Tag: environment

• Bare Necessities

  

  Next time you see a bee, think of all the times they filled your belly with food. Think of what life would be like without them—think of how lifeless this place would be.

  Katie Palmer

  January 15, 2021

  Nature, Works Published

  animals, conservation ecology, ecological grief, ecology, environment, environmental degree, environmental fragility, environmental issues, environmental science, environmental studies, environmental studies major

• Is Anthropocentrism or Ecocentrism Better for the Environment?

  

  Research has proved that anthropocentrism promotes pro-environmental behaviors just as effectively as ecocentrism.

  Katie Palmer

  July 12, 2020

  Nature

  anthropocentric, anthropocentrism, ecocentric, ecocentrism, environment, environmental, environmental studies, ernest thompson seton, land and water conservation fund, national park service, sustainability, trump

• Taking Care of Succulents

  

  Let’s get one thing straight first: you do need to take care of your succulents. If you follow my instructions, your succulents will not only live, but they will constantly thrive with new growth. Sunlight The photo above was taken on a warm, sunny day on my porch in Dallas, TX. I mention my location […]

  Katie Palmer

  March 30, 2020

  Nature

  cacti, cactus, environment, Nature, plant, plant care, plant mom, plants, succulent, succulents

• Biofuels: The Myth of Carbon Neutrality

  

  We deal with myths on a daily basis, but this myth has got to be the worst: that biofuels are carbon neutral. It’s detrimental to the world if educated environmentalists believe this myth and argue in the favor of biofuels in debates of how we should transition to being a carbon neutral society. I won’t […]

  Katie Palmer

  February 25, 2020

  Nature

  biofuels, carbon neutral, carbon neutrality, climate, climate change, environment, environmental science, environmental studies, fossil fuels, paris agreement, sustainability, wood pellets

• Descriptive Bibliography: Canoes in the Adirondacks

  

  Reading this bibliography, you are the paddler. You can only get so far, you can only see so much. If you want to be the loon, you’ll have to read, or better yet see, the books in person.

  Katie Palmer

  August 27, 2019

  Works Published

  adirondacks, artificats, bibliography, books, canoe, canoes, descriptive, descriptive bibliography, english, environment, history, owen d. young library, paddling, st. lawrence university