Re: [ECOLOG-L] summer reading with an environmental theme

There can be a catch to reading poets who are not environmentalists -- they may appreciate environment, but not always as we might want them to. In secondary school we read Robert Frost's Swinging on Birches about the experience of climbing a birch tree to the very top, then swinging out into

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science Education.....

Chris Am on many lists like Ecolog-l that span the globe.C-Turtle which promotes Sea Turtle Conservation and the Coral list. It is great to see contributions and requests for literature, other resources from all corners of the Earth on these lists. I have seen an increase each and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

Malcolm McCallum wrote: I don't know where we are in this conversation now, but MY 1983 escort station wagon got 30-40 mi/gal on average with up to 50 mi/gal on the highway. that wasn't a rating, that was what it actually got. So, why is it that all the new cars (including the hybrids)

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

I don't know where we are in this conversation now, but MY 1983 escort station wagon got 30-40 mi/gal on average with up to 50 mi/gal on the highway. that wasn't a rating, that was what it actually got. So, why is it that all the new cars (including the hybrids) do so puke poor on mileage

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

Here's a Prius driver conversation about raising MPG that you may find interesting. http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/help-increasing-06-t929.html Folks are getting 50+ MPG. Jane On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know where we are in this

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

I recently bought a Toyota Yaris for ~$13K (couldn't afford the Prius). It gets between 35-40 in the city, over 40 on the highway. It's small, but it does have a good-sized backseat and is a hatchback. I've been surprised at how much stuff I can fit into it. I saw a Smart Car the other day-- it

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science Education.....

Hi Mike, I agree with your sentiments - great to see an increase in contributions from other countries and global integration towards a common goal (e.g. sea turtle conservation). I think you've touched on a really critical issue here too. I'm not questioning the validity of the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science Education.....

I have been bothered for a long time by the commodification of not only university degrees, but the entire educational system itself. This country's obsession with free market ideology may ultimately be its downfall. The problems with our system start at the earliest levels of learning

Re: [ECOLOG-L] summer reading with an environmental theme

Perhaps I am in a minority or am mis-interpreting the purpose of the summer reading course, but I would (if it were me, granted) focus on authors that would touch the soul and stir the imagination much more than any that would seek to fire my students' angst or rankle their sensitivities.

[ECOLOG-L] New articles for Population Ecology (February 2008)

New articles for Population Ecology (February 2008) Four new articles of Population Ecology have been published at 'Online First' last month. (1) Pernilla Christensen, Frauke Ecke, Per Sandström, Mats Nilsson and Birger Hörnfeldt Can landscape properties predict occurrence of grey-sided voles?