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February 26, 2009
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
What is lost when justice issues become health issues?
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February 25, 2009
Category: Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
Hat tip to Dave at Terry....
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February 23, 2009
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
The industrialization of agriculture, egg version. And dairy. And others.
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February 13, 2009
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
William Cronon, Kevin Brockmeier, Heraclites, and me; some comments on landscape, biography, and identity.
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February 12, 2009
Category: The Film Building
A few months back I had a chance to be involved with Dawkins' visit to Vancouver, and here we had a chance to record his speech. Not a bad way to spend an hour on this particular day. Actually, Richard's...
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Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
I've got a humour piece at McSweeney's today in celebration of Darwin's 200th. Here's a snippet: Joins the Ice Capades: Darwin is hired for small part in a Lion King-themed ice show. Takes skating lessons and practices hard. Soon nails...
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February 11, 2009
Category: The Book Building
(Given it being a big week for Darwin and all, I thought it would be kind of cool to repost this post from 07) Not counting Shouts and Murmurs email queries, I've sent pieces to the New Yorker proper on...
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February 7, 2009
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
(Earlier the video had server issues, so just reposting - this video is really worth checking out) If you haven't heard of the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (or UAEM), then put it on your to do list right now....
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February 3, 2009
Category: Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
If you recall, a while back we held a TED talk like event but with students front and centre. We called it Terry talks in concert with another project I'm involved with at UBC. In any event, all the student...
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Just finished producing the last of the Terry talks videos, and will hopefully have all 9 up by the end of today. Having the chance to view all of them lately has really hit home for me that there are...
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