Fruit of the Tree
Most recent posts from the CEP blog. Visit the blog.
The CRU hack
— group @ 20 November 2009 As many of you will be aware, a large number of emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia webmail server were hacked recently (Despite some confusion generated by Anthony Watts, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Hadley Centre which is a completely [...]
Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Improving
The good news: Honey bee colony losses were down this past winter compared to losses during the two previous ones. The bad news: A whopping 29 percent of honey bee colonies vanished between September 2008 and April 2009. read the short article at http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/the-latest-buzz-on-disappearing-honey-bees-some-improvement.php
Steckelhorn 11
Germany doing it big. By J. Mayer H. Via: contemporist Click HERE for more pics and info…
Committee Management and transparency documents
I took Patrick’s template that he sent out last week, which was awesome, and put it into google docs. The cool thing about google docs is that you can make links in the document to other documents, such as a word document to keep committee notes and other things in. You can also publish it [...]
Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up
Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up By Naomi Klein – November 12th, 2009 Published in The Nation The other day I received a pre-publication copy of The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, by David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit. It’s set to come out ten years after a historic coalition of activists shut down the World Trade [...]
Mentor Program Proposals
Communications has got a little something for y’all. Original Draft The following is a proposal to add language to the CEP Plumb Manual, which will highlight the importance of the culture of mentorship that is a part of the major. Background and History: The CEP major is unique because of the community that is created by the students of [...]
CEP alumni want you to support their new TV show
Check it out at: http://www.mission-sustainable.com/ Rose Thornton is the producer, as well as other CEP alumni are working with her.
Urban anonymity and closeness
If you’ve ever found entertainment in just watching people in public places, or if you’re genuinely intrigued with the interactions and actions of random other people, or even if you’re a bona fide stalker… you’ll probably find a little bit of good reading in this article from the New York Times. It’s about the affinity [...]
The Death of Sprawl – The Case of Victorville, CA
This blog has a great analysis of the conflunce of trends that led to several major parts of the current recession: declining real estate values, car-dependent development, the unraveling of community institutions and social capital, and escalating oil prices. The interplay between these trends that crested following the jobless recovery post-9/11, the blog argues, led [...]
Spotlight of the Week: Tyler Goulet
1. Your name Professor Doctor Tyler Eugene Goulet the First 2. All majors and minors Communication Major, Political Science Major, CEP Major, Pimpology Minor 3. Where are you from? Beautiful Bothell Washington where you can enjoy a visit or stay for a lifetime 4. What is a random fact about you? I hope to be president one day 5. What is your favorite [...]
