My transition between old and new laptops plus an uptick at work led to my taking a 12 day break from posting. So, we can say I took a summer vacation, at least from blogging. How did I spend my virtual vacation? Three strands are loopily braided in my brain like rivers are prior to human intervention: [...]
Entries Tagged as 'development'
I Am So Back: Beauty, Battles And The Metolius River
August 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · nature, sustainability
Tags: beauty·blogging·development·Metolius·Natalie Angier·progress·recession·rivers·science·The Canon
Tale Of Wildlife Brought Back From Collapse
May 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · nature, sustainability
I cleaned up my desk at work right before leaving for Opal Creek Ancient Forest for the weekend, where I am now. I’m so proud of finally cleaning my desk it almost warrants a post of its own. But a single sheet of paper I found in that process vibrates with life and trumps [...]
Tags: Colorado·conservation·development·environment·fishing·hunting·life·Oregon·outdoors·Tim Solley·wilderness Opal Creek Ancient Forest·wildlife
110,000 New Jobs In Solar Industry
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · energy, lifestyle, sustainability, work
Today’s post is a guest column from Frank Marquardt, author of The Solar Job Guide.
The solar industry could create as many as 110,000 jobs over the next two years as a result of stimulus spending, according to the American Solar Energy Society. Now a new book, The Solar Job Guide, tells you how you [...]
Tags: development·Frank Marquardt·green careers·green living·green-collar jobs·happiness·Oregon·renewable energy·solar energy·technology·The Solar Job Guide
Happiness = Quality of Life, Not Urban Growth
May 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, lifestyle, sustainability
There are more things that make me see red than I usually admit to on this blogsite. I’m a WASP, trained to be self-controlled, not a ranter. And I won’t even complain about the malfunction — Wordpress? my own computer? — that lost my first posting of this on Saturday night.
Here is what makes me [...]
Tags: Bhutan·construction industry·developers·development·economics·happiness·Metro·Oregon·quality of life·urban growth
Wishes Aren’t Horses
February 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability
When I was a girl growing up in Southern California, I was horse crazy, absolutely. I saved my allowance to go riding on Sunday afternoons after church. It cost $2.50/hour and of course we always asked for Dusty or Peanuts, the horses that would run. I wished to own a horse of my own, [...]
Tags: air conditioning·culture·development·economics·environment·global warming·Oregon·Stuck in Customs·Sun Belt
