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Forests Are Disappearing With the Striking of a Match

by steve casimiro on July 1, 2010 · 1 comment

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Surrounded by environmental, er, challenges, one of the toughest things is wrapping your head around the magnitude of the problems enough to break through your inertia and take action. Greenpeace Switzerland put together this striking video on just how fast the planet is being deforested–every two seconds, another soccer field’s worth of trees is gone [...]

You’re Going to Want to Watch Cesar Build a Canoe. Seriously

by steve casimiro on June 29, 2010 · 2 comments

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A few months ago, I was in the desert with a friend who’s a primitive skills expert and as we were walking along he showed me how to find water where there didn’t seem to be any, to make rope from vegetation, and to use grass to lasso a lizard for protein (surprisingly easy, once [...]

Marijuana Growers Chase Campers From Natl. Forest

by steve casimiro on April 20, 2009 · 3 comments

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This week really wasn’t planned to be an all-pot kind of week, it’s just working out that way. (Oh–and I got to thinking, today’s the stoner new year, but if you’re stoned isn’t every year basically 1976?) Regardless, in Los Padres National Forest, California, two pot farmers scared off some campers in a high-speed dirt road rally that ended with arrests and confiscation of $26 mill in herb. The Santa Barbara County sheriff’s report reads better than I could rewrite it, so here it is in its entirety.

O, Canada: Ontario Saves Lots and Lots of Trees

by steve casimiro on July 15, 2008 · 0 comments

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It’s not often you hear good environmental news these days, so let’s pause for a second to appreciate the foresight of the Ontario government, which is preserving a swath of forest twice the size of England to guard against climate change and loss of habitat for its critters. Ontario, in case you’ve forgotten, is a province in eastern Canada. You know, Canada‚ it’s a big country just north of us? C’mon people, work with me here.