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The Prickly Underbelly of Industrial Ecology
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President The term "industrial ecology" has long been recognized as an evocative analogy, suggesting the benefits of designing industrial systems to more closely…
The Urban Game
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President Viewing the World Summit in Johannesburg from a safe distance, I could not help but think of Shakespeare: "full of sound and…
Climate Change and Technological Evolution
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President As noted last month, communication between the technological and environmental discourses is still fairly minimal. This is unfortunate for a number of…
Green Technology: From Oxymoron to Null Set
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President Last month's column raised the question of how the Internet and its postmodernist pastiche of time and place is liable to change…
Global Climate Change Adaptation
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) The political state of global climate change is tumultuous and highly polarized, and lends…
Complex Systems and Human Freedom
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) Perhaps the last great project of the traditional Enlightenment was the 20th century effort…
Environmentalism: Private or Public Morality?
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) Democratic systems of governance, especially those that guarantee true freedom of speech and religion,…
The Commoditization of Nature
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) One of the most famous lines of The Communist Manifesto is Marx and Engle's…
Earth Systems Engineering
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) To start with the big picture, it is important to recognize the systemic meaning…
Marx, Environment and Complexity
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) Some people may wonder why this column, written by an industry person, refers so…
Egypt: ancient art
The Land of the Pharaohs and pyramids of Giza have fascinated generation upon generation. Thanks primarily to art, their legacy has not been lost to the ravages of time. Much…
Amino Acids
Amino acids contain both a carboxyl group (COOH) and an amino group (NH2). The general formula for an amino acid is given below. Although the neutrally-charged structure is commonly written,…
Dog Training: The Mentality Of The Dog
(Originally Published 1943) It is not unreasonable to believe that animals within their kind communicate somewhat to one another. But for a horse to communicate his thots to an elephant…
The Babylonian Theory of the Planets
The Babylonian Theory of the Planets by N. M. Swerdlow Reviewed by Stacy G. Langton One of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century was a discovery about the past…
Does My Dog Need Depends?
Many owners find themselves in a panic when their dogs begin urinating inside the house. No one likes the messy clean up and the lingering scent of urine. Urinary incontinence…
Choosing A Dog
Having Your Own Dog Is a Wonderful Experience: Your own dog is the most important dog in all the world to you. It doesn't matter whether he's a mongrel you…
Kinds Of Dogs Today
One reason why some dogs grew up to look different from other dogs was that they lived in different kinds of climate. For example, Wild Dog and his children, grandchildren,…
Evolution of Evolution
Politics and Theories of Chance and Determinism By Heidi Hileman Queen Elizabeth - Charles Darwin Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne in 1558. The last women of…
Sporting Dogs
The Sporting Group contains in it some of the oldest breeds of dogs who have been helping men hunt for many centuries. The dogs that belong to this group still…
Choosing the Right Cat For Your Family
"There is no more important a decision than the decision to adopt and assume the responsibility for another life. That decision carries an obligation to nurture that life--to give it…