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
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This site has been created primarily for students in myPhilosophy 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
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
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.
The Green Party is calling upon the federal government to warn Canadians of the potential danger posed by radiation from cell phones and wireless networks. (The global village may be hazardous to your health.)
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