We don’t need scientists to explain climate change to us. We can see it all around us. The rivers are dry with their muddy bottoms showing. Fall came weeks early and blew away a week later. The winds which normally… Read More ›
Ecology
SLAVERY TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON THE BLACKSTONE RIVER
You might say the Blackstone Valley was Alexander Hamilton’s dream come true. He wanted the U.S. to grow into an industrial and international powerhouse. This was the subject on which he and Thomas Jefferson fought. Jefferson wanted democracy and a… Read More ›
The Triumphant Return of Bald Eagles | Your Great Outdoors
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) recently confirmed that there are now more than 70 active Bald Eagle nests in the Bay State, including the first nesting effort on Cape Cod since 1905. This nest, located in a… Read More ›
DAY OF THE MONARCHS – Marilyn Armstrong
We named our little sailboat Gwaihir, the wind lord. Really, she was a wind lady and the name was a bit pretentious for such a tiny boat. Somehow, I thought it would be a lucky name. She was a 16-foot Soling with a centerboard. She drew a… Read More ›
DURRELL’S MISSION IS IN JEOPARDY – SAVE THE WILD, SAVE THE ZOO!
I don’t usually publish donation ads, but this particular one is near and dear to my heart. I read Gerald Durrell’s books when I was a kid and continued reading them into adulthood. From him I learned about saving rare… Read More ›
A BRIEF AND BROKEN MINI-HISTORY OF AMERICA – MARILYN ARMSTRONG
America was born bankrupt. We won a war we shouldn’t have won and created a country without any funding or industry. That’s the good part. The rest of it, not so much. The United States is named that because we… Read More ›
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY – GREEN SCREEN, COMMENTARY & REBLOG BY SEAN MUNGER
We have long known — more than a hundred years and I suspect a lot longer than that — how what we do to Earth is a tragedy in slow motion. But the tragedy is not slow anymore. There is… Read More ›
GEORGE R. STEWART AND EARTH DAY – RANGER DON
George R. Stewart and Earth Day Many people credit the Sierra Club’s Exhibit This Is The American Earth and the subsequent Sierra Club book based on the exhibit as the foundation of Earth Day. Others credit the first Whole Earth photographs taken… Read More ›
AN OPEN LETTER TO HUMANITY FROM PLANET EARTH. AGAIN – BY TOM CURLEY
Hi Humanity. Earth here. I just heard that today you are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. You seem to think it’s a pretty big deal. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I appreciate you noticing me. I’ve been… Read More ›
IT’S THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Trump is an awful man. I can’t seem to find something positive to say about him and for me, that’s unusual. I can always empathize, even with very bad people (not including one ex-husband). But not Trump. For him, I… Read More ›
WILDLIFE IN THE WAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Despite all evidence to the contrary, I continue to hope that we will come to our senses and save our wild creatures. That being said, I have serious doubts that anything larger than a squirrel will survive in the wild. I… Read More ›
ANOTHER OPEN LETTER TO MANKIND FROM PLANET EARTH – BY TOM CURLEY
Hi Mankind. This is Earth again. Some of you call me Earth, some call me Terra, some call me Gaia. Call me what you want. Just don’t call me late for dinner. (I still don’t really get that joke, but… Read More ›
