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OT - Making your own Optical Instruments/Telescopesgreenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread
If anyone is wondering, this is going in under the Technology category.
It struck me a minute ago that many of the folks who post here do a good bit of hand work. If you can build a half decent cabinet or even an outhouse, you can build yourself a telescope. Hey, I had cobbled up a scope or two by the time I was 15 - though I admit I used a bunch of old lenses I had laying around. I have ground and polished mirrors at a later age - it really isn't a hard job - just particular.
I was going to write up the whole thing from memory - but I found so much information available that I decided to just post links. Email me if you need a bit more advice.
The telescope that took over the amateur world - the Dobsonian
http://tie.jpl.nasa.gov/tie/dobson/index.html http://members.aol.com/sfsidewalk/dobplans.htm http://www.arrowweb.com/M1/atm/
The ATM FAQ http://www.netacc.net/~poulsen/atm-faq.htm
A good looking page on telescope making - a bit advanced for most beginners though.
One of the oldest amateur astronomy groups in existence - don't miss their images page.
This link is for sunspot lovers. http://america.net/~boo/html/sun_gun.html
This is just a minor sampling of what is available or has been built by amateur astronomers. There are plans out there for building speciality telescopes for observing the suns corona, for observing solar flares - and lots more. Russell Porter's books - Amateur Telescope Making I, II and III - have directions for making most of them. And those books are nearly a century old!
-- Paul Davis (email@example.com), June 29, 1999
Paul...you never cease to amaze me : )
Thanks, I'd like to do this as a project with my son.
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-- Michael Taylor (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 29, 1999.
Mr. Davis, My wife bought me a 70mm Orion telescope for christmas. About the only thing I can find with it is the moon. I would like to be able to find the planets, nebulas etc. What is the easiest ways for an amature to easily find these.
-- John (...@...), June 29, 1999.
Quickest way for a new amateur to find various objects is to get a copy of Astronomy or Sky and Telescope and follow their monthly star chart. 'The Backyard Astronomer' is a fairly cool show on PBS that shows where various objects are located and gives times of interesting celestial events, such as meteor showers, comets and so forth. Check for your local viewing times. After a few weeks of trying, the sky becomes very well known.
Some years back I was showing the constellations to my nephew (now a programmer at SUN). When we got to Cygnus, I went from the beak of the swan to the tail, and got stuck. Went back from the beak to the wings to the tail - and told him there must have been a nova explosion as there was a star just off the tail that had never been there before. Went in and checked the TV news - I was right. That is how well the night sky becomes known to you after a few years of staring at it.
I am also the only living person who has been accused of making an A0 type star flare - but that is another story entirely, and pretty silly.
-- Paul Davis (email@example.com), June 29, 1999.
Well, Paul, nice to meet you--I'm an amateur telescope maker, too. Hand-ground a 6" mirror and made a Newtonian when I was in high school. It wasn't hard, just time-consuming. I think I used a book by Sam? Brown that may be still in print? (There's also "How to Make a Telescope" by Jean Texereau, that's been around since the 50's.) I also used a mirror-grinding kit, all glass and grits included, that I mail-ordered from the back of an astronomy magazine. I think it ran all of $75.
Astronomy is a fascinating hobby that, when you come right down to it, doesn't require any equipment other than your eyes and a clear patch of sky. A good pair of binoculars is the next step up. A telescope is a wonderful addition for anyone who wants to keep looking up.
Talk on this bb has sparked interest in meteor showers, solar flares, sunspots, etc. For those just getting their astronomical feet wet, I'd suggest eigher "Astronomy" magazine or "Sky and Telescope" magazine (highlights available online @ www.skypub.com).
Making the telescope was one of the high points of my youth. Telescopes have gotten very sophisticated since then, but my old polished mirror, cardboard tube, and plywood legs suit me just fine.
Sorry if this is slightly OT. Not every day you come across another telescope maker on a y2k site, though! Oh--did I mention I'm female, and not at all handy in the woodshop? If I could make a telescope, anyone can!
-- Always (Out Looking@The Sky.Too), June 29, 1999.
Well, as a matter of fact, YOU are pretty silly. Your whole post of this topic (even though you identify it as "OT") is pretty silly. Why don't you post it over at BFI, maybe CPR can build one and find Uranus. (Your Anus, get it? Moronic, pathetic troll.)
-- King of Spain (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 29, 1999.
Always- My previous post was (obviously) meant for Paul Davis. Just wanted to make sure!
By the way, do you mudwrestle?
-- King of Spain (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 29, 1999.
John--try the books "365 Starry Nights" by Chet Rayno, or "Turn Left At Orion" by Dan Davis.
This is not completely OT if you consider how many times the Leonid meteor shower, the solar flares, and other strange sky happenings have been discussed on this board. Some people may be interested in learning more about the sky now. I have been following the solar "weather forecast" since many good solar info URLs were mentioned the other day. Thanks to whoever posted those.
-- Always (Out Looking @The Sky.Too), June 29, 1999.
Thanks Paul and others for an informative post.
From one who has HAD to navigate by the stars to get his (mostly useless)butt back to civilization, I will be the first to SHOUT that this topic and information belongs on this board and IMNTHO is not even off topic.
Competencey in taking care of yourself may be THE survival issue in the future. Any learning which furthers that cause is, it seems to me, appropriate for this board.
-- Got a compass?
-- Greybear (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 29, 1999.
Graybear, I know a married team of professional astronomers in Bowling Green, Ky. (their speciality is quasistellar objects, if you were wondering) They got lost in Washington, DC some years ago, and navigated back to their hotel by spotting Jupiter and knowing where it was in the sky at that time of night! LOL Any knowledge is useful if you happen to need it.
I should add that most medium to large size cities have astronomy clubs - they are a wonderful way to learn your way around the skies.
-- Paul Davis (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 29, 1999.
In addition to fundamental orientation via Polaris, I used to, when outdoors a lot a night, be able to tell time fairly accurately via Ursa Major. Sadly I only know about 5-6 constellations and don't live near a large city.
-Greybear, who need to make a trip to the bookstore.
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-- Greybear (email@example.com), June 29, 1999.
Perhaps there is an astronomy club closer to you than the nearest large city. Check Sky and Telescope -- Astro Directory at http://www.skypub.com/resources/directory/directory.shtml
-- No Spam Please (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 30, 1999.
I would have to concur with no_spam_please - locate an astronomy club near you and visit one of their star parties. Most clubs sponsor public star parties on a periodic basis. Generally, astronomers are a friendly lot - find out where they hang out (if public access is possible) and ask (polite) questions.
Sky and Telescope has a good list of clubs, as does http://www.seds.org/TAC/
-- irregular darkenss (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 30, 1999.


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Meh...It's overtly violent (and I seem to have issues with that, much to my chagrin >:( ) and generally "action movie" in game form. If it goes along with other Id works, the story won't be fleshed out at all, and I'll have spent mah time slaying demons, zombies, and bathing in blood for generally no purpose.
