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Buy Nothing Day vs. Black Friday

What you are saying about cyber monday and its impact on workers points to a disparity in power, with overmuch in the hands of capitalists and too little in the hands of workers.

frankbeswick, on 08/12/2015

Ecopsychology - How Wild Nature Can Heal The Broken Spirit

Coming back to this exquisite article, I have realized that the point that you are making is psychology but more than that. There are profound issues of philosophy and natural theology that need to be explored. You have touched upon what may be ...

frankbeswick, on 08/12/2015

Ecopsychology - How Wild Nature Can Heal The Broken Spirit

Very interesting. I find a certain peace when going to the mountains.

blackspanielgallery, on 08/12/2015

What is a Sedge? How is it Different From a Grass?

I would have just called all of these grass. Informative piece.

blackspanielgallery, on 08/12/2015

Saving the Environment Decisions Present Dilemmas

Thanks for the comment.

blackspanielgallery, on 08/12/2015

Saving the Environment Decisions Present Dilemmas

This is a technically well-informed article which gets to the centre of the issue: how do we evaluate our actions. If we choose one criterion, e.g. minimizing CO2, we might lose on another criterion, such as preventing resource wastage. I ...

frankbeswick, on 08/12/2015

The Survival of Horses in Pre-Columbian America

This was very interesting. I especially resonate with those studies of Native American traditions.

Mira, on 08/12/2015

Best Cover Songs - Vol. 1

These are great songs. I like them all :) So Adam Sandler was a singer? Who would have thought? :) I find his movies unwatchable but he's not half bad as a singer :)

Mira, on 08/12/2015

How to Wear Leopard Print

Thank you, Anita! Tight pants and bustier in leopard print can look good if you have the body and attitude for it :)

Mira, on 08/12/2015

The Survival of Horses in Pre-Columbian America

One toe soup! Interesting. P.D. Scott is correct in taking seriously the folk traditions of aboriginal/indigenous peoples. They often contain a store of knowledge and wisdom that can be overlooked by the educational world, to its detriment.

frankbeswick, on 08/12/2015

What is a Sedge? How is it Different From a Grass?

A very useful article that concentrated my mind on an area of botany that I did not know as well as I might have done.

frankbeswick, on 08/12/2015

The Survival of Horses in Pre-Columbian America

I have never heard of that before! I will have to look into it.

TerryMcNamee, on 08/11/2015

The Survival of Horses in Pre-Columbian America

Has anyone in your organization interviewed the Haida people about their longingly remembered "one-toe soup"? Any other animal that might be called one-toe? How long ago could that have been if ...

PD Scott, on 08/11/2015

Caring and Pruning Roses

The bushes are nice, but my success with them is no so good.

blackspanielgallery, on 08/11/2015

Buy Nothing Day vs. Black Friday

Well, after Black Friday and Small Business Saturday comes Cyber Monday. Much too much. And, stores are accommodating the shoppers by opening on Thanksgiving itself, forcing workers to show up for evening and night sales. This blocks workers ...

blackspanielgallery, on 08/11/2015