The Hot Air About Global Climate Change
When it comes to science, the scientific process, and specifically the climate issue, most people are unfortunately ignorant. Case in point. The proper term is global climate change—not global warming....
View ArticleIt’s Chemical Free and Not Tested on Animals!
As a trained scientist, there are two phrases that stir up my ire every time I see them in marketing copy: “chemical free” and “not tested on animals.” I know that may seem odd, but with our...
View ArticleBig Snow Equals Global Cooling, What?
Record lake effect snowstorm (36.6″) in South Bend, Indiana. January 7 -8, 2011. Credit: Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlogWith the recent record-setting snowstorms in the Mid-Atlantic states, global climate...
View ArticleThe Answer is Ebooks
One of numerous variables that are often overlooked in calculating the environmental impacts of any product replacement is ecosystem services. It is an exceedingly difficult variable to include as it...
View ArticleThe Ecosphere And the Economy
One of the many joys I periodically experience is that aha moment of seeing connections within and between systems. As a trained scientist with a graduate degree in business, my insights often...
View ArticleThe Wilder Side of Me
From the title you may assume that this post will wax ineloquently about my party lifestyle (which I don’t have), possibly sharing some links to Facebook photos that I probably should have never set...
View ArticleA Migration Celebration
Some of you have undoubtably noticed my lack of presence over the past several weeks on the various Stream channels I participate in throughout the day. Whereas my cessation of postings on Google Plus...
View ArticleKaufman Field Guide to Nature of the Midwest
Most of you know me as someone who thinks and writes about, and works and lives in, the Social Web and Future Space. Some of you have noticed my mysterious absence from the various social channels I...
View ArticleCoders Of The Future Will Not Be Engineers
When most people who read my blog see the word engineer they immediately think of those who write code for a living. In other words, computer programmers who may or may not have actual degrees in...
View ArticleThe Superorganism, Superorganization, and The Global Brain
I finally had time this morning to read Gideon Rosenblatt’s latest thought piece, Are Organizations Alive? A Different Take on the Evolution of Technology on his The Vital Edge blog. It is another...
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