Since September i've been working on a project. I have neglected posting about it here because i wanted to really dig in and understand it myself before i felt ready to share or debate.

Basically I want to redefine what we consider to be alive as our reasons for excluding what most consider "inanimate objects" just doesn't make sense to me and I ( Read more... )

So, I've recently come across the journal Ideas in Ecology and Evolution. It seems like an interesting journal - basically an open access Trends in Ecology and Evolution. But what really makes me curious is their review system - pay for review. I've written a bit about it here and am curious what folk think.

This site looks interesting, it's talking about personal carbon capture and storage as a strategy to prevent climate change:
http://cou2.com

"Did you know that human beings themselves are major emitters of carbon dioxide? We all know about reducing our electricity consumption and taking fewer flights, but isn’t all this a little pointless when one ( Read more... )

What's your favorite, and the best must have Ecology books you know of?

So, I was rather struck to see the new Ecological Society of America Blog start up a few weeks ago. And of course, one of the first entries was all about how crazy and space aged the usage of blogs were. After reading the nytimes article on blogs, wikis, and the intelligence community, I was struck as to how useful similar ideas would be for ( Read more... )

So, I'm guessing by now some of you have seen the huge amount of coverage with headlines somethingn like "NO SEAFOOD BY 2048!" - it's even in The NY Times. What's interesting is that fisheries collapse around the world - not news (well, to those paying attention). Moreso, the 2048 date was a throwaway line from one piece of analysis from this ( Read more... )

The 11th International Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference - MEDECOS XI - will be held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia in 2007 (2nd - 5th September). The scientific program will feature oral and poster presentations covering important contemporary topics of global interest (eg global change, conservation of threatened species and ecosystems ( Read more... )

Hello again!

One of my projects is to design a henhouse for about a dozen free range hens.

Does anyone have any gems of wisdom regarding hen behavioural ecology etc.?

Thanks!

Hi, someone asked more about the reserve I'm working on this summer, so I thought I'd make a post to elaborate ( Read more... )

Hello, I'm new to this community ( Read more... )