Category Archives: nature

Breaking the climate silence

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

We know it’s getting worse; we’re not climate deniers. We’re well informed and aware of the facts. And yet we go about our lives as if nothing has changed. We live the same way we lived five years ago, before … Continue reading →

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I am an ecosystem

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

If the human body contains about 100 trillion cells, how many of these are human cells? All of them? Not quite. Not even close. Only 10 trillion, or about 10 percent, are human cells. The rest are microbes. That’s right: … Continue reading →

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The genius of the grass

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Note from Priscilla: I am delighted to welcome guest blogger Julene Bair, whose essays on connecting with the prairie lands of her birth caught my attention for bringing heart and soul to the problems of the disappearing family farm and … Continue reading →

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Valuing the spaceship we’ve got

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

In a lecture I attended last night, Daniel Lerch, editor of the immensely informative Post Carbon Reader, opened with that iconic picture of Earth shot from Apollo 8 as it circled the moon at Christmastime 1968: No doubt inspired (again) … Continue reading →

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The sustainable food buzz

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

It was supposed to be a small gathering—a few people interested in green business collecting after work to talk about how to grow enough safe food to feed everyone on the planet. But by the time the speaker stood up … Continue reading →

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