Restoration Ecology

Excerpts from Oliver Rackham, "Ecology and Pseudo-Ecology: The Example of Ancient Greece," in Graham Shipley and John Salmon, edd., Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity: Environment and Culture (London: Routledge, 1996), pp. 16-43:P. 16:A factoid is a statement that looks like a fact, makes sense like a fact, commands the respect due to a fact, and has all the properties of a fact except that it is not true. An example is the belief that...  

Pursuing proper balance between economics, ecologyShanghai DailyThey particularly emphasize the importance of establishing the right relationship between economics and ecology, the ultimate purpose of which is to ...and more »  

Taking place at Yale today and tomorrow is a conference: "Journalism & the New Media Ecology: Who Will Pay the Messengers?" Participants include Paul Starr, Jay Rosen, Jeff Jarvis, C.W. Anderson, PEJ's Tom Rosentiel, Columbia's own Michael Schudson...and many other luminaries. You can follow the live-stream of the conference proceedings here, and the Twitter feed...  

Learn more about Sharp Park lagoon ecology, the beautiful and almost extinct San Francisco Garter Snake and its primary prey species, the endangered California Red-Legged Frog. Discuss the future of Sharp Park. Sunday, November 15 at 3 p.m. Meet at...  

Lawrence Slobodkin was a leading pioneer in modern ecology — the study of the distribution and abundance of all living systems and the way they interact with their environment. He made important contributions to the philosophy of ecology and the role of ecological science in public policy.  

Washington State Ecology gets a new directorExaminer.comA couple days ago Governor Christine Gregoire appointed a new director for the Washington State Department of Ecology. Ted Sturdevant, who has spent the ...  

Charles talks ecology under penguins' gazeThe Gazette (Montreal)By RENE BRUEMMER, The gazettenovember 11, 2009 3:02 AM At Montreal's nature museum the Biodôme, chosen as a site in keeping with the conservation theme of ...and more »  

Here's a cute little video from Maya Research that illustrates the hugeness of our digital future: trillions of networked computers representing all scales of information and objects will make up the edgeless ecology of information that we'll be floating in. This is but a small preview of a larger project, so be sure to stay tuned.(more...)  

Ted Sturdevant named new Wash. ecology directorSeattle Post IntelligencerChris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant as director of the Washington state Department of Ecology. Sturdevant, who was the agency's director of governmental ...HANFORD: Governor appoints Ecology directorMid Columbia Tri City HeraldGregoire appoints Ted Sturdevant as Ecology directorThe OlympianTed Sturdevant new ecology directorSeattle Post Intelligencerall 19 news...  

I'm looking for good books on a variety of subjects related to the natural history of Nicaragua and Central America. I'm interested in the following: * Central American (inland, not coastal) ecology textbooks * Plant, fungi, bird, insect, reptile, mammal keys and field guides * Books on Central American geological history * Books on indigenous plant usage (ethnobotany) * Books on sustainable/organic agriculture in the region Any...  

Sometime during this decade, a child will be born who will mark humanity's transformation into an urban species—for the first time, more people will live in cities than in rural areas of the earth. Our influence is being felt in even the most remote parts of the globe. Yet most ecologists continue to study areas relatively unaffected by human activities. The Center for Urban Restoration Ecology is the first scientific initiative in the U.S...  

Urban designers realize the increasing importance to be environmentally sensitive. Douglas Farr, urban planner and president and CEO of Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design, will explore that topic at Case Western Reserve University when he gives the 2009 Richard...  

I have wireless access in the lecture hall today, so I'm going to try liveblogging these talks. This may get choppy! What it will lack in editing will be compensated for by more timely and regular updates. I hope. At least I'll be able to dump something to the site every 40-60 minutes. He summarizes the idea that there is a wealth of genetic diversity in populations to allow for effective selection. Lack of mutations should not limit a...  

The expansion of oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) affects the processes by which carbon is captured and sequestered on the seafloor. Researchers describe the metagenome of an abundant but uncultivated microbe from a fjord on the coast of British Columbia, Canada that is silently helping to shape the ecology of OMZs worldwide.  

!='s KEI FOIAs USTR ACTA NDAs points us to a really great blog post by Jamie Love on what appears to be a really good blog called Knowledge Ecology International (“Attending and mending the knowledge ecosystem”). Recommended for anyone interested in the intersection between intellectual property law and, well, freedom and development....