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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New croc hunter sorely needed
For those of you who missed the tribute to Steve Irwin on Animal Planet the other night, here is a clip [must watch short ad first]. His passing left a void that needs to be filled and soon. I'm betting on his daughter.
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China, up close and personal
A family friend has moved to China to teach English and is keeping us posted via a blog. This photo caught my attention, because any toilet that can do all of those things can't be cheap, reliable, or good for landfills when it dies a premature death from mechanical failure. This is not moving in the direction of sustainable technology. Not to mention, hitting the bidet button by accident would be unsettling on multiple levels. -
No month is complete without it
For those of you who missed a remarkable discovery earlier this summer: a snake of a different color."The discovery of the 'chameleon' snake exposes one of nature's best kept secrets deep in the heart of Borneo," WWF's Stuart Chapman said in a press release. "Its ability to change color has kept it hidden from science until now. I guess it just picked the wrong color that day."
Indeed. I have hopes that its habitat does not one day become a biofuel farm.
As predicted, producers of palm oil are already running out of land.
"There's just not enough land to plant in Malaysia ... At the end of the day, there's no other way but to expand overseas."
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If Friedman had a blog, he’d be learning right now
Sometimes Dave's remarks border on mustacheism. I suspect it is more envy than malice, and I am not saying that just because I have a mustache. I finally got around to reading the article Dave posted about and have decided to use the Gristmill bully pulpit rather than bury my thoughts (that grew into a diatribe) in the comments, thus boring to tears a wider audience. Sorry you can't read said article without a paying for it. I don't care much for newspapers. This piece was an example of why. If Friedman's column were a blog, he would be learning a great deal right about now from comments.
