Environmentalism timetable 6 Dec 20196 Dec 2019 I prepared this for my students and thought others might like it. It’s a timetable of environmental law, politics, publications of note, events and disasters since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962. Enjoy and send corrections. [embeddoc url=”https://evolvingthoughts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Timeline-of-Environmentalism.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”] Ecology and Biodiversity Ecology and Biodiversity Politics
Australian stuff Are political parties the problem not the solution? 27 Mar 2014 I am slightly active in the political party that I am a member of, but it worries me that maybe it is the very existence of political parties as formal structures that is the problem in modern politics in democracies. Here is a brief argument why: If you have a… Read More
Philosophy Religious Nones 22 Sep 2009 A new report has shown that one of the fastest growing “religions” is “None” in America. It may be that as many as 25% will be Nones by 2030. But this is not a single group, and is highly heterogeneous. Nones include those who believe in some God, but not… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Taxonomy was the reason for Darwin’s theory 11 Mar 200918 Sep 2017 Taxonomy – the science of classifying organisms into putatively natural groups – is often treated as a kind of necessary bit of paperwork without much theoretical import by some biologists. Others think it is the single most important thing to do, usually justifying it in terms of conservation biology, but… Read More