The following excerpts are from an article titled “From Disc to Sphere” which was published by Volker M. Welter, a professor in the UCSB Department of the History of Art and Architecture: Today, barely an Earth Day celebration takes place during which the participants do not pass an inflatable globe over their heads in order to express a symbolically renewed relationship with the earth. The iconology of this symbol can be...
Read More“Many of the world’s largest herbivores — including several species of elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, and gorillas — are in danger of becoming extinct. And if current trends continue, the loss of these animals would have drastic implications not only for the species themselves, but also for other animals and the environments and ecosystems in which they live, according to a new report by an international team of scientists.”...
Read MoreAccording to a public release by the University of Maryland, summer bee losses have eclipsed winter losses for the first time on record: Beekeepers across the United States lost more than 40 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2014 to April 2015, according to the latest results of an annual nationwide survey. While winter loss rates improved slightly compared to last year, summer losses–and...
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