WaterNotes

In my quest to replace soda with something more healthy, but equally delicious, I’ve stumbled across a number of teas.  Tazo teas are probably at the top of my list at the moment.  Seriously, make some iced tea out of their Wild Orange and its practically like drinking an orange soda. 
I’ve been relearning how to [...]

 
Here’s an upsetting problem I’ve been trying to overcome for the last year.  How can we ship seagrasses without sending enormous vats of soil but also ensuring roots arent damaged in transit and microbes hitch along for the ride? 
I think I may have worked out an answer: agarose plugs!  You may have seen a product [...]

Here are some random facts about penguins that I’ve come across in the last few days of preparing my talk:
Penguins can drink sea water!  While most of their water needs come directly from their food they are able to take in salty fluids without harm.  Excess salt is secreted from glands just below their eyes [...]

 
I hit the gym this morning in the name of getting away from the computer screen and the constant threat of needing to finish my paper.  While pacing myself through a thirty minute run I observed the strangest behavior by one of my fellow.. well.. exercisers.  I’m not sure he deserves the word though. 
He was [...]

 
Suddenly, everywhere I look I see more and more retailers selling their version of the plastic-bag-alternative.  Peir One has interesting designs on theirs.  Method soaps is selling cute hobo-style printed canvas bags with catchy pro-green sayings.
Even IKEA has gotten into the act.  I visited the store last Friday - yeah, black Friday - and when [...]