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Stream Hugger: May 2015
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Monday, May 25, 2015. The Power of Trees to Unite a Community. This is a post about the power of trees. The power of trees to unite a community. The power of trees to provide hope for the future. The hope that trees will unite a community going forward into the future. Photo credit: Sharon Schrantz, East Penn Press. Photo credit: Sharon Schrantz, East Penn Press. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Stream Hugger: March 2016
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Saturday, March 5, 2016. Public Space: How Much Are You Willing to Pay to Mow a Lawn Nobody Uses? This is township-owned land that is regularly mowed but is almost never. For any recreational activities. Here's an example of the effort wasted on regularly mowing all open. Space parcels. With this slope, this land is not usable for pick-up football. Or other informal sporting activities. (p. Native wildflowers to be...
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Stream Hugger: January 2015
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Thursday, January 22, 2015. Big Step Forward for Preserving Some of Lower Macungie's Open Space. I really wasn't expecting to update last night's blog so soon. But at tonight's Lower Macungie Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Jim Lancsek, who had previously spoken against efforts to preserve open space, presented a proposal to move open space preservation efforts forward. Our Board of Commissioners'.
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Stream Hugger: Public Space: How Much Are You Willing to Pay to Mow a Lawn Nobody Uses?
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Saturday, March 5, 2016. Public Space: How Much Are You Willing to Pay to Mow a Lawn Nobody Uses? This is township-owned land that is regularly mowed but is almost never. For any recreational activities. Here's an example of the effort wasted on regularly mowing all open. Space parcels. With this slope, this land is not usable for pick-up football. Or other informal sporting activities. (p. Native wildflowers to be...
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Stream Hugger: June 2014
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Sunday, June 15, 2014. The Ethical Side of EPA's Proposed Clean Air Regs. Coal-fired power plant in Conemaugh, PA (Photo by Stefan. Schlöhmer on ens-newswire.com). I read a great op-ed piece. That same day I also read an editorial in Scranton’s Times-Tribune. Article 1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the environmental rights amendment, states:. The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to ...
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Stream Hugger: February 2014
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Friday, February 28, 2014. Climate Change From a Fish-eye View. A shade tree is capable of absorbing and storing as much as 48 pounds of CO2 in one year. In 40 years, a tree can sequester one ton of CO2 ( http:/ www.ncsu.edu/project/treesofstrength/treefact.htm. That’s pretty substantial, especially considering that most large shade trees (non-ornamentals) can live decades beyond 40 years. Pennsylvania Department o...
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Stream Hugger: April 2015
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Sunday, April 12, 2015. Grass Roots Science Denial Blocks Dam Removal. Science denial is not the exclusive realm of global climate change. A recent proposal pitched to a neighboring township by a local conservation organization to remove a 111-year old concrete dam was met with a very vocal outcry from locals who want things to remain just as they are. Photo credit: mcall.com). I heard only one rational voice oppos...
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Stream Hugger: A Trick to Get More Halloween Treats
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. Friday, October 9, 2015. A Trick to Get More Halloween Treats. My daughter is old enough to trick or treat in our neighborhood, unsupervised, with a friend, and there are ample well-lit sidewalks to get her around the development. But she prefers to trick or treat with friends in a different neighborhood. And it's all about efficiency. My neighborhood. Very circuitous trick or treating because of large lots. And ba...
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Stream Hugger: Recommended Reading
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The Political Economy of Conservation. Observations about grassroots conservation efforts. My picks for the top four books dealing with conservation and the environment, in no particular order, are:. A Sand County Almanac. The Environmental Pendulum: A Quest for the Truth about Toxic Chemicals, Human Health, and Environmental Protection. By R Allan Freeze. Living Waters: How to Save Your Local Stream. By Owen D. Owens. The first two are classics that have been around for 50 or more years. A former collea...
