Posted on June 19, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
I have always had a deep love for the ocean, but there was a time when I was very afraid to go further than ankle depth into the sea whenever I was on a beach. My fear came from two things; the first was when I almost drowned while playing and swimming close to the [...]
Filed under: Education, Environmental, Marine Environment | Tagged: Climate Change, Conservation, Diving, Dolphins, Global Warming, Greenpeace, Jaws, Marine Environment, Ocean, Overfishing, Peter Benchkey, Pollution, SASSI, SCUBA, Sea, Shark Fin Soup, Shark Finning, Sharklife, Sharks, Sodwana Bay, Sustainability, Whales | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
It was the sudden increase in the number of mice visiting my house that made me realise that I hadn’t seen our owls this summer. There are two Spotted Eagle Owls , nicknamed Archimedes and Aristotle, who usually hunt for mice, frogs and large insects in our garden, but this year I haven’t seen them at all, nor – come to think [...]
Filed under: Education, Environmental | Tagged: Archimedes, Aristotle, Barn Owl, Bat box, Bats, EcoSolutions, Owl box, Owl Box Project, Owls, Spotted Eagle Owl, Superstition | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 27, 2008 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
Should a society consider breaking away from a cultural tradition when it is no longer considered essential to sustaining life?
Every year for the last 800 years or so, the people of the Faroe Islands take part in the grindadráp – which means “killing of pilot whales”. In the distant past, whale hunting was an essential source of food for [...]
Filed under: Environmental | Tagged: Breaking Traditions, Culture, Faroe Islands, Grindadrap, Pilot Whales, Tradition, whale hunt | 1 Comment »
