The following is a translation of an article in which I’m quoted by Norwegian reporter Thomas Paust in Nettavisen.no, an Oslo-based online publication. I used Google Translate and massaged the text slightly to capture meaning. Am happy to receive corrections – the original article in Norwegian is here.
Climate change could lead to mass psychosis
“We know [...]

To viewers of "Chai Time" on Omni TV who might have followed the link on the show to reach my blog, I thought I'd (a.) link to the article the host Tarannum referred to and (b.) say a little bit more about my background.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was awarded a scholarship [...]

Colin Beavan, a.k.a. "No Impact Man," cites an article on the BBC web site written by Joanna Benn, who, as a "journalist, writer and consultant specialising in environmental issues," writes: "When I see babies, not only do I see the beauty, joy and miracle of life, I also see nappies, landfill waste, vast amounts of [...]

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"The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era."
- National Snow and Ice Data Center, Press Release, September 16, 2008
"The unthinkable – a government buyout of much of the private sector's bad debt [...]

In my previous post, I wrote about Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, the Haida artist who illustrated the book Flight of the Hummingbird using his own Haida manga style.
As noted in that post, the hummingbird of the story tirelessly drops beads of water onto a great forest fire, presumably to little, if any, material effect. As the [...]

Let me begin this post by saying I'm grateful for the concerted efforts of many to counteract climate change and save the planet-by reducing waste and carbon emissions as part of a sustainable lifestyle.
The way I see it, though, material sustainability is passé. It's more accurate to report we're in some kind of post-sustainability scenario [...]

"The worse things get the more delusional we’ll get because that’s what we do in crises: we get delusional."
- James Howard Kunstler, from No Impact Man blog
It's an anxious time. As a collective, humanity doesn't know how the macroeconomic situation will evolve, nor is it certain whether action on a large-enough scale to limit [...]

During the week of April 28, 2008, you can look forward to the following:

An interview with Miranda Loud, an up-and-coming mezzosoprano and artistic director who founded Rialto Arts, a non-for-profit arts organization based near Boston, Massachusetts, whose slogan is "Where nature takes center stage." The idea is for music and art to be a springboard [...]

Whytecliff Park No. 2, originally uploaded by Sanjay Khanna.
(Note: This is a revised version of a post placed online originally on April 13, 2008, and then pulled off the blog for another edit. For those who read the original post, note the above photo replaces the one of grass.)
I took this photo at Whytecliff [...]

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Chinatown in NYC: A space for respite and contemplation, originally uploaded by Sanjay Khanna.
For those who read my first post on attending the American Natural History Museum’s conference, [...]