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Connect the Dots – thoughts on Silent Spring
I have just finished reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a book she wrote 50 years ago. While I have already shared a few thoughts about the book from when I was just part way through it, my response to finishing … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Chemicals, Culture, Uncategorized, war
Tagged animals, chemical poisoning, crop dusters, DDT, earth, habitat destruction, human impacts, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Western culture
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Honouring them?
It has been my honour to have played the Last Post dozens of times for fallen soldiers and veterans: at cenotaphs on Remembrance Day, at graveyards and in churches for funerals and on parade for other honouring ceremonies. Lest we … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Disposable planet, Respect, war
Tagged capitalism, deforestation, earth, environment, harm, human impacts, military, Western culture
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Reflections on Time
I saw this fun reflection and wanted to share it with a friend so I grabbed my new mp3 player with built-in camera, snapped a photo, plugged the device into the computer, transferred the photo, attached it to an email … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged capitalism, deforestation, earth, efficiency, environment, habitat destruction, human impacts, mountaintop coal mining, time, Western culture
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Turning Point
At 1230 am last night, a very subtle event occurred that only occurs once each year. In the northern hemisphere, which is where I live, the North Pole arrived at the angle of tilt that is furthest from the sun: … Continue reading