“Our emotions are being targeted by corporate interests to internalize the wrongs that have been done to the environment,” explains Tim Jensen.
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Swallowing the Guilt Pill
Tag: Environment & Natural Resources
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Flight of the Bumblebees
Responding to the sting of declining honeybee populations, Oregon State University entomologists and engineers are planning to track native bumblebees with tiny sensors.
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Roots of Relationship
In the near future, scientists expect that climate will change and our forests will adapt.
Just as some babies are born with special gifts for music or math, Harvard’s Howard Gardner argues, others come into the world with an exceptional sensitivity to nature. The Oregon Master Naturalist program was designed to tap into this devotion to the land and build a statewide corps of expert volunteers.
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Lake of the Woods
“The three key words in the mission of Oregon Master Naturalists are explore, connect, contribute.”
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An Ethical Tightrope
Making ethical choices about animals can be a philosophical high-wire act — a precarious balance of practicality and principle. Weighing practical needs against “normative ethics” — right or wrong, good or bad, just or unjust — requires more than a handbook of do’s and don’ts.