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primates | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Elwyn L. Simons was one of the leading figures of paleoprimatology, and founder of the Duke University Primate Center. His fossil discoveries included Aegyptopithecus. He worked on primate conservation, focusing on the lemurs of Madagascar. He helped to establish Park Ivoloina … Continue reading →. March 17, 2016. World Wildlife Day: It’s about their lives. March 3, 2016. In this beautiful essay. Wonder of this world. They have comp...
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Sustainability and Climate Planning Committee (formerly Climate Initiative Task Force). Sustainable Curriculum Working Group. Solari Green Tech Center. Creating and delivering effective curriculum is a key to Cabrillo Green Step which is part of the current Sustainability Plan and past initiatives. Here you will find links to current class offerings which include sustainability content as well as resources for developing curriculum. Sustainability Related Classes at Cabrillo. We received from the Nationa...
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consumerism | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. November 25, 2015. CGP Grey gives a brief recap of Jared Diamond’s. Guns, Germs and Steel. Just in time for Thanksgiving. Speaking of Thanksgiving, do take some time to get in touch with gratitude for all the good things in your world. And do consider how many in the world have so much less. Then remember that the following day is. Now part of a complete Buy Nothing Xmas. 8212; a great way to start down the road to Degrowth. Plantations...
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Sumatra | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. The Smoke of Centuries: Indonesia’s Fires. November 9, 2015. The fires in Indonesia burn rainforest trees that have grown and fed and housed orangutans for decades or centuries, and peat that has stored carbon for centuries or millennia. George Monbiot sums up the recent conflagrationary disaster in Indonesia that Southeast Asia has been breathing:. And in three weeks the fires have released more CO. The annual emissions of Germany.
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Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Climate Scientist Jason Box: “Yeah, the shit that’s going down has been testing my ability to block it.”. Sustainability Strategies Sampler →. Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem. July 23, 2015. A recent summary of the current challenges facing Leuser. Where I went 16 years ago to study orangutans. Then watched their home being desecrated by the relentless chainsaws. And the Union of Concerned Scientists. To ur...
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Cultivating Ecosystem Gardens of Health and Hope. June 20, 2016. This is a talk I gave last week at the conference. 8221; World Gardens and Gardens in the World. At NTU (YouTube video of practice talk, and SlideShare of PowerPoints). Microbiome, permaculture, rewilding, ecosystem, biodiversity, complexity. The brilliant, 100% Made of Awesome. Some days it seems to me like the purpose of life is to convert energy into beauty. May 27, 2016.
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rainforest | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Saving What Matters: Taking Sustainability Personally. September 20, 2015. I was asked to deliver a talk to the School of Arts, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University last week. As I was preparing, I recorded a rehearsal version of the talk and posted that on YouTube:. SAVING WHAT MATTERS: TAKING SUSTAINABILITY PERSONALLY. In central Congo, and orangutans (. Leuser Under Threat Again. September 14, 2015. Presents evidence ...
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Southeast Asia | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Tag Archives: Southeast Asia. Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem. July 23, 2015. A recent summary of the current challenges facing Leuser. Where I went 16 years ago to study orangutans. Then watched their home being desecrated by the relentless chainsaws. 8220;Right now, huge swaths of vital forest habitat in Indonesia are being cut, cleared and burnt to the ground to make way for industrial-scale palm oil.
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Painful Topics: Primate Conservation | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Uniting Against “Citizens United”. Peak Oil and Transportation Alternatives →. Painful Topics: Primate Conservation. January 29, 2012. Bonobo (Pan paniscus) - photo by FJ White. 8211; essentially, people like us buying electronic gadgets. Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) - photo by M Merrill. About it, but I wasn’t able to do much to stop it. I somehow managed to get through analyzing what data I had and get my dissertation. With some ...
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Climate Scientist Jason Box: “Yeah, the shit that’s going down has been testing my ability to block it.” | Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate
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Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. Things tickling this ape's brain. Little humans on a big planet. Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem →. Climate Scientist Jason Box: “Yeah, the shit that’s going down has been testing my ability to block it.”. July 13, 2015. This entry was posted in climate. And tagged climate change. Little humans on a big planet. Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Judy Bloomgar...