Other Blogs
- 12/15 White dapperling, flood aid, BC flooding, Clean Water Act, monarch butterflies, sea lion rescue, Arctic oil exploration, mercury, democracy watch
- EVENTS, GRANTS ETC
- New concerns over PFAS in drinking water
- 12/12 Red brotula, cetacean cooperation, WA floods, climate change, Fraser Valley flood, disaster relief, BC oil, closed beaches, democracy watch, week in review
- Military accepting public comment on environmental impact statement
- Update on Sen. Murray’s Wild Olympics Bill Advances Through Senate Hearing
- Washington’s last coal power plant will transition to natural gas – Washington Standard
- 12/11 Holly, rain and flood, climate migrants, democracy watch
- 12/10 Christmas anemone, rain and flood, new orca calf, planting eelgrass, rural school funding, last coal plant, pulp mill hydrogen, democracy watch
- 12/9 Poinsettia, wind energy, daytime coyotes, democracy watch
- 12/8/25 Russula, flood forecast, Tacoma aroma, Montana wind, Carriger Solar, BC giant cedar, AK seismic stations, orca pix, democracy watch
- The future of inner urban and suburban delivery emerges
- Marlin Holden Walks On
- 12/5 Green-winged teal, ocean acid, Rustad quits, Ted Yackulic, bumble bee reigns, bears' eyes, Columbia County, democracy watch, week in review
- 12/4 Grunt sculpin, wolf recovery, auto fuel standards, no old growth harvest, Carney's corridor, democracy watch
- 12/3 Yew, stalking seabirds, BC pipe, eelgrass meadow, glacier photos, democracy watch
- 12/2 Bay pipefish, pipeline restarted, Exxon Valdez spill, oil tanker ban, marmot rebound, democracy watch
- 11/30 Isopod, president's prize. BC pipe, BC LNG, Kicking Gas, controlled burns, solar farms, grey whale return, democracy watch, week in review
- 11/26 Turkey vulture, BC herring, air pollution rule, hearing whales, WA State Parks, ice breakers, WA pipeline, democracy watch
- 11/25 Madrone, near-sinking barge, pipeline fine, BC timber access, Wells Dam, democracy watch
- 11/24 Quail, Snohomish R rights, Nooksack R flood, Makah whaling, BC tanker ban, Rockpool Project, democracy watch
- Copout at COP
- 11/21 Acidification, coast oil drilling, WA gas pipeline, logging gray squirrels, Discover Pass, democracy watch, week in review
- 11/20 Horse clam, 'blanket rule' rollback, data center energy, BC timber harvest, cargo ship sinking, Erik Kingfisher, DNR climate accounting, democracy watch
- 11/19/25 Pacific salamander, lead recyclng, jet fuel spill, deer kill, Bear Gulch fire, BC power line, democracy watch
- 11/18 Red octopus, shrinking CWA. BC flood prevention, wolves with tools, SnoCo fire plan, life down under, democracy watch
- 11/17 Coyote, halibut fishing, BC LNG, housing detainees, Snohomish shoreline, AK refuge road, no wolf recovery plan, democracy watch
- Drought in Yakima Valley Worsens
- Halibut collapse in the Bering Sea
- 11/14 Goose barnacle, storms, fast-tracking, fish traps, AK protection repeals, resident bird flu, 2021 heat dome, humpbacks, democracy watch, week in review
- Event: SALMON RECOVERY INTEGRAL TO SAVING ORCAS
- 11/13 Whimbrel, BC old growth, wildfire risk, winter sport, thriving bees, drone settlement, pipeline security, democracy watch
- 11/12 Crabapple, orca hunt, earthquake lab closing, democracy watch
- 11/11 Panther cap, dead humpback, transients, Burrard Inlet dredging, Klamath salmon, democracy watch
- 11/10 Starling, salmon runs, Western Arctic, Dave Upthegrove, Site C, democracy watch
- 11/7 Dark-eyed junco, climate pollution, timber wars, av fuel spill, phytomining, democracy watch, week in review
- 11/6 Orange jelly, sea otter pollutiion, BC oil tanker ban, LNG contract, Canada enviro cuts, serving AI, democracy watch
- 11/5 Black rockfish, BNSF trespass, native food expo, Snake R dams, LNG Canada bribe, marmot control, democracy watch
- 11/4 Maples, superfood, polluted Chinook, planting trees, Site C overruns, democracy watch
- 11/3 Kestrel, J64 dead, NW forest policy, marmot protection, the blob, diesel fleet, deer contraception, Widgeon Marsh Park, democracy watch
Recent Media Articles
Ian’s Ride
In Ian’s Ride, Karen Polinsky tells an inspiring story of Ian Mackay learning ways to approach life after he had been paralyzed from the neck down. One of the things I especially liked about the story was how it focused on the process of finding solutions rather than dramatizing a negative view of the situation.
Our Oceans
A five-episode series, each one about a different ocean. The underwater video is stunning, and it does a good job of pointing out ecosystem interconnections.
The Accidental Ecosystem
Cities do, indeed, have their own ecosystems. These have developed over centuries of city growth, suburb growth, and other human impacts on the lands. This book added a new dimension to my understanding of how we are impacting nature.
Earth For All
Earth for All was published in 2022 as a report to The Club of Rome. As I read it, I realized that it was part of a “new wave” of literature about addressing our current global problems — a wave that was based on systems thinking.
Homewaters
I highly recommend Homewaters — for the way it introduces the components of the Puget Sound ecosystem, but especially for how it weaves the various parts together.