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The Economics of Sustainability & a Fallow Life

2008-07-19T12:48:07Z

Two articles caught my attention today in the NY Times. One was in the business section, by Peter Goodman, "Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Environment." The other was an op-ed editorial, by Bob Herbert, "Yes We Can." The way I interpr...

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Dry and Humid

2008-07-09T18:35:25Z

The past weeks I've been gardening. My vegetable garden overlooks a medium sized quarry. Every summer I watch the level of water in the quarry to see an indicator of how my small watershed is faring. When the rocks in the middle appear, I begin t...

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Second day of Fog, last day of Virtual Concerts

2008-06-10T19:20:12Z

We have been fogged in. It's like being blanketed by quiet and softness. It is chilly despite record high temps on the mainland. So rather than go down to my studio on the shore to work, I'm working in my home office. This morning, despite some a...

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Back on the Island

2008-05-29T22:11:15Z

I returned to Maine and was immediately overcome by the rich fragrances, flourishing azaleas & rhodeodendrons. It is alarming to see how dry the soil is however. But today has been a perfect spring day of cerulean blue sky line against the ultrama...

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Polar Bear Victory

2008-05-14T19:06:53Z

This is the best thing I’ve heard in years: polar bears declared a threatened species in the US. This at least opens the door to closing the door on some of the worst exploitation ever projected for the Arctic and consequently, the whole world.

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Climate Change Disasters, Wetlands & Dr. Michele Dionne

2008-05-11T12:44:40Z

Tuesday will be the occasion of my 100th podcast of the Virtual Concerts. It is fitting that my guest at this milestone, will be Dr. Michele Dionne, wetlands expert from the Wells NERR in Wells, Maine. We will discuss the accelerated pace of erosi...

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A Different Day

2008-05-10T20:47:44Z

Last night I had dinner with my best friend, still thinking about the symposium on "Unlearning Intolerance" I had attended at the United Nations Thursday, got to bed late and woke at least five times in the night. This morning, I didn't ask mysel...

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Today's Black Mood

2008-05-07T12:19:55Z

Recently, an arts adminsitrative colleague posed the question of why it's so hard to engage artists in the conceptual process, early in the team prrocess of public art. She knows the reason isn't the interest of artists but the attachment of othe...

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A Little Help from Our Friends

2008-05-03T03:23:09Z

The past few days, I've been in touch with some young people who've started a new site, 350.org, to address global warming internationally. I offered my help and advice as an ecological artist. I have been very moved by the freshness and enthusi...

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Functioning in the Time of Climate change

2008-04-29T17:45:06Z

Earlier today, I did a Virtual Concert with Steffin Keulig, Sacha Kagan and Lena, about the film work they recently completed about life in Karamoja, Africa, near Uganda. The conversation highlighted how fragile, complex and delicate the neccessa...

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