The main way environmental activists have tried to get apathetic parties interested in a certain cause is through economic means. If they make a particular conservation effort also economically viable, they stand a better chance of making the effort a reality. I propose a more unorthodox method; use people’s annoyance to further a cause.
I didn’t see the new Disneynature film on Earth Day, sadly enough, but I did go and see it before it vacated the big screen.
Earth is a documentary of epic scale.
I grew up watching the discovery channel (before Animal Planet…
This post is in response to an article in the Daily Emerald that came out a few weeks ago.
The article was titled “A Global Farce” and addressed the alternate viewpoint that Global Warming is a result of natural causes.
While the article…
I was reading a scientific article on how Bison are a keystone species in the Konza prairie (located in northeastern Kansas) and the various effects they have on the ecosystem there from eating dominant grasses and thereby increasing biodiversity, to…
In intro level classes, you don’t expect to hear about Pisaster ochraceous more than once in a day in more than one class. After all, how many classes can discuss a specific sea star without being off topic?
I must excuse my…
Kallen is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Journalism at the University of Oregon and, of course, writing a blog.