The oceans used to team with life, and now, life is being bleached out of the oceans. Marine ecosystems are going topsy-turvy. Icthyologists, who study fish for a living, can see what’s happening to our oceans with their own eyes. In places like BlogFish, icthyologists are documenting the extent of the threat piece by piece. It makes sense that icthyologists would support a presidential candidate who seeks to end the years of environmental neglect under George W. Bush.
Posts under ‘environment’
Have We Forgotten The Earth?
We couldn’t grow victory gardens now if we tried. With global warming escalating, the difficulty is only increasing. Mohandas K. Gandhi had a warning about this development, which he saw beginning in his own lifetime: “To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”
A Very Woody Hug And Kiss for Tree Lovers
Trees are phallic, penetrating the sky and earth alike. Right wingers are out of touch with this natural symbolism of sexuality. They’re so much into dirty, stinking oil wells that I don’t think that they really have much fun in the bedroom. They mock environmentalists as “tree huggers”, and don’t realize that this very phrase reveals how much they’re missing the boat.
That SUV Makes Your Butt Look Big
Most SUV drivers are not concerned with doing the right thing. They don’t care much about the social responsibility of their vehicles. They just like the bigness, and the vroom. They also like way that SUVs look. This bumper sticker appeals to the vanity of SUV drivers
The Desert Was Not Meant to Be a Lawn
Above all else, if you live in the desert Southwest, don’t pretend that your yard is an oasis. Xeriscape, for goodness sake! Most of California is not at all suited for lawns. Los Angeles is not Cornwall. There are no sheep grazing in verdant pastures. The soil is suited for scrub and for jericho trees.
Is the Earth Getting Hot, or Is It Just Me?
This slogan is a little bit sexually charged, but then again, so are the cars that are out there on the highway, spewing carbon dioxide into the air. Better to emit some body heat than to let the Earth heat up beyond our control.
