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A More Eco Exit: Green Funerals and Eco Burials

As we have become more aware of the impact that our living has on this planet, we also begin to recognize the effects of our dying. I came across this brief (and nostalgia-inducing) post about eco-burials and was inspired to contemplate the greening of our attitudes toward death. The traditional options: sealing yourself in an [...]

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Nights Under the Stars: Mount Rainier National Park

I wish I could say I climbed to the top of Mount Rainier- but I didn’t. I did however spend four days and three nights backpacking and experiencing this slice of Pacific Northwest scenery (which included the above photographed experience of watching the sunrise above the clouds!). When two friends from Seattle, Lauren and Lizzie, [...]

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Endangering the Endangered

It seems things will be getting worse for the United States’ 1,300 endangered animals and plants. The Bush administration is altering regulations so federal agencies have the right to determine whether their construction projects will damage any of the endangered animals. At the moment, agencies must meet standards instituted by the Wildlife Service, and the agencies’ [...]

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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring

As a lover of nearly anything and everything having to do with the environment, I’m extremely fascinated by stories about nature. Most recently, I started reading an interesting, thoughtful book–Richard Preston’s The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. As the title suggests, it is a book full of passionate pursuit and adventure. [...]

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Zero-Sum

I have a feeling that the same theories that we applied to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies is happening in this new age of globalization and the environment.  This game theory is called Zero-Sum. It’s a battle between what is good for the environment and what is [...]

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Wildfires

I read this article about a wildfire in California that threatens homes near Yosemite. I keep on thinking, why don’t we build upwards in the city? People building too close to the wilderness will always be threatened by wildfires. Every time I hear about these fires, I think about this line that line [...]

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