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20Jun/100

Phonebooks: So True

We just got a gigantic phonebook thrown onto our porch. I couldn't agree with this more. What a waste!

(via canucklehead)

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17Jun/100

Horribly Beautiful

The devastating impact of BP's oil spill has only just begun:

(via guardian.co.uk)

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9Jun/100

Incredible Scale of Height/Depth on Earth

You want to click this image:

(via ouramazingplanet)

4May/100

Rain Barrel

This past Christmas I received a rain barrel. I finally set it up a few weeks ago and just last week it rained. After only one relatively short downpour our 55 gallon rain barrel was full to the brim!

Here are Libby and I gathering water for the plants on our front porch:

We'll probably buy another one for the other side of the house. I doubt they will pay for themselves anytime soon, but it feels so nice to have a giant barrel of "free" water.

18Mar/100

Flogging the Scientists

A look at global climate change research and reporting; it is truly astonishing how scientific studies and interviews are twisted and manipulated to point in the polar opposite direction by the time they reach blogs and headlines:

(via pete)