Monthly Archives: January 2010

If it’s not grown, it has to be mined

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Timberati

Recently, Barnes and Noble launched its own e-book reader, the “Nook,” to compete with the Amazon Kindle.[i] E-readers are handy electronic devices, they can hold hundreds of books, and use an ‘electronic paper.’ They have been heralded as alternatives to … Continue reading →

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The Optimistic Environmentalist

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Timberati

As a child of the 1960’s On April 22, 1970, I, along with 20 million others that day, attended one of the first Earth Day celebrations. We had heard the predictions and we were duly frightened. In those days, most … Continue reading →

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