Environmental impact photography

Artful photographers documenting mankind's impact on the Earth and nature - Robin's article here.

Nashville rocks

Robin's latest travel piece in various editions of the Examiner.

Nature's good for kids...Pictured Rocks park

Robin's piece in the San Fran and DC Examiner newspapers. One edition here.

Bicycle thieving in Paris

80 percent of the initial 20,600 bicycles of the Paris bicycle rental system have been stolen or damaged...And along with the dent in the city-subsidized budget has been a blow to the Parisian psyche. “The symbol of a fixed-up, eco-friendly city has become a new source for criminality,” Le Monde mourned in an editorial over the summer. “The Vélib’ was aimed at civilizing city travel. It has increased incivilities.” Read on...

Today's reason for why we don't eat animals

Treatment of downed cows. Yeah, it matters. Article at

Video accessible here.

And: why many humans are absolutely the most inhumane, stupid and perverse creatures created by God. Enough to make me support the death penalty except for the commandment against killing. You want these people walking your streets or near your kids?

Chimp funeral

The November National Geographic Magazine features a moving photograph of chimpanzees watching the burial of one of their own. ... A maternal and beloved figure, Dorothy spent eight years at Cameroon's Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, which houses and rehabilitates chimps victimized by habitat loss and the illegal African bushmeat trade.... After a hunter killed her mother, Dorothy was sold as a "mascot" to an amusement park in Cameroon. For the next 25 years, she was tethered to the ground by a chain around her neck, taunted, teased, and taught to drink beer and smoke cigarettes for sport. In May 2000,
Read the story at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/the-story-behind-national_n_338120.htmlRead the story here. Worth the time.

Green chemistry: copying Nature

Robin's green chemistry piece in today's Examiner newspapers. One edition here. And with photo here.

Bacon, cheese, junk snacks create addictions

Mammalian brain chemistry altered by junk foods... Bacon, cheesecake and Ho Hos alter pleasure centers in rats' brain. Story here.

Santa Fe: Animals in Modern Art, and Food Spotting

http://prime.peta.org/2009/10/santa-fe-animal-friendly-art-vegan-friendly-cuisine

Eco-ethical shopping centers - beyond granola

Eco shopping centers? Cool places found in time for the holidays. Online and emerging in places from Santa Fe to San Francisco. Read Robin's Oct. 18 Eco Simple column in the Examiner newspapers. Here's the San Francisco edition.

Soo Locks and Shipwrecks

Robin's Sunday travel piece in the Oct. 18 Examiner here.

William T. Wiley's wild ride at American Art Museum

Kevin and Robin's latest art review. See the show. Read about it in the Examiner here.

Odor-prints

Everyone has a signature body odor – the chemical counterpart to fingerprints – and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the “human odorprint” for purposes ranging from disease diagnosis to crime prevention. The current edition of Chemical & Engineering News notes that police long have used trained dogs to track criminals using scent prints (and dogs have successfully detected medical conditions and seizure pre-onset). Scientists now are developing technology to detect and classify smells. Each odorprint is influenced by such environmental factors as diet and cosmetics. Scientists have identified odors in human breath and skin associated with diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Coming soon: tech that detects the “smell of deception” – chemical changes that occur with stress that could identify terrorists planning to detonate explosives.

Mediterranean plant-based diets good for mental health

NYT article here.

Feline fire casualties: more reasons to spay/neuter

Santa Fe Food as Art

Robin's travel feature in today's Washington Examiner here.

One reason to not travel to Spain

The Toro Jubilo festival in Medinaceli "entertains" by tying balls of burning tar on bulls who then try to kill themselves due to the horrendous pain. Care? See the facts and speak out here. Or here.

Rescuing injured birds, squirrels, other animals

Robin's Family Life piece in the Examiner newspapers here.

Greener buying, green entrepreneurs

Robin's new Eco Simple column in the San Francisco and Wash DC Examiner newspapers.