Category: Writing
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Profitable Preserves, Foraging Maps, and More
Women’s Movement | May 8, 2013 By L. Clark Tate Our favorite eco picks from the web this week. Preservation for Profit New research shows that marine conservation areas provide more than wildlife habitat, beauty, and excellent snorkeling opportunities, reports National Geographic. The scientific paper, called “A General Business Model for…
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KEEN Bryce Hiking Shoe
Published by Women’s Movement | Novemeber 20, 2012 By L. Clark Tate Planning isn’t a natural penchant of mine. I tend to let each day take me where it will. This allows for impromptu adventures but drives structured friends crazy and is very hard on my wardrobe. Hence, I love…
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Eating Bugs, Skateboard Sunnies, and Ocean Seeding
Women’s Movement | November 15, 2012 By L. Clark Tate Bugging Out: Lightning or lady—who didn’t have a favorite childhood bug? Whether you’ve got an affinity for creepy crawlers or not, you’ll enjoy a recent blog post on NPR that celebrates the range of clever katydids that actually mimic fall foliage. Taking…
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Going Nuts, the Carbon Footprint Antidote, and Wolf Hunting
Women’s Movement | October 17, 2012 By L. Clark Tate Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut. Accessories may make the outfit but what makes the accessories? Often the answer is just plain old plastic—hardly inspiring. Luckily, the comeback of a remarkable little palm nut is offering up an ancient, eco-friendly material…
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Watershed Governance & Funding
Tamarisk Coalition | 2012 By L. Clark Tate – Reviewed & Edited by the marvelous Kristen Jespersen & Jamie Nielsen The report, Watershed Governance Structures & Funding Mechanisms: Considerations for a Colorado River Basin Restoration Initiative summarizes governance structure information acquired during the analysis of watershed initiative case studies examined for the 2011 Tamarisk Coalition…
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The Clean Plate Club, Green School Supplies, and Frack
Women’s Movement | 2012 By L. Clark Tate WM’s fav green hits from the web this week: Are you cleaning your plate? Americans throw away up to a whopping 40 percent of the food they purchase, according to a Stockholm International Water Institute report, highlighted recently in National Geographic’s NewsWatch. Other countries…
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Urban Green Walls, Coming Clean, and Where the Sea Also Rises
Women’s Moment | 2012 By L. Clark Tate WM’s top eco hits from recent ramblings on the WWW: Greener Walls = Cleaner Air. The Old World charm of ivy-covered chateau walls is granting a breath of fresh air in modern-day metropolises. As reported by the BBC News, a recent Environmental Science and…
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The Moss Table, Rio Earth Summit, and Solar Ladies
Women’s Movement | 2012 By L. Clark Tate The Green Light. One of the more exciting green ideas to crop up lately, as described by Inhabit, is biophotovoltaics. That’s right, biophotovoltaics: the practice of capturing energy created by the photosynthesis of plants, primarily algae and moss. The practice isn’t efficient enough just…
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Sustainable Funding for Watersheds
Tamarisk Coalition | 2011 By Tim Carlson, Patrick Hickey & L. Clark Tate This paper explores potential long-term and sustainable funding options necessary to successfully implement a Colorado River Basin riparian restoration initiative. For the purpose of this paper, sustainable funding is defined, as a perpetual revenue stream that is sufficient…
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Dolores River Riparian Action Plan
Recommendations for implementing tamarisk control and restoration efforts completed in 2010 for the Dolores River Restoration Partnership. By L. Clark Tate with assistance by Tim Carlson, past Tamarisk Coalition Executive Director The executive summary is included below. View or download the full report. Dolores River Riparian Action Plan (DR-RAP) Recommendations…
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