Much of Thoreau’s work can be read as a kind of apologia for attuned idleness.
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Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano - The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to valleys as early as the 13th century, and this powerful fertiliser may have been key...
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Cropped 11 February 2026: Aftershocks of US withdrawals | Biodiversity and business risks | Deep-sea mining tensions - We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 11 February 2026: Aftershocks of US wit...8 hours ago
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‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights - The radical project is an attempt to preserve wildlife in one of Europe’s most light-polluted countries, but can they persuade local people they will sti...11 hours ago
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Fact brief - Can nearby solar farms reduce property values? - [image: FactBrief]Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims...1 day ago
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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) /USGBC (United States Green Building Council) - USGBC accelerates and scales the transformation of the built environment. The evolution of LEED through LEED v5 sets a new standard for sustainable buildin...6 months ago
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Government's draft air quality plan doesn't go far enough - Air pollution contributes to 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK but progress on this issue has been glacially slow.8 years ago
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Transition Ingredients Cards: in English, Italian and Chinese! - Our great Transition resource, the Transition Ingredients Cards, are now available in three languages. The post Transition Ingredients Cards: in English, I...8 years ago
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After Nine Years and 2,810 Posts, a Dot Earth Farewell - After nine years and 2,810 posts, a blog seeking a sustainable path for humans on a finite planet comes to an end.9 years ago
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Reader, I Married Him - This is a wonderful book inspired by Jane Eyre's most famous line. I loved reviewing it for the *Guardian.*
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Embryon philosophers - I have review essay on Alberto Manguel's Curiosity in *The Guardian *today. Here are some further notes. *as children...* Recalling a childhood very...
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