That said, the story so far has been carried along by audio logs and E-mail, and it's rather interesting. It has also, admittedly, also made me jump a few times...stuff jumping out from places there shouldn't be places.
Dunno if I'll complete it or not, but I saw it in my desk drawer and went "O hai...I has new compy...lez try dem graphics, no?"
I have issues with the ridiculousness of the premise though...XD

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Mark van Eeghen (born April 19, 1952)[1] is a former American football running back who played ten years in the National Football League, including making two Super Bowl appearances. He played eight seasons for the Oakland Raiders (1974–1981) and then two with the New England Patriots (1982–1983). Van Eeghen rushed for over 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons from 1976-1978.[2]
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Prior to his professional career, he played high school football at Cranston High School West, from which he graduated in 1970, after earning all-state football honors as a senior.[3] He then played at Colgate University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1974.[3] While at Colgate, he set the school's single-season rushing record in 1973.[3]
Van Eeghen took over as Raider fullback from Marv Hubbard, also a Colgate alumnus.
Playing for Oakland in Super Bowl XV, he was the game's leading rusher with 75 yards on 18 carries.[4] He also won a championship ring with the Raiders in Super Bowl XI, and was the team's second leading rusher with 73 yards. He left the Raiders in 1982 as their all-time leading rusher with 5,907 yards.
Van Eeghen finished his 10 NFL seasons with 6,651 rushing yards, 174 receptions for 1,583 receiving yards, and 41 touchdowns (37 rushing and 4 receiving).
In 2002, van Eeghen was inducted into the Rhode Island Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame in recognition of his career.[3] This reflected that he was voted fourth on a list of the top 50 Greatest Sports Figures by Sports Illustrated.[3]
Mark van Eeghen has three daughters, including Amber van Eeghen (born 1980), who joined the cheerleading squad of his last team, the Patriots.[2] Amber took part in two overseas tours with the Patriot cheerleaders to perform for U.S. troops in Japan, South Korea, Hawaii, Portugal, Turkey, Iceland, Germany and England. She went to the University of Rhode Island, where she became captain of the "Ramettes" cheerleaders. She is currently married to former New England Patriots Pro Bowl center Dan Koppen.[5]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants a few really new and different ideas on how to achieve more ethnic diversity in the biomedical sciences, and is prepared to pay up to $10 million for those ideas. Our colleague Jeff Mervis on the Science Insider blog yesterday reported on a new NIH Director's Pathfinder Award aimed to get those breakthroughs.
The announcement for this competition notes that greater diversity in the biomedical research workforce is not just the right thing to do, it also benefits the research enterprise. A more diverse workforce helps achieve greater minority participation in clinical trials, says NIH, and improves patient satisfaction.
The announcement also makes no bones about its desire for ideas they haven't heard before:
The Director's Pathfinder Award is designed to support extremely creative individual scientists who propose innovative — and possibly transforming — approaches to this major challenge to biomedical research. The proposed approaches should have the potential to produce an unusually high impact in an area of research on workforce diversity.
NIH plans up to five awards of $2 million each, for projects lasting no more than three years. For entries to be considered, they must be new projects, not extensions of ongoing research. Plus awardees need to show they will devote no less than 30% of their research efforts to these projects.
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On August 1, a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain created Bitcoin Cash. A fork is the split of a blockchain into two blockchains, in this case, the original Bitcoin and the new Bitcoin Cash. Learn more
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Tuesday night's highly anticipated Democratic debate brought burning questions to the five candidates who took the Las Vegas stage, but no one question held more potential to boost (or break) a campaign than an inquiry about Black lives in America.
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- J. Alread, T. Leslie, and R. Whitehead. Design-Tech: Building Science for Architects. 2nd ed. (New York: Routledge, 2014).
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- W.W. Braham and J.A. Hales, eds. Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Technology (New York: Routledge, 2007).
- M.E. Deming and S. Swaffield. Landscape Architectural Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011). ProQuest Ebook Central.
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- R. Ng, 2013. "Essay: Speculations on Future Materiality." In Performative Materials in Architecture and Design, edited by R. Ng and S. Patel (Chicago: Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 2013), 237-252.
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- M. Decker, "Novelty and Ownership: Intellectual Property in Architecture and Design," Technology | Architecture + Design 1, no. 1 (2017): 41 – 47.
- S.K. Ayer, J.L. Messner, and C.J. Anumba, "Augmented Reality Gaming in Sustainable Design Education," Journal of Architectural Engineering, 22, no. 1 (March 2016): 04015012-1 – 04015012-8, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000195.
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- E. McBride, "The Development of Architectural Office Specialization as Evidenced by Professional Journals, 1890-1920," (Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 454), Washington University, 2009.
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- I. Sangamithra and M. Page, "Planning for New York City's Water Supply Resiliency" Paper presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, New York, NY, October 26-28, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481202.027.
- E. Carrager and J. Rügemer, "Collaborative Solid Wood Construction Case Study," in Proceedings of the 2015 Building Technology Educators' Society Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 2015, 39-48.
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- F. Harvey, "Graphene 'a game-changer' in making building with concrete greener," The Guardian, April 23, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/23/graphene-a-game-changer-in-making-building-with-concrete-greener.
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- N.C. Ricker, "Shop practice in woodwork 1875," Nathan C. Ricker Transcripts & Textbooks, 1873–1875, 1884–1890, 1898–1907, 1914–1921, Record Series 12/2/21, Box 4, Univ. of Illinois Archives, Urbana, IL, 1875.
- J. Drew, "Drew, Jane. (2 of 9). National Life Story Collection: Architects' Lives," interview by M. Garlake, May 20-21, 1995, audio, 31:31, https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Architects-Lives/021M-C0467X0003XX-0200V0.
Website Content
- "Ensuring your research makes an impact," Taylor and Francis, accessed May 7, 2018, https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ensuring-your-research-makes-an-impact/.
Video Content
- A. Levete, "Amanda Levete, AL_A, on the Changing Role of Risk in Architecture," National Architecture Conference, Australian Institute of Architects, May 16, 2015, video, 25:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJOV_tbD_U.
Social Media Content
- Adjaye Associates (@adjayeassociates), "We are honoured to announce that our principal Sir David Adjaye been officially knighted at an investiture ceremony at #buckinghampalace today," Instagram photo, May 12, 2017, https://www.instagram.com/p/BT_1sYLlhkP/?hl=en&taken-by=adjayeassociates.
- R. Piano, D. Campbell, and A. Guthrie. Light transmission system and method for buildings. US Patent 7,222,461, filed February 28, 2003, and issued May 29, 2007.
- Typical format: Developer, Title, (Release City and Country, Publisher, Year). Adapted from Gaming Studies: International Journal of Computer Game Research
Piker, Kangaroo 2.42, United Kingdom: http://www.food4rhino.com/app/kangaroo-physics, 2017.
