26 May 2019 – In the mid-1300’s, the Black Death was raging in Europe. It killed at least 30% of Europe’s population, and killed as many as 100 million people in both Europe and Asia. It would take 200 years for the earth’s population to recover to pre-plague levels. The pandemic spread to many areas …
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19 May 2019 – My family has been vegan for many years, and during this time we have endured much criticism and ridicule from relatives and friends. (Hmm, maybe the friends in that sentence deserves to be in quotes.) We were often told that we were damaging our health, and that we were stupid for …
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The Green Revolution was a set of agricultural techniques that were spread around the world in the 1960s that included the use of artificial pesticides, fertilizers, machinery, and high-yield varieties. The result of these technologies was that agricultural yields on the same amount of land increased dramatically, and the increased mechanization slashed the number of …
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Agriculture is an important topic that is too often ignored in discussions of sustainability. However, it does take up a significant fraction of the earth’s surface, uses a huge sum of resources each year, and produces the stuff that keeps us alive, so our system of food production should receive more consideration by policymakers. This …
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28 May 2019 – Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. Here it is, the post that started it all, whatever limited thing “all” might be. I don’t climb El Capitan without ropes, search for rare abyssopelagic fish, or have any other hobby in my personal life that is really worth blogging about. Still, I …
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