Countryside Digest
Beer, Beans, Banks and Brands
Mar 21, 2010 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Spring 2010Beer diets, beans diets, Icelandic banks (on a crash diet?), pets, paws and small farm producers. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
Lazy, seedy, devious and stay-at-home
Nov 15, 2009 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Winter 2009Border Thaw “Climate change has led to the introduction of one of the world’s first ‘mobile borders,’ between Switzerland and Italy. The border was originally defined according to where the…
Confection, Congestion and Electrification
Sep 15, 2009 | | Autumn 2009 | Back Issues | Departments | EnvironmentHow One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science.
Mitigation, Termination and Osculation
Jun 18, 2009 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Summer 2009Dandelions, porcupettes and wake-up calls. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
Morphine, acid, grass and vanilla bean lows
Mar 21, 2009 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Spring 2009Poppy Culture Medical morphine production is “a much more reasonable and practicable alternative to the attempted destruction of the poppy fields – an effort that wouldn’t succeed for long, in…
Innovative orangutans, Otzi the Iceman and snotty children
Nov 18, 2008 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Winter 2008If you want to avoid catching a cold, keep your nose warm, wash your hands a lot and stay away from children.
Oil Futures, Goo Goo Clusters and Judgment Day
Sep 15, 2008 | | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | Departments | EnvironmentSome 150 new candy bars hit the shelves every year, but 65 per cent of U.S. brands have been around for more than six decades.
Capitalists, Millionaires and Worldly Pleasures
Jun 20, 2008 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Summer 2008A British study suggests that for every minute you walk, you live about three minutes longer. You’re not using time, you’re generating time.
Bursting bubbles, boosterisms and commoner sense
Mar 23, 2008 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Spring 2008Boost “Deficit spending is already beyond belief, and the country is hugely indebted, as are households. The housing bubble has already burst. The Federal Reserve has made clear it will…
Tarantula hawks, beneficial beavers and the mollusk option
Nov 15, 2007 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Winter 2007Human Burnout “The trends in Vital Signs 2007-2008 make it overwhelmingly clear that while Earth itself is almost certainly not dying, many of the planet’s ecological systems are. And the…
Hungry maggots, voracious cats & greedy planets
Mar 22, 2007 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Spring 2007Biodiesel requires little or no modification to vehicle engines or fuelling infrastructure, and its greater lubricity may reduce maintenance costs.