Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question Ecology Natural History etc Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hypothesis Testing in Ecology

2011-03-04 Thread Marcus Ricci
more closely than we could have studied them tens, if not hundreds, of years ago. If folks agreed to amend the natural history definition to include "and their interactions with the environment," I'd buy that. However, it sounds like many folks already include that, implicitly.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question Ecology Natural History etc Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hypothesis Testing in Ecology

2011-03-03 Thread Marcus Ricci
tic, but analogies work for me when definitions get too stickily close, which I will be the first to agree that these 2 do, when you start looking at them closely. Cheers, Marcus Marcus Ricci, M.S., CPESC Lake Decatur Watershed Specialist, Macon County SWCD 1301 Monroe Avenue Charleston, IL 61920

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education vs Indoctrination Can sustainability be sustained? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Managing the social aspects of ecosystem management - LfS portal update

2009-07-23 Thread Marcus Ricci
finitions are helpful but not always possible. Thanks for the discussion, and good luck in your search. Greenly, Marcus "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." -- Aldo Leopold

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education vs Indoctrination Can sustainability be sustained? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Managing the social aspects of ecosystem management - LfS portal update

2009-07-21 Thread Marcus Ricci
Wayne, I will first answer your questions, and then ask you why you are asking them. Sustainability IS an important matter, and a crucial one. If we are not living in a sustainable manner, however you define it, we will eventually deplete our resources and be left in a very bad state. But what

[ECOLOG-L] posting-etiquette appreciation RE: [ECOLOG-L] Fellowsh ip - Texas Research Inst itute for Environmental Studies

2009-02-17 Thread Marcus Ricci
Thank you to all of the job/internship/position post-ers that include the location of the position in the subject line of the post. I, for one, appreciate it; it helps me quickly focus on positions available in my neck of the woods. Greenly, Marcus Marcus Ricci, M.S. 1301 Monroe Avenue

Re: FW: Be more willing to get a bloody nose in defense of reality!

2007-05-24 Thread Marcus Ricci
in the workings of the universe through OUR ideology - would scientists be willing to let religionists do what they want to do, if kept in their arena of churches/synagogues/worship houses and parochial schools: explain the workings of the universe through their "god"? greenly, marcus