Posts by Deb Scott
July 12, 2009
Saving the Columbia and Snake river salmon
By Deb Scott | Posted on July 12, 2009
“If ever there were a story that foreshadowed the political and legal Waterloos that loom in seeking solutions to climate change, surely that cautionary tale is the one about the Columbia and Snake rivers’ salmon and their imminent extinction. And like most stories about endangered species or environmental threats, this one is not only about fish and rivers—it’s about us.”
June 21, 2009
The garlic lover’s conundrum
By Deb Scott | Posted on June 21, 2009
I’ve loved garlic ever since my best buddy in college, Linda, introduced me to the fresh stuff in the late 1970s. She came from a well-to-do family of Italian heritage. She loved lots of fresh garlic and would double or triple any recipe’s allotment. My family was lower-middle class blue-collar from the mining communities of Arizona. The only garlic we ever had was in the form of garlic salt, and occasionally, garlic powder. My father didn’t care for any herb or spice he could actually taste beyond (non-herb or spice) peppers and chilies so that my mother, faithful homemaker she was, kept the cooking on our table bland. I wanted to emulate Linda and her family and move as far away from my family’s cookbook as I had from my hometown. From that humble introduction to garlic and subsequent reading of all the cookbooks I could get my hands on, I eventually became something of a foodie, although nowadays I try to eat as much locally or organically produced foods – preferably both – as I can manage.
June 10, 2009
Endangered journals
By Deb Scott | Posted on June 10, 2009
Utah State University will no longer be publishing Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing, founded and edited by Christopher Cokinos over a decade ago.
June 10, 2009
Competitive Altruism
By Deb Scott | Posted on June 10, 2009
“... Altruistic people achieve higher status, and are much more likely to behave altruistically in situations where their actions are public than when they will go unnoticed,” or so says John Cloud in a recent Time article, “Competitive Altruism: Being Green in Public.”
May 29, 2009
Ecopsychology Comes of Age
By Deb Scott | Posted on May 29, 2009
It won’t surprise many of The Clade’s readers, but “The best natural healer turns out to be nature.”
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May 4, 2009
The Language of Conservation
By Deb Scott | Posted on May 4, 2009
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mark Doty has a new project called “The Language of Conservation.” He and four other poets will be working with five zoos around the country: Alison Deming in Jacksonville, Pattiann Rogers in Milwaukee, Joe Bruchac in Little Rock, Sandra Alcosser in Brookfield, Illinois, and Mark in New Orleans, Louisiana.