In this style, the manuscript author cites the work of others by creating an abbreviated citation that runs in the text (The Chicago Manual of Style 2017, 15.7) and placing the full citation in a reference list at the end.
Notes on In-text Citations:
- Locate the in-text citation directly after the point being made. This may be within the sentence at the end of a clause or at the very end.
- Ensure all in-text citations can be found in the reference list, and all text listed in the reference list are cited within the text. As the editing of text can easily add or remove references, please double check the inclusion and omission of references immediately prior to submission.
- The parenthetical citation contains the author's last name and the date of publication. Note that there is no comma between the author and the year of publication, only between the year and relevant page or section. Include page number when appropriate.
In-text citation reads: (Crosson 2018)
In-text citation reads: (Fisher 2017, 132)
In-text citation reads: (MacArthur and Sun 2017)
- For three or more authors, use the first author's last name and abbreviate the remaining with the use of "et al." (and others). All others will be listed fully in the reference list.
In-text citation reads: (Yin et al. 2018, 98)
- If the work by one author with the same publication is used within the manuscript, then they are to be arranged alphabetically by title and a letter is given to the year to identify each.
In-text citation reads: (Arup 1985a)
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- For references of authors with multiple citations published same year and with three or more authors, use the name of the first two authors and the date.
In-text citation reads: (Rakha, Liberty et al. 2018)
In-text citation reads: (Rakha, Moss et al. 2018)
- When multiple citations are needed to support the text, separate the citations with a semicolon.
In-text citation reads: (Fisher 2017, 132; Vonier 2018)
- If a cited author's name is mentioned in the text of the manuscript, then only the year is need for the in-text citation within that sentence.
For example: Construction Historian Tom Peters (1996) posits…
- For quotes that come from secondary sources, the original author is named within the text and the location of the quote is found in the reference list and in the in-text citation such as (quoted in Dearborn and Bliss 2018, 23). Note, this should only be used when the original citation cannot be found.
Notes on Reference list:
- Abbreviate the first names of all authors with their first initial.
- For websites, include the access date in month day, year format.
Examples Using Author-Date Reference Style:
Alread, J., T. Leslie, and R. Whitehead. 2014. Design-Tech: Building Science for Architects. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
In-text citation reads: (Alread et al. 2014, 486-493)
Edited Book
Braham, W. W and J.A. Hale, eds. 2007. Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Technology. New York: Routledge.
In-text citation reads: (Braham and Hale 2007, 46-50)
Deming, M.E. and S. Swaffield. 2011. Landscape Architectural Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. ProQuest Ebook Central.
In-text citation reads: (Deming and Swaffield 2011, Chapter 1)
Chapter of an Edited Book
Ng, R. 2013. "Essay: Speculations on Future Materiality." In Performative Materials in Architecture and Design edited by R. Ng and S. Patel, 237-252. Chicago: Intellect, The University of Chicago Press.
In-text citation reads: (Ng 2013, 244-248)
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Decker, M. 2017. "Novelty and Ownership: Intellectual Property in Architecture and Design." Technology Architecture + Design 1(1): 41 – 47.
In-text citation reads: (Decker 2017)
Ayer, S.K., J.L. Messner, and C.J. Anumba. 2016. "Augmented Reality Gaming in Sustainable Design Education." Journal of Architectural Engineering, 22 (1): 04015012-1 – 04015012-8. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000195.
In-text citation reads: (Ayer et al. 2016)
Conference Paper
Sangamithra I. and M. Page. 2017. "Planning for New York City's Water Supply Resiliency." Paper presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, New York, NY, October 26-28. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481202.027.
In-text citation reads: (Sangamithra and Page 2017)
Carraher and J. Rügemer. 2015. "Collaborative Solid Wood Construction Case Study." In Proceedings of the 2015 Building Technology Educators' Society Conference, 39-48. Salt Lake City, UT, June 24-27.
In-text citation reads: (Carraher and Rügemer 2015)
Thesis or Dissertation
McBride, E. 2009. "The Development of Architectural Office Specialization as Evidenced by Professional Journals, 1890-1920." Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 454, Washington University.
In-text citation reads: (McBride 2009, 32)
Newspaper Article
Harvey, F. 2018. "Graphene 'a game-changer' in making building with concrete greener." The Guardian, April 23, 2018.
In-text citation reads: (Harvey 2018)
Archival Material
Ricker, N. C. 1875. "Shop practice in woodwork 1875." Nathan C. Ricker Transcripts & Textbooks, 1873–1875, 1884–1890, 1898-1907, 1914–1921, Record Series 12/2/21, Box 4, Univ. of Illinois Archives, Urbana, IL.
In-text citation reads: (Ricker 1875)
Drew, J. 1995. "Drew, Jane. (2 of 9). National Life Story Collection: Architects'Lives. "Interview by M. Garlake, May 20-21, 1995. Audio, 31:31.
In-text citation reads: (Drew 1995)
Website Content
Taylor and Francis. n.d. "Ensuring your research makes an impact." Accessed May 7, 2018
https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ensuring-your-research-makes-an-im pact/.
In-text citation reads: (Taylor and Francis n.d.)
Video Content
Levete, A. 2015. "Amanda Levete, AL_A, on the Changing Role of Risk in Architecture." National Architecture Conference, Australian Institute of Architects, May 16, 2015. Video, 25:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJOV_tbD_U.
In-text citation reads: (Levete 2015)
Social Media Content
Adjaye Associates (@adjayeassociates). 2017. "We are honoured to announce that our principal Sir David Adjaye been officially knighted at an investiture ceremony at #buckinghampalace today." Instagram photo, May 12, 2017.
In-text citation reads: (Adjaye Associates 2017)
Piano, R., D. Campbell, and A. Guthrie. 2007. Light transmission system and method for buildings. US Patent 7,222,461, filed February 28, 2003, and issued May 29, 2007.
In-text citation reads: (Piano et al. 2007)
Typical format: Developer. (Year). Title version number. [Platform], Release City and Country: Publisher.
From Gaming Studies: International Journal of Computer Game Research
Piker, D. 2017. Kangaroo 2.42. United Kingdom: http://www.food4rhino.com/app/kangaroo-physics.
In-text citation reads: (Piker 2017)
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Published at Sunday, April 21st, 2019 - 19:13:30 PM. Worksheet. By Karcsi Lenoir.
School should be a welcoming, peaceful place for children – an environment to which children come eager to see what challenging, stimulating, and fun activities are in store. Children know they may not succeed at everything they try, but also know they will be valued for who they are. Children's efforts should be rewarded, so that they will persevere and they will see themselves as learners (Kostelnik, Stein, Whiren, & Soderman, 1993). Physical Development, Children are born with a need to move (Kostelnik, Soderman, & Whiren, 1993). They wiggle, toddle, run, and climb as naturally as they breathe. When we insist that children sit still and do what for them may be a meaningless task, such as completing a workbook page, we force children into a situation incompatible with their developmental needs and abilities. When children cannot or will not do such a task, we may label them "immature" or "hyperactive." We may complain about their short attention span, or as in Jamaica's case, criticize her efforts. On the other hand, if we allow children to choose their own task from among appropriate offerings, we may see children as young as three and four years old spend 30 to 45 minutes completely engrossed in building with unit blocks, painting at the easel, or listening to stories. When we plan developmentally appropriate activities for children, they will attend to them, work hard, and learn (Bredekamp & Rosegrant, 1992).
