green underbelly's blog

Lately I've seen blogs solely devoted to chastising other bloggers who write about common subjects. That's cool. Especially when you pass their facade of frustration and see that their post earns them 50 points... for not writing about an issue.  Read More »

The question surfaces. Finally. It is as follows: Which historical figures would I treat to delectable dinner of beats, yams, and polish dogs? Lets brainstorm. A young Earth child like me simply must send out invitations to Woody Guthrie, Mary Oliver, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbie and the eleagant Henry David Thoreau, right?  Read More »

Mandate. "In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by an electorate to act as its representative." Thank you, Wikipedia.  Read More »

Okay, I may regret extending my definition of rigorous progression to such an innocent, fun wielding sport, but here goes.  Read More »

Posing What if's? usually present us with intrinsic pleasures.

--What if we had no CIA?

--What if Kellogg's were to put a measuring arrow on the side of their cereal packets, that you could move to exactly the level of cereal in the box. Then you could be sure if someone had nicked a bowl or not. (http://whatiftheydid.blogspot.com/)  Read More »

This week the local Wilderness guide and author, Howie Wolke gave a colorful presentation about the history of conservation through John Muir and Aldo Leopold to the current regional efforts to thwart a "variety of subsidized destructive activities including industrial logging, road building, mining and various forms of frivolous and energy-wasteful off road motoring" if the 2001 Roadles  Read More »

I've read that Progress should fall under three distinct categories: Societal progress, Environmental progress and Economic progress. But what's the fun in being ambiguous and labeling the terms so broadly so that everything falls into three neat little piles.  Read More »

Woodrow Wilson did well to quote the following in his analysis of progress.  Read More »