13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing the Fibonacci Sequence Posted 19 August 2011, by Andrew Michler, Inhabitant, inhabitant.com EXCERPT While most 13-year-olds spend their free time playing video games or cruising Facebook, one 7th grader was trekking through the woods uncovering a mystery of science. After studying how trees branch in a [...]
Archive for August 25th, 2011
25 Aug
Mary Faulkner and the potluck of women’s spirituality
Mary Faulkner and the potluck of women’s spirituality Posted 24 August 2011, by Sharon Abercrombie, National Catholic Reporter, ncronline.org Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF version When people ask Mary Faulkner about her religious practice, she says, “I tell them I’m a Canaanite. They look at me kind of funny at first, but most of the time, [...]
25 Aug
Department of Agriculture eyes large-scale farming of ‘miracle grain’
Department of Agriculture eyes large-scale farming of ‘miracle grain’ Posted 26 August 2011, by Perseus Echeminada, The Philippine Star (PhilStar), philstar.com MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture is eyeing the large scale farming of “Aglay,” an ancient wild plant that bears a “miracle grain” and which has been a major source [...]
25 Aug
Urban Biodynamics: A Key to Revitalizing Our Food, Land & Communities
Urban Biodynamics: A Key to Revitalizing Our Food, Land & Communities Posted 24 August 2011, by Lindsey Mann (Sustenance Design, LLC and Sugar Creek Garden), Georgia Organics, georgiaorganics.org Urban farming is likely here to stay. It makes sense for those of us living in cities, who want to live as connected to our [...]
25 Aug
Cloud-making: Another human effect on the climate
Cloud-making: Another human effect on the climate Posted 24 August 2011, by Michael Le Page, New Scientist (Reed Business Information, Ltd.), newscientist.com IN HIS Gaia hypothesis, James Lovelock famously suggested that living organisms could affect clouds – and he was eventually proved right. Now it seems the effect may be even stronger [...]
25 Aug
Biosphere ‘too green’
Biosphere ‘too green’ Posted 24 August 2011, by Staff, The Gympie Times (APN News & Media), gympietimes.com.au THE organisation behind the Gympie and Fraser Coast region “biosphere” has been told the ambitious project, to promote innovative and responsible relationships between business and the environment, has had a faltering start – because it [...]
