"the future of the study of human evolution is gonna be big team based projects" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upRFk2b2vas
Category: Ecology
Turtles… dialectics all the way down
"Biology has traditionally defined individuals by the criteria of anatomy (organisms separated from the environment), physiology (organisms whose parts work toward a common end), development (organisms derived from a common precursor cell), genetics (autopoietic organisms whose cells contain the same genome), immunology (organisms that reject non-self), and evolution (that which is selected). Recent studies show … Continue reading Turtles… dialectics all the way down
Why do societies collapse? Jared Diamond
Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how — if we see it in time — we can prevent it. https://www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse?language=en
Reenacting Science: Bruno Latour at SCIENCE GALLERY
A far more digestible insight into Latour's current thinking than his excellent Gifford lectures. Outlines his view of how science and politics may need to merge in view of the threat posed by climate change denial, how he relates to Peter Sloterdijk's thoughts on envelopes etc and how these may relate to 21st century art in … Continue reading Reenacting Science: Bruno Latour at SCIENCE GALLERY
Mycogeddon
Paul Stamets' patent could destroy Monsanto's grip on the pesticide industry using mushrooms https://www.minds.com/blog/view/422130907919421440/paul-stamets039-patent-could-destroy-monsanto039s-grip-on-the-pesticide-industry-using-mushrooms Why poison your food if you don't have to? In this post-industrial culture of getting as much as you can out of as little space as possible, increasing profit, regardless of ecological impact; we have birthed a slew of new ideas … Continue reading Mycogeddon
Religion and environmental sustainability
Pope Francis stresses 'right to environment' in UN speech http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34360928 Pope's key messages for US Congress http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34351940
UN sustainable development goals 2015
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ The 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 5. Achieve … Continue reading UN sustainable development goals 2015
DARK THOUGHTS ON ECOMODERNISM
http://dark-mountain.net/blog/dark-thoughts-on-ecomodernism-2/ and response to critics http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-09-10/ecomodernism-a-response-to-my-critics as suggested by George Monbiot http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2015/sep/24/meet-the-ecomodernists-ignorant-of-history-and-paradoxically-old-fashioned
Bats initiate vital agroecological interactions in corn
But make embarrassingly little money for agribusiness! http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/09/09/1505413112
GM comes of age?…we’re doomed!!
"Given the potential for gene drives to alter entire wild populations and therefore ecosystems, the development of this technology must include robust safeguards and methods of control (Oye et al., 2014). Whereas existing gene drive proposals focus on adding genes (Ito et al., 2002), disrupting existing genes (Burt, 2003), or suppressing populations, RNA-guided gene drives … Continue reading GM comes of age?…we’re doomed!!
Joey O'Gorman 