Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted here about both tadpoles and frogs that my son and I had found in Riverside Park. Well, as a result of these posts, I’ve come into contact with Eastern Michigan University amphibian biologist Katy Greenwald, who, I guess, felt professionally obligated to write in and correct me, informing […]
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Blogbaby episode three: Kristin Schrader
[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my friend Kristin.] Little Arlo, you are a delicious little person and an eight pound bundle of potential. I don’t want […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other Also tagged Arlo, Blogbaby, China, commons, conservation, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, Europe, excise taxes, Fish and Wildlife Service, fishing licenses, fresh water, Great Lakes, habitat preservation, hunting, hunting licenses, John Dingell, Kristin Schrader, natural resources, North American Model of Conservation, royalty, watersheds, wetlands, wildlife 9 Comments
An evening in Detroit with the Rhizome Collective’s Scott Kellogg
On Saturday, April 18, between 6:00 and 9:30 PM, there’s an event taking place at the Spirit of Hope church in Detroit that I wish I could attend. It’s a potluck/workshop run by Austin’s Scott Kellogg, an author of “Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide.” Here’s the event notice: We will start the […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Austin, bio-shelters, city chickens, creating green space, Detroit, EPA, green economy, guerilla bio-remediation, guerrilla gardening, making your own energy, micro-livestock, natural building, permaculture, potluck, radical sustainability, Rhizome Collective, RUST: Radical Urban Sustainability Training, Scott Kellogg, Spirit of Hope, Toolbox for Sustainable City Living, workshop 3 Comments