Social Development, Teachers who require young children to perform passive tasks like worksheets may be heard exhorting them, "Do your own work. Eyes on your own paper." There are few situations in the adult world in which we cannot ask a friend or colleague for help with a task, or for their ideas about a problem. In fact, leaders in business and industry say they need employees who can work in teams to solve problems. Yet we ask children to do what are often impossible tasks, and insist that they suffer through them alone. The foundations for our social relationships are laid in the early years (Kostelnik, Stein, Whiren, & Soderman, 1993). This is the time when we discover the roles we may play, the rules for getting along in society, the consequences for not following rules, and how to make friends. The only way to learn these concepts is to engage actively with others. When we do not allow children enough time to accomplish fundamental social tasks, we set the stage for social problems later on. Middle and high schools cope daily with antisocial behaviors that in some cases reach the point of violence. If we expect adolescents to know how to work and live with others, and solve problems peacefully, we would do well to begin the process when children are young.
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"What is ESAD? ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and is a facebook group just for Australian and New Zealand Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators. We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends and blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas& friendship and we're always there to help and support each other. So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I'll contact you with information on how to join our group."
I am really excited about doing Christmas Cards this year. Each year in Oct I start making Christmas Cards for markets and sales to friends. I thought this year I would go with some non traditional coloured cards. I am using the All is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper . The mix with Soft Sky, and Lost Lagoon make an amazing combination. I used the stamp set Bright & Beautiful and the Stars Framelits for the embellishment and greeting.
The Stars Framelits are so versatile. I have been using them for several cards I have made recently.
Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I think we have neglected the personalised cards of times past. How exciting is it to get a card in the mail? I use to have a special garland hung in my lounge with all the cards I received. The last few years I have not sent as many to friends nor received many. This year I am planning to dig out my old Christmas Card list and send cards to as many of my friends as possible. I am really excited to send them to my family and friends. What better card to receive than a handmade one ? Here is one of my cards.
This year I thought I would make a few I hope you enjoyed the ESAD Blog Hop so far. You may have found arrived here from Rochelle's Blog. If you started here at my blog you can hop over to the other blogs until you get back to my blog. Below is a full list of the hop.
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(Reuters) - A panel of experts advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said an oral drug made by Merck & Co was effective in treating grass pollen allergy but expressed concerns about the drug's safety in children.
The advisory panel voted 9-0 that available data supported the efficacy of the immunotherapy drug, Grastek, in treating Timothy grass pollen allergy in patients 5 years or older.
The committee also voted unanimously in favor of the drug's safety, on the condition that patients taking the drug have easy access to epinephrine - a medicine used to treat serious allergic reaction such as ones that can result from the use of immunotherapies.
Panelists recommended post-approval studies of the drug to test its safety in children aged 5 to 11 years, citing side effects such as lip swelling, throat irritation and tightness and oral blistering.
Grastek is an immunotherapy drug which contains extracts of Timothy grass allergen. Immunotherapies work by boosting the body's immune system and making it less sensitive to allergens.
The tablet, meant to be placed under the tongue, helps the body to adjust to the allergen. It is sold as Grazax in Europe by Merck's partner ALK Abello.
The FDA usually takes the recommendations into account while making a decision on approving a drug, but it is not obligated to follow them.
On Wednesday, the committee backed another allergy immunotherapy made by France's Stallergenes SA.
Stallergenes' Oralair is also to be placed under the tongue and comprises extracts from five grass pollens - Kentucky bluegrass, Orchard, Perennial rye, Sweet vernal and Timothy.
Allergen-specific immunotherapies are ideal for patients whose symptoms are not adequately controlled by avoiding the allergens or by medicines, those suffering from allergy drug-related side effects, or who wish to reduce the long-term use of drugs.
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A freshly designed, new edition of a funny weekly chronicle that offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast.
A Year on the Wild Side is a witty commentary on the social and natural history of Vancouver Island. Composed of short, readable essays arranged into 12 monthly chapters, this engaging book reveals the magic and humour of the natural world and reminds us of our place within it.
As the weeks and seasons unfold with the turning of the pages, you'll be in sync with the living world that surrounds you. Discover what berries are ripe and the best time to pick them. Learn why the termites swarm, where the herring spawn, and when the maple leaves fall. Get up close and personal with fascinating creatures like the snowy owl, the giant Pacific octopus, the river otter, and more.
The West Coast is abundantly alive, and A Year on the Wild Side invites you to indulge in unforgettable experiences, week by week, all year long.
"Salt Spring Island naturalist, artist and author Briony Penn has spent decades studying the flora and fauna of the West Coast. In her new book, A Year on the Wild Side, she shares her unique perspectives — and enchanting illustrations — on the social and natural history of more than 98 plant and animal species found on the coast." - Times Colonist
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400 pages | 6.50" x 8.00" | 2nd edition
Would you be surprised if you came face to face with a Drumming Katydid, Red-eared Slider or Brown Bullhead? Would you know what to do if Dalmatian Toadflax or Giant Hogweed landed in your neighbourhood? Alex Van Tol can help. In Aliens Among Us, she identifies more than 50 species of animals and plants that have invaded British Columbia. With the help of colour photographs and illustrations, she exposes the invaders, explains how they got here and what they're doing to the environment.
In this first-ever children's book published by the Royal BC Museum, Van Tol has harvested the knowledge of museum biologists to alert the next generation of responsible environmentalists. Her list of serious invaders includes the colourfully named Purple Loosestrife, Violet Tunicate, Eastern Grey Squirrel and Yellow Perch, species that tend to take over an area and crowd out or destroy native species. She names the creatures that can eat their way through an ecosystem, like Smallmouth Bass, Gypsy Moths and American Bullfrogs, as well as vandals like Norway Rats and European Starlings that cause damage to property. And she points out the species that might do serious harm to humans and other animals, such Rockpool Mosquitoes, Giant Hogweed and Poison Hemlock. Some aliens, like European Wall Lizards and Giant Garden Slugs, haven't yet posed problems in BC, at least not that we're aware of – but they still need to be watched. And finally, Van Tol raises the alert on species that haven't yet arrived but may be coming soon, like Northern Snakeheads, Fence Lizards and Zebra Mussels. This readable and alarmingly informative book will help young people prepare for the invasion, and arm them with the tools to stop the spread of unwanted aliens in British Columbia.
