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Making Wood Without Trees

Ecovative Design has made a mission of replacing synthetic plastic polymers with natural mushroom based polymers. After disrupting the packaging industry with a line of fully biodegradable mushroom packaging, they are now setting their sights on replacing manufactured wood products. (Video by Brandon Lisy, Justin Beach) (Music by Andy Clausen) Via Bloomberg Business.

Wasted Paper

Week after week, people who don’t ask for rolled-up newspapers find those dead-tree publications on their porches. Wasted paper, each week, of each month, of each season, of each year.  The distribution comes close to lawful littering. Publishers should be required to obtain consent before dumping these papers on homeowners’ lawns. That prior consent would be burdensome for publishers,…

The Amazing San Diego Zoo Condor Cam

Live from the San Diego Zoo, it’s a condor cam. CONDOR CAM LINK Here’s the SD Zoo’s description of what’s waiting online: You Are Watching. . . … Sisquoc and Shatash take turns sitting in their nest incubating an egg! Because every California condor egg is so important, their real egg has been removed for…

DNR Establishes Anti-Poacher Hotline

I saw that the WI DNR has established an anti-poacher hotline. Not a bad idea, and especially nice to see that (as with similar hotlines) the state readily embraces a principle of anonymity: Help the wardens protect your natural resources and wildlife from poachers and violators. If you see anything suspicious during the pending 9-day…

Sandhill Cranes

A video of a huge flock Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. The video clip includes cranes landing. Via http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_canadensis_-Bosque_del_Apache_National_Wildlife_Refuge,_New_Mexico,_USA-8.ogv By snowpeak (John Fowler) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowpeak/5396822610/) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] via Wikimedia Commons

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 10-12-10

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for Tuesday calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of seventy-seven degrees. In the City of Whitewater today, at 4:15 p.m., there will be a meeting of the Urban Forestry Commission. The agenda for the meeting is available online. There will be a PTO meeting at Lincoln School…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 9-21-10

Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a day of thunderstorms with a high temperature of eighty-four degrees. In the City of Whitewater, the Urban Forestry Commission meets this afternoon, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Later, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a meeting of Whitewater’s Common Council. The…

Wisconsin State Journal: DNR survey shows diverse bird population — and highlights protection efforts

The cerulean warbler, tiny and sky-blue with a cheerful, chirpy call, is an endangered bird in Wisconsin and is not doing well elsewhere in the country. But its numbers in the forests along the Lower Wisconsin are healthy. Cerulean Warbler from MDF at Wikipedia See, DNR survey shows diverse bird population — and highlights protection…

The Libertarian Environmentalist

Here’s a post from the FreedomChatter.com entitled, “The Libertarian Environmentalist: A New Beginning of Localism,” advocating for the individual’s indispensable role in conservation. The post is well worth reading — here’s its conclusion: The true environmental movement begins with the direct experience of an individual and cannot be furthered by governmental law. True environmentalism and…