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Nature &Science | 06 Jan 2009

The year of Darwin

The year 2009 is the bicentennial of Darwin’s birthday, and sesquicentennial of publication of his seminal book in Nov -1859 “The Origin of Species“… ( The Origin with a literal rendition of Genesis ) Source: Nature News The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin falls on 12 February 2009.  Darwin was arguably [...]

Globalisation &Life &Nature | 19 Aug 2008

Land, Farmer, Community: A Sacred Trust

The recent passing away of Masanobu Fukuoka, the pioneer of ‘‘natural’’ farming, which eschews plowing, weeding and the use of fertilizers or pesticides, led me to connect and reproduce the this under noted article , which was published  in Oct 2007 Orion Magazine . Fukuoka was the author of ‘‘The One Straw Revolution,’’ The heart [...]

Nature &Science | 15 Jun 2008

Things You Didn’t Know About…Relativity

Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it. 1 Who invented relativity? Bzzzt—wrong. Galileo hit on the idea in 1639, when he showed that a falling object behaves the same way on a moving ship as it does in a motionless building. 2 And Einstein didn’t call it relativity. The word never appears [...]

Nature &Sprituality | 30 Mar 2008

A Man Said to the Universe

A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist! “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me “A sense of obligation.” -By Stephen Crane-  (1871- 1900 ) Stephen Crane was one of America’s foremost realistic writers, and his works have been credited with marking the beginning of modern American Naturalism

Nature &Sprituality | 03 Jan 2008

If Nature Had Rights ?

If Nature Had Rights – What would people need to give up ? In a different kind of justice system, a lawyer might advocate on behalf of an aardvark, or a river, or an atmosphere. What might we have to give up if nature had rights ? by Cormac Cullinan & Drawings by Amy Falstrom [...]

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