Environmental Graffiti

According to Marion King Hubbert, 2005 was the year the oil peaked, and having sailed past it without even a nod in its direction, it is little wonder we might be feeling out of the loop. But there is a chance to be, not only in the loop, but actually create it, by joining the Transition Town Movement.

Set up to address the challenge of a life without oil, transition towns relocalise food, energy, clothes and building material suppliers, turning a commuter town into a fully working community and thereby establishing low impact living as the precedent. This ultimately

Welcome to the 14th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth.

The Lion of Babylon

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South Korea will seek to prosecute the captains of the ships involved in the country’s worst oil spill.

The water and beaches of the country’s western coast were covered in a thick layer

In a shocking move, the Japanese government has backed down and suspended plans to hunt up to 50 humpback whales after extreme protests by the Australian people and government.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had recently announced plans to dispatch an armed

Welcome to post number 13 in the series we’re calling Mother Earth.

The ancient ziggurat at Ur

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A plague of foreigners has invaded British shores, bringing disease and death to a besieged native population.

This isn’t some crazy skinhead rhetoric though, we’re talking about squirrels.

Oh, snap. The growing demand for ethanol vis a vis King Corn is driving more and more farmers to plant more and more corn.

The problem is that the nitrogen-heavy fertilizers used to grow that much more corn are

Last night I returned from the bar to peer into a pair of jet black eyes encased in a slimy orange body, staring at me from the yellow tinged (I always pull the flush, the water is just brackish here) pool of my toilet.

The Africanesque views of Thailand’s Golden Buddha Island

My guest was a tree frog. This morning I was greeted by a pair of

Welcome to the 12th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth.

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Ever since the discovery of DNA’s role in shaping an organism’s appearance, health, and possibly character, mankind has been feverishly attempting to decode the complex mysteries of this essential acid.

But until recently, very little practical good has come out of their research. Cure for cancer? I don’t see one. Preventing