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The Medea Hypothesis

So much for James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis–the idea that life sustains habitable conditions on earth. Enter The Medea Hypothesis. Peter Ward argues that most of Earth’s mass extinctions were caused life itself, and we have the hydrogen sulfide markers to prove it. There’s an interesting TED Talk here (about 20 minutes).

Save Trees, Use More Paper

Earlier this year, Kevin Periera of G4 told Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal, the Amazon Kindle “is the savior to many, many forests in the future.” [Read it here] As a licensed forester and certified treehugger, I don’t think so. Trees don’t get cut down when you use electronic stuff, right? Well they may be, forever. TheContinue reading “Save Trees, Use More Paper”

Are Kindles Green?

I follow a number of blogs. One is The Writer’s Edge, in a post titled “Watching Books,” Richard Curtis writes” …the high cost and environmental wastefulness of printing manuscripts motivated editors to try reading books on desktop or laptop computer screens…Recently I have heard many an editor rave about the virtues of the Sony (andContinue reading “Are Kindles Green?”

Going Green

Here in the US, gas is above $4 a gallon and on its way to $5. Everyone is looking to save gas and lower their carbon footprint as well. Time to consider a hybrid? Read Who are you kidding? in Britain’s Telegraph first. “However much fuel it does or doesn’t save, the Toyota Prius hasContinue reading “Going Green”

Save the Rainforest-Use a Condom

Yup, according to the BBC, “The Brazilian government has begun producing condoms using rubber from trees in the Amazon.” Read about it here. Why do I try to write fiction? You can’t make this stuff up.