throwing out the baby with the bath water
I just found out that a new law could destroy the coolness of etsy. Until last Friday, indie artisans were being threatened with the possibility of disappearing due to restrictions on testing all items made for children under 12. Here are a couple of articles that explain how detrimental the CPSIA could be to my [...]
thought: are you talking about it?
Every once in awhile I allow myself snippets of time to read thought provoking articles from sources that are important to me. I used to subscribe to Orion magazine because of it’s intelligent articles, environmental slant and beautiful artwork. Now I just get their emails but I feel better about not seeing a years worth [...]
thought: a friend of a friend of a friend=a friend
I recently received an email from a very good friend and peer regarding a friend’s photographer friend who is doing a research project in Mexico & Belize to ‘assess organic contaminant levels (pesticides, oil, industrial chemicals) in endangered Mesoamerican (Mexico/Belize) manatee tissues and habitats, effects of contaminant exposures, and health risks for manatees. We will [...]