Develops a framework that addresses issues of sustainability, including the conservation, development, use and restoration of natural resources. Formerly known as "Conservation (CO)" element, but intended to be more comprehensive. Motto: "Gardeners of Eden".
A new trend:
Geen burials in which "A crane lowers a 400-pound memorial
reef ball containing cremated remains into place 30 feet below to the bottom of the [sea]"
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Here's a whirlwind tour of "
Greater Iran" - regions that have significant Iranian cultural influence.
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The BBC reports the
world's major rivers are drying up.
On their
world map of future water stress, we see that most of Iran is facing "extreme stress", and the rest is either "high stress" or unknown.
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It's been raining in Shiraz! Is it enough to turn Shiraz into a lush paradise? To stave off drought and destruction?
You may ask "
How much rain has fallen?", but the more important question is: "What happens to the rain
after it falls?"
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Happy Nowruz to all!
Nowruz celebrates the first day of Spring, the change of season, the new year.
Every nowruz, each Iranian household sets their
haft-sin table, complete with a plate of grass (sabzi).
Compare this to the tradition of people in Christian countries who celebrate their seasonal holiday by
cutting down an entire tree.
The major environmental differences between east and west are embodied in these two traditions.
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In his book, "
Seeing like a State", James C. Scott describes the mechanism at the heart of a state's (government's) tendency to sedenterize (settle) nomads as "the state's attempt to make a society legible." He further develops the thesis that
legibility is "a central problem of statecraft."
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If you take a look around Iran these days, much of it is badly desertified. You may attribute this to climate change or overgrazing, but the
"holistic resource management" (HRM) model offers an alternative view. How valid is this view? How can it be tested? The great thing about HRM is that it suggests a solution to the problem that shimmers with possibility and validates the nomadic lifestyle. For this reason alone, it bears investigating.
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I have here a letter from my American grandmother, dated 28 years ago. In it, she writes about the birds she saw when she visited Shiraz. Many of these birds still grace the skies, trees and rooftops of Shiraz today.
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"
It's all good," they say. All. Good. TYPO!
The letter "F" needs to assume it's proper place in this sentence. To chew up the "g" and spit it out.
"It's all good." »
Fgood. » "
It's all FOOD."
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A study used personal cell phone signals to track the movements of 100,000 Europeans. ُAmong the findings: most people rarely leave the vicinity of their home or office, remain within a 20 mile radius, visit the same places, and are usually found in the same spot at the same time.
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Skies are hazy and there's a surreal glow around the city. Why?
A massive dust storm blew through Iraq and over the Persian Gulf on July 1, 2008. A NASA satellite captured
this image the same day. July 2,
the storm continues.. ُ
What causes these dust storms? How do they affect Iran and the region? What measures can be taken to mitigate their damage?
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