Category Archives: nature

On angel food cake and Earth care

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

My New Year’s took an unexpected turn, shaped by two events—one intensely personal and the other happening halfway around the world. In Australia, the state of Queensland was slammed with floods affecting an area twice the size of California. Closer … Continue reading →

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COP16 saves UN process–at what cost?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

COP16 in Cancún ended recently with agreements signed by all but one of the 194 nations. The UN-sponsored negotiating process moves forward, but at what cost? The facts about the Cancún accord: It calls for deep cuts in carbon emissions … Continue reading →

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The rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what the world “leaders” failed to accomplish last December at the UN meeting in Copenhagen, … Continue reading →

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Kiss the ground

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

This Thanksgiving weekend is a good time to thank the Earth for providing all our food. Because the trees, the plants, the crops are listening . . . Emigdio Ballon, a Quechua man from Bolivia, is an agronomist and plant … Continue reading →

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A splendor of native grasses

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I’ve fallen in love all over again with the native grasses of the prairie. Four autumns in Colorado, and every year I think they must be getting more stunning.

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