"Chapters include examples within every class of animal and a selection of herbaceous and woody plants found in BC. One chapter discusses three animals (e.g. zebra mussel) not yet in the province, but likely to appear soon. Another chapter looks at native species (e.g. northern raccoon) that can dominate enough to upset ecology. Finally, the author offers a few examples of aliens that have become so familiar (e.g. cattle) that we forget they are not native here. An important feature is the section "You Can Help" which outlines ways to stop the spread of aliens and urges the reporting of sightings. There's a Glossary of terms, several pages of scientific names and a useful list of sources, both print and web. The book is packed with concise, intriguing details gathered by the BC author, a former teacher who loves to research. It is published by the Royal BC Museum which attests to its relevancy and accuracy." - CM Magazine, 2016
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How a single tree, and the logger who saved it, have changed the way we see British Columbia's old-growth forests
On a cool morning in the winter of 2011, a logger named Dennis Cronin was walking through a stand of old-growth forest near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. His job was to survey the land and flag the boundaries for clear-cutting. As he made his way through the forest, Cronin came across a massive Douglas fir the height of a twenty-storey building. It was one of the largest trees in Canada that if felled and milled could easily fetch more than fifty thousand dollars. Instead of moving on, he reached into his vest pocket for a flagging he rarely used, tore off a strip, and wrapped it around the base of the trunk. Along the length of the ribbon were the words "Leave Tree."
When the fallers arrived, every wiry cedar, every droopy-topped hemlock, every great fir was cut down and hauled away — all except one. The solitary tree stood quietly in the clear cut until activist and photographer T. J. Watt stumbled upon the Douglas fir while searching for big trees for the Ancient Forest Alliance, an environmental organization fighting to protect British Columbia's dwindling old-growth forests. The single Douglas fir exemplified their cause: the grandeur of these trees juxtaposed with their plight. They gave it a name: Big Lonely Doug. The tree would also eventually, and controversially, be turned into the poster child of the Tall Tree Capital of Canada, attracting thousands of tourists every year and garnering the attention of artists, businesses, and organizations who saw new values encased within its bark.
Originally featured as a long-form article in The Walrus that garnered a National Magazine Award (Silver), Big Lonely Doug weaves the ecology of old-growth forests, the legend of the West Coast's big trees, the turbulence of the logging industry, the fight for preservation, the contention surrounding ecotourism, First Nations land and resource rights, and the fraught future of these ancient forests around the story of a logger who saved one of Canada's last great trees.
"Having spent time, personally, with Big Lonely Doug, and wandering through the last of our ancient forests in British Columbia, it's never been more clear to me how imperative it is for us as humans to recognize the magnificence of these ancient trees and forests and do everything that we can to preserve them. With less than 1 percent of the original old-growth Douglas-fir stands left on B.C.'s coast, it's time for Canadians to embrace Big Lonely Doug and his fellow survivors, and keep them standing tall. Harley Rustad's story brings both the majesty and adversity of Big Lonely Doug a little closer to home." — Edward Burtynsky
"You can see the forest for the trees, at least when the trees in question are singular giants like Big Lonely Doug, and the writer deftly directing your gaze is Harley Rustad. This sweeping yet meticulous narrative reveals the complex human longings tangled up in B.C.'s vanishing old-growth forests — cathedrals or commodities, depending on who you ask, and the future hinges on our answer." — Kate Harris, author of Lands of Lost Borders
"An affecting story of one magnificent survivor tree set against a much larger narrative — the old conflict between logging and the environmental movement, global economics, and the fight to preserve the planet's most endangered ecosystems. If you love trees and forests, this book is for you." — Charlotte Gill, author of Eating Dirt
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Imagine a world without bees. Not only would it be less colorful - with fewer wildflowers and flowering plants - it would be less fruitful as well. A world without bees would mean a world where the food supply would be significantly diminished. Global bee researcher Laurence Packer estimates that bees are responsible for 1/3 of our food supply.
Buzz About Bees offers an in-depth look at an endangered and vital part of the natural world. Accompanying information about the history, social structure and science behind the world of bees and honey are conservation activities to make the world a place where hives of bees can thrive.
"Buzz About Bees is a great overview of all things apiarian. Pick up this book and it engages you with a true/false quiz about what you and your students may or may not know about bees. […] If you can navigate the BEE-wildering array of apiarian puns, this is a great introduction to all things bees." — NSTA
"With punny titles such as 'UnBEE-lievable Body Parts' and 'Let Me BEE: I'm BUZZ-y Working', Buzz About Bees takes an upbeat, yet serious, approach to its topic... Absorbing, cheerful, and easy to read." Recommended. — CM Magazine
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Recommended ages: 10-13.
Chapter 1: BEE-N THERE, DONE THAT
- BEE-ing Worthy of Royal Status
- Take Your Medicine: Drink Your Honey
- Recipe for Soothing a STING-ing Throat
Chapter 2: THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX
- UnBEE-lievable Body Parts
- Classifying Bee Bodies
- To BEE or Not to BEE
Chapter 3: BEE-ING TOGETHER
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- BEE-ing the Queen
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- Keeping BUZZ-y
Chapter 4: BEE-ING ALONE
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- BEE-fore I Leave You
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Chapter 5: BEES OF THE WORLD, DISPERSE!
- Bee Mobility
- Invasive Pests
- Killer Bees
- Leave Me BEE Game
- The BEE's Knees
- BEE a Researcher
- Let Me BEE: I'm BUZZ-y Working
- BEE-ing a Beekeeper
- A SWEET Life
Chapter 6: STINGING EFFECTS ON THE WORLD
- BEE-hind the Eight Ball
- BEE-coming Extinct
- What's the BUZZ?
- BEE the Change the World Needs
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Photo Credits
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32 pages | 8.00" x 10.00" | colour photographs, colour illustrations, index, glossary, further reading
Canoe Kids Vol. 1 The Ojibwe of Great Spirit Island is the first issue of a 24 edition series designed as family books for kids all ages. This eight-year project will see the Canoe Kids Team embed with 24 Peoples. The mandate for the full-colour book (161 full colour high res photographs) is Exploring Indigenous Cultures through Authentic Indigenous Voices. The publication balances culture, equity and the environment in a beautiful mix that reminds the reader of the pictorial quality of National Geographic with a more in depth editorial content.
This first issue (in a series of 24) focuses on the Ojibwe People of Great Spirit Island (Manitoulin Island). In 129 pages the reader is introduced to the Ojibwe People who kindly assisted the Canoe Kids staff by allowing access to their traditional territory. Canoe Kids acknowledges the generosity of the Council of Aundeck Omni Kanning and the People of the six Manitoulin communities.
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Each edition follows a common theme and features:
1: Compelling and beautiful pictorials that draw you into the stories and place of the featured community
2: The story of the vessel used by the featured Peoples
3: Art and Food
4: A Kids Zone
5: Resources for kids, parents and educators
6: Stories by and of the featured Peoples in each edition
7: Extraordinary pictures of the lives, land and waters of the featured Peoples
The materials are equal parts cultural and environmental. The latter is a natural offshoot of the former as Indigenous cultures are wrapped around and through the lands and water and sky both spiritually and from a harvesting and gathering perspective. Indigenous Peoples have long been the caretakers of Mother Earth and we can all learn from these experts whose message is perhaps more relevant today than ever.
