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About Bruce

Work for sustainable development of small islands and the Chesapeake Bay; ex-Peace Corps (Volunteer and staff) in LA & Caribbean; cruised Caribbean on S/Y Meander for three years; like small tropical islands, French canals, Umbria, Tasmania, and NZ. Married 52 years to the late Kincey Burdett Potter (see Kincey.org). President of the now-sunsetting Island Resources Foundation.

Climate change causing biggest coral destruction in the Caribbean

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Bruce

Source: Climate change causing biggest coral destruction in the Caribbean

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John Ashe,the UN and the media

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Bruce

from a blog by Felix Dodds, a friend and well respected commentator on international development and especially the Sustainable Development Agenda. . . . http://blog.felixdodds.net/2015/10/john-ashethe-un-and-media.html OCT 8 John Ashe,the UN and the media I wasn’t going to blog on this … Continue reading →

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Good Sense about Morality from the NewScientist

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Bruce

On-line at <https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730400-700-morality-2-0-how-manipulating-our-minds-could-save-the-world/&gt; Morality 2.0: How manipulating our minds could save the world [Emphasis added] Our moral instincts are failing to cope with the dilemmas of the modern world. Is it time to use tricks, pills or brain zaps to … Continue reading →

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Hooray! Runoff is becoming Mainstream

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Bruce

A note from Bruce Potter

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A Wallace Fountain in Paris, France.

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Bruce

I found this version of the famous Wallace fountains in Paris, a week ago — on the Left Bank of the Seine, just across the river from Notre Dame Cathedral, in a small public space in front of a remarkable … Continue reading →

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Jenny Daltry: Antigua Clears Alien Mammals from 15 Offshore Cays

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Bruce

An Article by Dr. Jenny Daltry, the Fauna & Flora International (FFI) expert who has worked with the Antigua Environmental Awareness Group (EAG), and other partners to clear rats, mongooses and similar alien species from offshore cays in Antigua-Barbuda in … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Copyright Coup: Jamaica’s Public Domain Plundered

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Bruce

from a post on the Civic e-mail group JULY 24, 2015 | BY JEREMY MALCOLM HTTPS://WWW.EFF.ORG/DEEPLINKS/2015/07/ANATOMY-COPYRIGHT-COUP-JAMAICAS-PUBLIC-DOMAIN-PLUNDERED A bill extending the term of copyright by an additional 45 years—almost doubling it, in the case of corporate and government works—sailed through the … Continue reading →

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Last Saturday on the South River . . .

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Bruce
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Kincey’s Kit

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Bruce

Kit, growing into his ears, on Childs Point Road, 15 July 2015

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Intelligent Tourism Talk from VietNam

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Bruce

from the English-language VietNam News <http://vietnamnews.vn/sunday/features/273049/limited-tourism-helps-keep-island-green.html&gt; Updated July, 12 2015 08:38:00 Limited tourism helps keep island green Still pristine: Many visitors to Hoi An City cannot resist the unspoilt beauty of Cham Island, which they can reach in just 25 … Continue reading →

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