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The Green Filter
http://thegreenfilter.blogspot.com/
The green life, nature news, book reviews and political musings from a Canadian living on the Prairies.
Recent Posts
Domain Change
The Green Filter will be going back to its blogspot domain, thegreenfilter.blogspot.com, in a week or so. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to the blog, and it looks like it will continue to take a backseat for the time being....
Connected
Hopefully I have more time and energy to post something more substantial soon, but in the meantime, I recommend listening to this or go here....
The Narcissism Epidemic, Semi-Reviewed
This is probably a pretty tangential post, but I'm fairly sure some "environmental perspective" will seep in at the edges.I'm reading The Narcissism Epidemic by Twenge and Campbell. In a lot of ways the authors are completely correct about selfishnes...
Money Increasingly Made in a Lab, Infused into Food, But at What Price?
As usual, it's been too long since my last post, and this one too will be rushed. Taking that into account I'll try to quickly sum up one general theme on my mind of late.Food, Inc. is out. I haven't had the pleasure of watching it yet, since I live ...
Art, Culture as Making the Change
Related to my post from yesterday, and the idea that some people have turned away from the ecological problems we face, preferring to live in the moment, I've been meaning to talk more about the current state of the "public consciousness" so to spea...
Oceans Update: Overfishing and the Problem of Plastic
Hopefully I'll be able to post more regularly soon, but in the meantime I thought I'd offer an update on some issues I've already covered. A couple years ago I read a book by Carl Safina that opened the door to how big an impact human activity is ha...
