BioDieselHauling on May 24, 2008 Whether history teaches us to be optimistic or pessimistic is only a matter of when and where you choose to …
Poor excuse for a real blog by BioDieselHauling on May 24, 2008 I have been failing to fulfill my responsibility to provide my non-nonsensical thoughts to my 4 or so readers and …
History: the ban of Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT) by faircompanies on April 23, 2008 A synthetic compound used as an insecticide and pesticide to fight human illnesses and agricultural pests, until in the seventies …
3 letters to Utne by BioDieselHauling on December 14, 2007 I got a free copy of the Utne Reader at the SF Green festival. First one I had ever read, …
A place called the line by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2007 I grew up with a space in my home that didn’t exist for most of my friends. It wasn’t a …