SONGBIRD CONTESTS
Hundreds of songbird contests take place across Indonesia every year. The judges adjudicate the complexity and range of their melodies, as well as their stamina …
USED HOTEL SOAP
The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap is not something many people would spend their time thinking about but the results of one person doing …
HAILSTONES
When I first moved to Colorado, one of the things that totally amazed me was the size of the hailstones that occasionally pounded the area. …
VILLAGE OF DUNWICH
Midway between the town of Aldeburgh and the seaside resort of Southwold, two popular spots on Britain’s Suffolk coast, lies the quiet rural village of …
DAYS OF RAIN
This July, gorged by days of rain, the Meuse River broke its banks, and the Belgian town of Liège was its victim. Waters, the color …
THE NEXT WORLD WAR?
It is interesting how a relatively short time can change our perspective and our reality about the next World War. I wrote a blog in …
OUR DISINTEGRATING PLANET
After years of discussion about our disintegrating planet, and our seemingly hell-bent intent on speeding up that process when we know the outcome will …
IS NEW ZEALAND CRAZY
Is New Zealand crazy? In 2012, New Zealand’s Aoraki Mackenzie community successfully applied to the IDA (International Dark Sky Association) to become an accredited dark …
MOYENNE ISLAND
The history of Moyenne Island, which is an archipelago of 115 islands that make up the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean, reads like an environmentalist’s …
IT TAKES A DISASTER
It takes a disaster before anything is done that costs money, or so it appears. I have to ask why many blatantly obvious risks that …