Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
For Those Simpsons Fans
More on EarthFirst!
Are you tired of namby-pamby environmental groups? Are you tired of overpaid corporate environmentalists who suck up to bureaucrats and industry? Have you become disempowered by the reductionist approach of environmental professionals and scientists?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Earth First! is for you. Earth First! is effective. Our front-line, direct action approach to protecting wilderness gets results. We have succeeded in cases where other environmental groups had given up, and have drawn public attention to the crises facing the natural world. . . .
Earth First! is different from other environmental groups. Here are some things to keep in mind about Earth First! and some suggestions for being an active and effective Earth First!er: First of all, Earth First! is not an organization, but a movement. There are no "members" of Earth First!, only Earth First!ers. It is a belief in biocentrism, that life of the Earth comes first, and a practice of putting our beliefs into action.
Very interesting group to study if you're interested in environmental organizations.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Mickey's evolution
It's incredible to see just how much Mickey Mouse evolved in a time span of less than 10 years. The character transformed from a rather bawdy rat to a refined mouse with with humanlike physical characteristics. Mickey even took on humanlike proportions so that it would be an animated character that people would relate to and thereby be more drawn to.
-Robin Simpson
Monday, January 25, 2010
1st class
Sponge Bob and philosophy
welcome to another action-packed semester of "Nature and Culture."
Ran across the following brief analysis of Sponge Bob cartoons, "The Tao of Sponge Bob."
Never too early to start thinking of paper topics. ;-)