by Bill Schlesinger Many folks feel good when they take waste materials to their local recycling center. What they may not realize is that what they deliver—paper, cardboard, glass, plastic…
by Bill Schlesinger In preindustrial times, human excrement was recognized as a fertilizer; it was gathered up and delivered to farm fields by the “Honey Wagon.” That was closed-loop nutrient…
by Bill Schlesinger Out In ___________________________________________________________ Okefenokee Swamp White Paint Non-stick pans …
NOAA forecasts average-sized 'dead zone by Bill Schlesinger I found a glimmer of good news last month amongst the scientific literature that I follow regularly. Jien Zhang and his colleagues…
Okefenokee Swamp by Bill Schlesinger In the South of Georgia, the land of Pogo, lies Okefenokee Swamp, its waters held back from drainage to the sea by the presence of…
by Bill Schlesinger "Up, Up and Away, my beautiful, my beautiful balloon." The Fifth Dimension, 1967 Hydrogen, like helium, is lighter than air. You can fill balloons with hydrogen, and…
"If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success." John D. Rockefeller by Bill Schlesinger Since the advent…
by Bill Schlesinger And you tell me over and over and over again, my friendAh, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction P.F. Sloan, 1964 In these months after…
Plastic waste mountain by Bill Schlesinger With increasing frequency, we hear of the accumulation of plastic waste and its persistence in the global environment. This is not a newly emerging…