Just in time for the hottest part of summer, when all the little creepy crawlies multiply and invade our homes, Celsias brings you a host of recipes to defeat the advancing armies of ants, spiders, flies, and even cockroaches (eeek!). I personally don’t mind a few ants. Or even ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in November 2011, about Chemicals, Children and Families, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
The online journal Nature recently published a study which makes the connection between climate cycles and civil war – a correlation that even grade school children recognize as causing man’s worst inhumanity to man when one group or another is pressed by that other Nature – Mother Nature – to the brink ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty, War (1 comment)
Readers love lists, so I thought this would be an ideal time to generate a list of talking points that climate realists (that is, those who believe in global warming and climate change) can use to confront deniers. 1. Arctic sea ice is at the lowest it has ever been ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in September 2011, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Polar Sea Ice, Politics & Government, Rainforest
The power blackout in San Diego, California (and points south and west) that took place on September 8 is over. Or is it? Utility officials for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) said repeatedly, before the event, that they had enough local power online to meet demand. But did they ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in September 2011, about Children and Families, Clean Tech, Conservation, Design, Economics, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Transparency
History is rife with examples of chemicals released on an unsuspecting populace before thorough evaluations of their safety and efficacy have been performed. A classic example is the drug Thalidomide, released in the late 1950s and most commonly used to treat morning sickness in pregnant women.At least 10,000 ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in August 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Chemicals, Children and Families, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Forestry
It’s a dire warning , coming from a reputable environmental site aggregator that advocates strongly against industrialization in an effort to advance an era of ecological sustainability, and – were it simply the site issuing the warning – we might be able to ignore it. But the cautionary information also comes directly ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in April 2010, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
In Normandy, France, a company makes a nutritional supplement called Plumpynut that offers the best hope for the world’s starving children. Invented in 1999 by French pediatric nutritional scientist Andre Briend, who is affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO), and manufactured under the flagship French company Nutriset , which ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in April 2010, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Economics, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
Up until January, most of us hadn’t heard of the Arctic Oscillation, or AO, a pressure system at sea level over the Arctic that has its opposite number at higher latitudes, or about 37-47degrees North. Currently operating in negative phase, the AO is apparently responsible for the extreme cold ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in February 2010
There is plenty to worry about in today’s world, from climate change to species extinction through deforestation and the increasing absence of potable water, not to mention rising levels of infertility thanks to modern chemistry, the potential for a serious pandemic (as witness H1N1), and a financial recession that ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in January 2010, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Nuclear, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government
In the wake of news that multi-year ice covering the Arctic Ocean is, for all practical purposes, gone, the U.S. Navy has launched an assessment aimed at strengthening the nation’s position in terms of Arctic oil reserves. Vanishing Arctic Ocean ice, reliably documented by David Barber, Canada's ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in December 2009, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
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