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Human Threats to Coral Reefs

Human Threats to Coral Reefs

Coral reefs, known as the “rainforests of the sea,” are homes to some of the richest biodiversity on earth. They have been around for thousands of years, providing shelter to a quarter of all marine life while occupying only 0.2% of the total ocean. They are both...
Recipes for Disaster: How Concepts Change

Recipes for Disaster: How Concepts Change

In his 1968 book, The Population Bomb, Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich made a terrifying prediction that the human population was on a rapid path to extinction because there were simply too many of us and demand would exceed the supply of the Earth’s...
Understanding the Farm to Table Movement

Understanding the Farm to Table Movement

The Farm to Table movement has recently become a national trend. The movement focuses on the sale of products directly to local homes and restaurants, rather than through global grocery stores and markets. This trend is intended to focus on creating a better world by...
The Tree of Life, part 2

The Tree of Life, part 2

Last month I wrote about some of what I had learned as a result of my study of a small island in the Florida Keys. I noted that I was often amazed at how much of history could be elucidated through a study of place rather than only through linear history. For me...
The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

For decades now, I’ve been involved with studying a small island in the Florida Keys. It sometimes amazes me how much of history can be elucidated through geography rather than linear history. For me Lignumvitae Key has been that place – it has allowed me to pull...