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anemochory ~ dispersal of seeds by the wind
anemochord ~ a species of harpsichord, in which the strings were moved by the wind; an æolian harp
anemocracy ~ government by the wind
~ the miserable and precarious state of an anemocracy, of a people who put their trust in hurricanes, and are governed by wind
-- Sydney Smith, 1808
anemochord ~ a species of harpsichord, in which the strings were moved by the wind; an æolian harp
anemocracy ~ government by the wind
~ the miserable and precarious state of an anemocracy, of a people who put their trust in hurricanes, and are governed by wind
-- Sydney Smith, 1808
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This site has been created primarily for students in my Philosophy and the Environment course.
It was natural to people thinking in this way, that they should try to make "nature" their slave, since they thought "nature" was something outside them.
-- William Morris, 1890
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
-- H.G. Wells, 1920
It was natural to people thinking in this way, that they should try to make "nature" their slave, since they thought "nature" was something outside them.
-- William Morris, 1890
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
-- H.G. Wells, 1920
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Regan: The Case for Animal Rights
DeGrazia on speciesism
Carol J. Adams
Animal consciousness
Factory Farming
Suicide Food
Gary Francione's blog
Great Ape Project
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Ethics of animal research
Nobis's critique of Cohen
Institute for Critical Animal Studies
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
FAO: Livestock threat to environment
Pork's dirty secret
The Meatrix
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Chernobyl ghost ride
Bikini beach party
Yangtze dolphin extinct
Overpopulation
Arithmetic, population, and energy
Water shortage in India
Water shortage in China
War for resources: China versus U.S.
Diamond: Easter Island's End
Life without toilet paper
No Impact Man
Hope for forests
Good news from Niger
Cost of Iraq War
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Raincoast Conservation Society
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Environment Portal
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EnviroLink Network
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Sightline Institute
Singer on world poverty
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The key glacier, Ol’ Skintop, had retreated 4.62 Grables during the last twenty-four-hour period. And the temperature, at noon in New York, had exceeded the previous day’s by 1.46 Wagners. In addition the humidity, as the oceans evaporated, had increased by 16 Selkirks. So things were hotter and wetter; the great procession of nature clanked on, and toward what?
-- Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
-- Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
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About Me
- Aeolus
- Why "Aeolus"? When, as a young child, I crossed the equator on a KLM airliner bound from Cairo to Jakarta, I was given a scroll naming me an Acolyte of Aeolus, the god of the winds. So perhaps my blogger name should be "Acolyte of Aeolus", but that seems just a bit long-winded.
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It seems to me that a big relevant debate that can still rage that isn't about the rows (the reality of global climate change) but about one or two things:
1)Is it humans that are the primary causes of climate change? Which is another way of asking if we can really do anything about it and/or what actions we should take in altering the climate such that it is easier for us to live in it?
or
2) What are the real consequences of not acting on climate change, independent on our role in its occurrence? Will they really be "catastrophic" or will it be manageable? I mean, do we really have to take a stance on the rate of climate change itself, or just let the climate change and look at ways for humans to adapt it to the altered earth?
These questions are realities of responsible policy decisions, and ought to be considered. And it should also be noted that the consequences of acting on climate change may require a lot of public support and focus, focus that could otherwise be used to help starving children in Africa, reducing unemployment and poverty in Canada, resolving native North American conflicts, ending needless wars around the world, and maybe even freeing Tibet for Christ's (or maybe Buddha's) sake sake.
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