Indigenous communities have always included the little ones in their circles and talk and teach to them in the same way they talk and teach to young adults and adults. Canoe Kids decided to follow that inclusive way of life for the layout of each book. Rather than create editions for different age groups, Canoe Kids decided to have one book for all ages.
CANOE KIDS is an ideal ongoing resource for teachers and is well received in all libraries. Articles are organized and developed so that there are materials for every age group, grade level, subject and interest.
K through 3 use Canoe Kids to read beautiful and ancient stories. There is beautiful original art to explore and a Kids Zone with puzzles, word searches, colouring, cutouts and more. Mid grades use the materials to study the culture, food and wildlife of the featured cultures. Grades 8 through 12 use stories that are more in depth from Dr. David Suzuki about the environment and there are discussion articles about living well and properly with Mother Nature as well as articles about the history and geography of the featured People.
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130 pages | 8.50" x 11.00"
Change the story and change the future – merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene
As humanity marches on, causing mass extinctions and destabilizing the climate, the future of Earth will very much reflect the stories that Homo sapiens decides to jettison or accept today into our collective identity. At this pivotal moment in history, the most important story we can be telling ourselves is that humans are not inherently destructive.
In Changing Tides, Alejandro Frid tackles the big questions: who, or what, represents our essential selves, and what stories might allow us to shift the collective psyche of industrial civilization in time to avert the worst of the climate and biodiversity crises?
In seeking the answers, Frid draws from a deep well of personal experience and that of Indigenous colleagues, finding a glimmer of hope in Indigenous cultures that, despite the ravishes of colonialism, have for thousands of years developed intentional and socially complex practices for resource management that epitomize sustainability. Ultimately, Frid argues, merging scientific perspectives with Indigenous knowledge might just help us change the story we tell ourselves about who we are and where we could go.
Changing Tides is for everyone concerned with the irrevocable changes we have unleashed upon our planet and how we might steer towards a more benign Anthropocene.
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Subjects: Nature; Environmental Conservation/Protection; Ecosystems; Habitats; Oceans; Seas; Social Science; Indigenous Studies
Audience: Readers of Braiding Sweetgrass; people interested in natural conservation, climate change and ecology; Native American and Indigenous studies students; students of climatology, archeology, anthropology, social science, resource management and ecology.
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208 pages | 6.00" x 9.00" | 8 page color section
What can we do, right now, in our own landscapes, to help solve climate change?
Predictions about future effects of climate change range from mild to dire - but we're already seeing warmer winters, hotter summers, and more extreme storms. Proposed solutions often seem expensive and complex, and can leave us as individuals at a loss, wondering what, if anything, can be done.
Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt offer a rallying cry in response - instead of wringing our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. Based on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home. Topics include:
- Working actively to shrink our carbon footprint through mindful landscaping and gardening
- Creating cleaner air and water
- Increasing physical comfort during hotter seasons
- Supporting birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife.
This book is the ideal tool for homeowners, gardeners, and landscape professionals who want to be part of the solution to climate change.
"Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt bring complementary backgrounds to bear on the subject of how we can adapt our landscapes to a changing climate. Starting from the premise that the impacts of climate change will only become more severe in the future, the authors have created a comprehensive book that outlines dozens of actions that people can take to adjust to evolving climate regimes. In the process, they articulate a new gardening aesthetic for people who work with small garden plots, farms and woodlots. The result is a positive and hopeful story of how people can use their imagination and ingenuity to help craft more resilient landscapes." -Dr. Peter Robinson, former CEO, David Suzuki Foundation
"Climate-Wise Landscaping is a comprehensive, yet easy to read, source of information on climate-change adaptation and mitigation actions for the homeowner, gardener, and landscape professional. Beautiful photos and pleasing graphics illustrate key ideas and actions while informative sidebars and inspiring quotes from climate and landscape experts provide clarity of complex systems and motivation to adapt to a changing future. The text provides an engaging blend of broad ideas along with specific actions we can take to adapt to climate-change at the level of our home landscapes, whether a small garden plot within an urban area or twenty acres in the countryside." -Julie Richburg, Ph.D., Ecologist
"Given the lateness of the hour, a book on climate-wise landscaping could not be more timely or more necessary. We are moving into a new and critical era, and this book takes landscape professionals and home gardeners where they need to go. The facts, well-presented and practical, will be an eye-opener for many people, and empower us as horticulturists of all stripes to do what is both helpful and imperative. Landscaping has always been more than just exterior decorating, and now we have one more tool in our kit to make the landscape ecosystem a part of the solution. Thank you, Sue and Ginny, for hitting a home run." -Owen Dell RLA, ASLA, landscape architect, educator, author, Owen Dell & Associates
"Gardening is not always as green and good for the planet as we might think. Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt open our eyes to surprisingly common, unsustainable landscaping practices and inspire us to rethink how we create and care for land. This fantastic resource is filled with climate-wise solutions for anyone who owns or manages a piece of ground – even if it's just a few containers on a tiny rooftop garden. You will quickly learn about exiting ways to offset some of the effects we people have on the planet. The book is easy to navigate and it passionately links better gardening practices with better life quality and a brighter future for our planet." -Claudia West ASLA, Principal, PHYTO STUDIO LLC
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320 pages | 7.50" x 9.00" | full colour throughout
Explore the fascinating world of Nunavut's diverse rocks and minerals in this richly visual, informative book.
Through beautiful photographs and a broad range of information—with absorbing "Did You Know?" facts to accompany every account—readers will learn about the appearances, traditional and modern uses, and environments of eastern Arctic rocks and minerals. Covered in this book is everything from diamond to granite, from the most precious to the most common stone.
Readers will learn about rocks and minerals, as well as how their use has been important to the survival of the Inuit.
Far from a barren land of ice and snow, this book will introduce readers to the vibrant natural life of Nunavut through its distinct geology.
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242 pages | 6.50" x 9.00"
Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia's Peace River Valley has been touted by B.C. Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province's increasing energy needs. With its enormous $10 billion price tag, the dam would be the largest public works project in BC history. It would be the third dam on the Peace River, and destroy traditional unceded territory belonging to Treaty 8 First Nations.
Following the last provincial election, the newly appointed NDP government called for a review of the project, but work on the dam continues. This comes after protests by aboriginal groups and landowners, several lawsuits against the government, and federal government intervention to let the dam go ahead. More recently, there has been a call from a United Nations panel to review how the dam will affect Indigenous land.
