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The Problem with “Energize”
The Progress Energy Foundation, nuclear power renewable energy advocates, have sponsored a little flash game targeted to general audiences designed to raise awareness of renewable energy development. It’s called Energize. I just played it a couple of times to see … Continue reading
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…and Arrivals
I have a confession to make—I’ve been keeping something under my hat. Back in October—which seems like a hundred years ago, as well as thousands of miles away—Emerald Earth had a booth at the Hoes Down at Full Belly Farm. … Continue reading
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Departures
Leaving Emerald Earth meant leaving behind connections with people who had become good friends, co-workers and co-livers, communitarians I’d sung songs with before very nearly every lunch and dinner for almost seven months. It’s natural to have a hard time … Continue reading
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Sustainability must include resilience
Sustainability — Of systems, practices, processes, or cultures, that which can be continued indefinitely without destroying the foundation of its own existence. Antonym: suicide. Resilience — adj. Of systems, practices, processes, or cultures, the ability to adapt creatively to a … Continue reading
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Surfeit of Pears
I had an accident prone day today. First I cut my finger slicing pears with a too-dull knife. We received a donation of several hundred pounds of pears from a nearby farm—they contracted a virus that causes the pears to … Continue reading
Remembering Why
Because I have everything to live for. Because I love nature—the feel of the warm sun and cool breeze, the miracle of green growing things, the softness of little sheep muzzles and ears, the taste of a strawberry seconds from … Continue reading
We all need somebody to lean on
This is the time of year when the fruit trees grow legs. They become spidery beings, some of them. Their branches, burdened with too much fruit to bear, risk breaking unless some human comes along and props them with a … Continue reading
Hunt for the Bullfrog Mama
It was like Beowulf. Mika had been slaying the bullfrog tadpoles by the bucketful, tossing them to the chickens who would play a manic version of rugby with the slimy morsels. The bullfrogs are an invasive species here, on Fish … Continue reading
Sometimes a chore is a chore
I like my work here at Emerald Earth. Most of it. From my weekly cooking and cleaning shifts to pulling weeds and planting seedlings, most of what I do every day is pleasurable. But if I never have to drag … Continue reading
Catch-up post
Welcome to the first week of summer here at Emerald Earth. We’ve had a much longer rainy season than usual here; we even had some cool rainy days last week. But now it’s 94F and it feels like summer is … Continue reading
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