Articles by Biodiversivist
My real name is Russ Finley. I also have my own blog called Biodiversivist, which contains articles in addition to those submitted to Grist. I live in Seattle, married with children. Suffice it to say that although I am trained and educated as an engineer, my passion is nature. I very much want my grandchildren to live on a planet where lions, tigers, and bears have not joined the long and growing list of creatures that used to be.
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Adirondack Adventure–No Bats, One Rabid Fox
Crossposted from Biodiversivist The above Animal Planet video shows a man trying to fend off a rabid fox …with a loaf of bread. I just spent a week with my family in a cabin on the shore of Brant Lake in the Adirondacks. While walking along a main road my wife and I were met […]
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A New Verb is Born — Outgreen
Cross posted from the Biodiversivist Blog From Wiktionary: VERB to outgreen (third-person singular simple present outgreens, present participle outgreening, simple past and past participle outgreened) 1. (transitive) To surpass in environmental activism or consciousness I submitted this word to Wictionary after writing a review of Tom Friedman’s book Hot, Flat, and Crowded where he […]
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Natural Enemies–People And Nature
Crossposted from Biodiversivist The above photo is from Rhett Butler’s (of Mongabay) latest trip to Bali. It inspired me to do a post. Beetle collecting was all the rage back in Darwin’s day. Photos from today’s high-quality, affordable, digital cameras, which allow anyone to snap cool pictures and video of wildlife, may be just the […]
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Response To The Cornucopians
(Photo credit: Ollie Crafoord’s photo stream Flickr) Cross Posted from Biodiversivist There have been four recent articles in Grist (mine makes the fifth and I would not blame anyone for not bothering to read it) on the topic of population. I put it together mostly as a matter of record. Good luck keeping track of […]