This book presents the independent voices of citizen experts describing every important impact of the dam, including:
- Sustainable energy expert Guy Dauncey on future energy demand, and whether there is likely to be a need for the dam's electricity
- An interview with aboriginal activist Helen Knott on the dam's assault on traditional lands and culture, in particular Indigenous women
- Agrologist Wendy Holm on the farm land impact — prime horticulture land important to food security and nutrition
- Family physician Warren Bell on the effect that loss of traditional way of life and connection to the land has had on the health of aboriginal people
- Wildlife biologist Brian Churchill with forty years' experience of studying its land and wildlife
- Former environmental minister Joan Sawicki on government cover-ups and smoking guns
- Energy industry watchdog Andrew Nikiforuk on the links between dams, fracking and earthquakes
- Award-winning broadcaster Rafe Mair on how party politics corrupts political leadership, and the role of activism and civil disobedience in shaping government decision-making
- David Schindler, one of the world's foremost water ecologists, explains the role dams like Site C will play in Canada's climate change strategy
- Joyce Nelson connects the dots between the Site C dam and continental water sharing plans
"Wendy Holm brings another perspective to the case against Site C, that of the production of crops." — Nelson Star, January 2018
"A massive, $10 billion hydroelectric dam project on British Columbia's Peace River could threaten the First Nations peoples who live nearby. This volume dives deep into the potential impacts and decades of governmental cover-ups related to this long-planned project."— John R. Platt, The Revelator, April 2018
"This book provides an organized and rigorous "how to" guide on the intellectual and fact-based opposition to Site C, and in doing this becomes a great model for a book on any long-term protest. Its ambition is to inform on the subject from every possible angle, keeping the Peace River, the region and its people in mind, rather than the expediency of the business and government angle, which is usually given at least equal weight by the mainstream media." — Cathryn Atkinson, Rabble, June 2018
"There is an "elephant in the room" — not the huge white elephant that you see at No-Site C rallies. This elephant is dark and invisible. The government does not talk about it ... No. This elephant is rather more sinister. Wendy Holm confronts it and exposes it. It's about exporting water."— John Gellard, The Ormsby Review, August 2018
"Damming the Peace is an accessible, thoughtful and informative collection of essays that reveal the grave environmental, human and economic costs if the Site C dam is built."— Tim Pelzer, People's Voice, October 2018
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Includes Indigenous content/perspectives and an Interview with Indigenous activist Helen Knott.
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272 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
downstream: reimagining water brings together artists, writers, scientists, scholars, environmentalists, and activists who understand that our shared human need for clean water is crucial to building peace and good relationships with one another and the planet. This book explores the key roles that culture, arts, and the humanities play in supporting healthy water-based ecology and provides local, global, and Indigenous perspectives on water that help to guide our societies in a time of global warming. The contributions range from practical to visionary, and each of the four sections closes with a poem to encourage personal freedom along with collective care.
This book contributes to the formation of an intergenerational, culturally inclusive, participatory water ethic. Such an ethic arises from intellectual courage, spiritual responsibilities, practical knowledge, and deep appreciation for human dependence on water for a meaningful quality of life. downstream illuminates how water teaches us interdependence with other humans and living creatures, both near and far.
"Downstream stakes out a bold and creative claim to collaborative and cross-cultural eco-spiritual-neo-traditional knowing and, with it, new approaches to policy and action. A timely read that lends depth and resonance to some of the material and voices [in other books on the subject]." — Heather Menzies, Literary Review of Canada, June 2017
"This rich collection brings together the work of artists, writers, scientists, scholars, environmentalists, and activists, all focusing on the looming global water crisis. ... Writing styles vary from piece to piece throughout the book—poetic, personal, journalistic, and academic—but the shifts between each are well worth navigating for any reader interested in human futures on Earth."— Publishers Weekly, August 2017
"This collection of works successfully expands our knowledge of and experience with water by merging natural science, social science, arts, and humanities approaches to water. It offers new, innovative, and engaging ways to think about and experience water, especially as it relates to life and vitality."— Sara Beth Keough, American Review of Canadian Studies, November -0001
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This collection of essays is useful for these course/subject areas or topics: Language Arts & Disciplines; Creative Writing; Indigenous Studies; Poetry; Environmental Studies; Environmental Humanities.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Re-storying Waters, Re-storying Relations / Rita Wong and Dorothy Christian
Part I: Contexts for Knowing and Unknowing Water
1. Planetary Distress Signals / Alanna Mitchell
2. Water / Lee Maracle
3. Interweaving Water: The Incremental Transformation of Sovereign Knowledge into Collaborative Knowledge / Michael D. Blackstock
4. Water and Knowledge / Astrida Neimanis
5. Excerpts from "a child's fable" / Baco Ohama
Part II: Water Testimonies: Witness, Worry, and Work
6. Water: The First Foundation of Life / Mona Polacca
7. From Our Homelands to the Tar Sands / Melina Laboucan Massimo
8. Keepers of the Water: Nishnaabe-kwewag Speaking for the Water / Renee Elizabeth Mzinegiizhigo-kwe Bedard
9. Water Walk Pedagogy / Violet Caibaiosai
10. A Response to Pascua Lama / Cecilia Vicuna
Part III: Shared Ethical and Embodied Practices
11. Moving with Water: Relationship and Responsibilities / Alannah Young Leon and Denise Marie Nadeau
12. Bodies of Water: Meaning in Movement / Seonagh Odhiambo Horne
13. Upstream: A Conversation with Water / Cathy Stubington
14. Ice Receding, Books Reseeding / Basia Irland
15. Tsunami Chant / Wang Ping
Part IV: A Respectful Co-existence in Common: Water Perspectives
16. Listening to the Elders at the Keepers of the Water Gathering /Radha D'Souza
17. Coastal Waters in Distress from Excessive Nutrients / Paul J. Harrison
18. Bodies of Water: Asian Canadians In/Action with Water /Janey Lew
19. Permeable Toronto: A Hydro-Eutopia / Janine MacLeod
20. Saturate/Dissolve: Water for Itself, Un-Settler Responsibilities, and Radical Humility / Larissa Lai
21. Bring Me Back / Janet Rogers
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300 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
Environmental Activism on the Ground draws upon a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship to examine small scale, local environmental activism, paying particular attention to Indigenous experiences. It illuminates the questions that are central to the ongoing evolution of the environmental movement while reappraising the history and character of late twentieth and early twenty-first environmentalism in Canada, the United States, and beyond.
This collection considers the different ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists have worked to achieve significant change. It examines attempts to resist exploitative and damaging resource developments, and the establishment of parks, heritage sites, and protected areas that recognize the indivisibility of cultural and natural resources. It pays special attention to the thriving environmentalism of the 1960s through the 1980s, an era which saw the rise of major organizations such as Greenpeace along with the flourishing of local and community-based environmental activism.
Environmental Activism on the Ground emphasizes the effects of local and Indigenous activism, offering lessons and directions from the ground up. It demonstrates that the modern environmental movement has been as much a small-scale, ordinary activity as a large-scale, elite one.
