"Another beekeeper, according to apiarist lore, lived near a candy factory in Syracuse, and his bees produced a lovely, delicate spearmint- and winter mint-flavored honey"

"Sam directed me to the corner of Kitchener and Essex streets, on Detroit’s East Side, where there is now a mini-swamp or bog, roughly the contour of a basement to a house that no longer exists"

GIS collection focused on environmental/ecological data.
"Data Basin is an innovative, online system that connects users with spatial datasets, tools, and expertise. Individuals and organization can explore and download a vast library of datasets, upload their own data, create and publish projects, form working groups, and produce customized maps that can be easily shared."

Argument that the NJ-PA state line saved the Jersey Pine Barrens aquifer from exploitation by Philadelphia. Mentions 'electoral college reform' map.

Peter Del Tredici's plant site: "We vilify as weeds those organisms that flourish in the urban environment without our approval or assistance. It is these plants-the spontaneous vegetation of the urban environment-that are the subject of this website."

the idea of a tree: device that uses solar power to create an object each day. object's color/size are determined by intensity and quality of light throughout the day.

"Black cherry trees, native to the United States, are an invasive species in Europe and thrive in that part of the world. Experiments show why: A soil-borne pathogen keeps these trees in check in the United States, but is too weak to stop them from spreading in Europe."

"The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) conducts research on metropolitan Baltimore as an ecological system. The program integrates biological, physical, and social sciences. As a part of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Network, BES seeks to understand how Baltimore's ecosystems change over time. The ecological knowledge created by BES supports educational and community-based activities, and interactions with the Baltimore community"

Disturbed sites, chain link, rubble, weed trees, entropic succession

"In general, nonnative invasive species are spreading rapidly in the region, while native species are in slight decline." Ailanthus is on top.

jellyfish rampant!

"Climate scientists: only [keeping GHG conc.] below ~450ppm can prevent major climatic consequences. IPCC draft says keeping [them] at this level could cost <=3% of GDP. ... 'Probability for achieving 450ppm in ... the world as it now: almost impossible'"

"1% of the world's energy supply is used for it, it sustains roughly 40% of the population. Billions of people would not even exist without it."

"Constructed near the small island of Saltholm... The [artificial] island is a biological experiment. The soil, taken from the bottom of Oresund during bridge constructn, contained seeds of rare & extinct plants, which now flourish"

the burbs are looking to be the worst place for peak oil + global warming.

Elegent statement of spiritural ecology from vietnamese zen monk. ref: Sabrina Mezzaqui's Inter-essere

How much fossil fuel is required to produce a pound of beef on a feedlot?

trashfood

delicious oil: "In 1940 the average farm in the United States produced 2.3 calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil energy it used. By 1974 (the last year anyone checked), that ratio was 1:1"

"Assuming [the cow] continues to eat 25 pounds of corn a day and reaches a weight of 1,250 pounds, he will have consumed in his lifetime roughly 284 gallons of oil. "

Atchafalaya

Army Corps of Engineers project that keeps the Mississippi R from flowing into the Atchafalaya R