Plucking Photos from the Trees
We were tired. We’d been working for hours. But there was still enough time in the day to do one more task. This one would… Read More »Plucking Photos from the Trees
Reduce-Waste
Understanding Can Heal Pain
An invitation to listen to a podcast from David Suzuki.
A Chance at Change
The whirlwind of 2020 and 2021 is one of great contradictions. There was much to be written, yet when the pen came out, there seemed… Read More »A Chance at Change
10 “GREEN” NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2021 by Pennsylvania Resources Council
There’s no sense in rewriting great material when you can get permission to share. Thank you to Stacy Albin of Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC)… Read More »10 “GREEN” NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2021 by Pennsylvania Resources Council
What I Know to Be True
Six months since my last Back to Basics post, and I too am still swirling precariously close to despair. When does the worrying end? How… Read More »What I Know to Be True
Ecology Matters
I wish I could come up with something to write that could make you laugh. Or at least smile on this Earth Day holiday. Thirty… Read More »Ecology Matters
Radioactive waste blows another hole in their “clean alternative” argument.
With remarkable dedication to informed decision-making, through his PA Environment Digest blog, David Hess has done it again. Thus, common-sense thinkers like me are aware… Read More »Radioactive waste blows another hole in their “clean alternative” argument.
To beat the machine, pull the plug.
Legislative news came out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, last month touting a budget that, good or bad, finally passed. Because money rules more effectively than people,… Read More »To beat the machine, pull the plug.
It’s Time to Eat the Weeds
As I wrote this, the first post of a rebirth for the vintage Back to Basics Blog, I could hear the drone of my neighbor’s… Read More »It’s Time to Eat the Weeds