"Environmental Activism on the Ground succeeds splendidly in complicating and enriching our understanding of modern environmentalism. Focusing on Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists in an impressive range of settings, Jonathan Clapperton and Liza Piper draw together and interpret diverse methodological and conceptual insights in a way that gives new, deserved prominence to those who have strived—and continue to strive—for environmental justice at the local level. These accounts left me both enlightened and heartened. Scholars from across the humanities and social sciences will welcome this volume." - Richard A. Rajala, Department of History, University of Victoria.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction: In the Shadow of the Green Giants: Environmentalism and Civic Engagements - Jonathan Clappeton & Liza Piper
Part 1: Processes and Possibilities
1. Strategies for Survival: First Nations Encounters with Environmentalism - Anna J. Willow
2. Native/Non-Native Alliances: Challenging Fossil Fuel Industry Shipping at Pacific Northwest Ports - Zoltán Grossman
3. Conserving Contested Ground: Soverigenty-Driven Stewardship by the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation - Jon R. Welch
4. From Southern Alberta to Northern Brazil: Indigenous Conservation and the Preservation of Cultural Resources - Sterling Evans
5. Parks For and By the People: Acknowledging Ordinary People in the Formation, Protection, and Use of State and Provincial Parks - Jesica M. DeWitt
Part 2: Histories
6. Alternatives: Environmental and Indigenous Activism in the 1970s - Liza Piper
7. Marmion Lake Generating Station: Another Northern Scandal? - Tobasonakwut Peter Kinew
8. Environmental Activism as Anti-Conquest: The Nuu-chah-nulth and Environmentalists in the Contact Zone of Clayoquont Sound - Jonathan Clapperton
9. Local Economic Independence as Environmentalism: Nova Scotia in the 1970s - Mark Leeming
10. "Not an Easy Thing to Implement": The Conservation Council of New Brunswick and Environmental Organization in a Resource-Dependent Province, 1969-1983 - Mark J. McLaughlin
11. The Ebb and Flow of Local Environmental Activism: The Society for Pollution and Environmental Control (SPEC), British Columbia - Jonathan Clapperton
12: From Scoieal Movement to Environmental Behemoth: How Greenpeace Got Big - Frank Zelko
Afterword: Lessons from the Ground Up - Jonathan Clapperton & Liza Piper
List of Contributors
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752 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
Authenticity Note: Because this work includes contributions from Indigenous peoples, it has been labelled as containing Authentic Indigenous Text.
Like the other books in the First Nations Series for Young Readers, this books offers ten short and engaging biographies of First Nations/Native activists who advocate not only for the environment but for Native rights. Their stories are full of highs and lows, triumphs and setbacks. Environmental trailblazers, these men and women are role models for children everywhere.
The men and women profiled here are united by their work to protect the environment and to support indigenous rights. Their stories take us from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to the Black Mesa in Arizona.
Melina Laboucan-Massimo uses her passion to stop oil extraction in Alberta's tar sands.
Winona LaDuke is a voice for reclaiming Native lands, advocating renewable energy resources, and protecting Native cultures.
Clayton Thomas-Muller is a dynamic advocate for indigenous self-determination and campaigner against tar sands extraction.
Ben Powless brings his youthful energy and skills to addressing climate change issues.
Tom Goldtooth protects sacred sites and organizes global direct-action campaigns for the environment.
Grace Thorpe is a grandmother who dedicated her retirement years to keeping Native reservations from becoming nuclear waste dumps.
Sarah James is a voice from northern Alaska defending the Porcupine caribou herd and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Enei Begaye & Evon Peter are married activists who work as a team on environmental issues and sustainable strategies for Native people.
Klee Benally uses the media to empower Native communities in their fight for environmental justice.
Teague Allston works to ensure a tribal voice is heard in Washington DC.
"These short biographies of environmentalists are sure to engage a whole classroom of readers. From the focus on a particular environmental crisis, to a description of each person's native heritage, to the writing style and level, the stories are accessible to readers young and old."— Canadian Teacher Magazine, March 2012
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This book is part of the First Nations Series for Young Readers. Each book is a collection of ten biographies of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women and men who are leaders in their fields of work, in their art, and in their communities. For ages 9-13.
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128 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
Surrounded by Canada's densest concentration of chemical manufacturing plants, members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation express concern about a declining male birth rate and high incidences of miscarriage, asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular illness. Everyday Exposure uncovers the systemic injustices they face as they fight for environmental justice. Exploring the problems that conflicting levels of jurisdiction pose for the creation of effective policy, analyzing clashes between Indigenous and scientific knowledge, and documenting the experiences of Aamjiwnaang residents as they navigate their toxic environment, this book argues that social and political change requires a transformative "sensing policy" approach, one that takes the voices of Indigenous citizens seriously.
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This book would be useful for courses in Environmental Studies, Science, Social Justice, and Social Studies.
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280 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
What happens when a peregrine falcon chooses to lay its eggs high atop a Chicago condominium balcony? Here is the story of a family of wild birds that moves into a cramped urban home and decides to settle in among towers filled with people and noise. The birds' new human neighbours are quick to try and evict, but it turns out that the falcons have rights too and the law is on their side.
This amusing true-life story looks at the issues related to urban wildlife and how urban dwellers co-exist with an ever-increasing wildlife population that finds ingenious -- and sometimes devious -- ways to move into our homes and cities, often without notice.
Illustrated with photographs documenting the early life of a peregrine falcon family that grows from eggs to full-fledged birds in the flower box of a curious apartment-dweller, this book also explores the natural history of this majestic bird species.
"This is the story of a peregrine falcon family that moves into a cramped urban home amongst towers teeming with people. This photographic study explores urban wildlife and how city dwellers co-exist with an ever-increasing wildlife population that finds ingenious--and devious--ways to move into our homes and cities." — The Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books f, March 2017
"Well designed spreads provide details on identification, courtship, nest defense, hunting, feeding, banding, fledging, and scientific research. This is a highly recommended title that would make an excellent addition to any school library. Many students will read the book for the pure pleasure of the interesting tale and evocative pictures. The information will inspire some to learn more about this fascinating species. Others will use it as a handy research source." — Helen Mason, Resource Links, December 2016
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48 pages | 9.00" x 9.00"
Gatherings XV: Youth - Water Anthology features writing submissions from B.C. based Indigenous Youth on the theme of water.
This special book marks the return of the Gatherings anthologies that were a mainstay of Theytus Books' publishing program for a decade.
The Gatherings-Water project reflects the cultural rejuvenation of Indigenous Youth in B.C. It is not only a revival of a respected anthology series, but also a new level of engagement between publishing house and community, between established writers and emerging voices, and finally a testament to the connection of Indigenous Youth with the life-sustaining power of water.
Essays, narratives, fictional pieces and poems are grouped thematically under headings:
- Drip, Drip, Drip
- Splashes
- Tears
- Cleansing Rain
- Rivers Flow
- Waves
- Tsunami
The authors are from all over BC from Haida Gwaii to Vancouver Island.
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Useful for English Language Arts courses for grades 10-12.
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248 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"