We spend a lot of time and resources studying motivation. For different reasons, almost all of us want to convince people to do something. Perhaps purchase a product, or maintain […]
Ripples 4-25-14
Reflections on Earth Day Another Earth Day has come and gone. There were many associated activities especially aimed at raising awareness about the environment. And the environment, or the living […]
Ripples 4-10-14
All the phenological wheels are in motion now that some warmer weather has come. Skunk cabbage flowers are popping up all over the swamps, and melting ice invites frogs and […]
Ripples 4-03-14
Despite the cool weather lately the natural world is being re-populated with spring migrants. During the Ice Age, when summer and winter temperatures varied dramatically, animals, especially birds, probably began […]