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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.

Strange Small World — The line between Vietnam and Annapolis via Berry, Oz and the Ecuadorian Embassy.

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Bruce

[There’s a new on-line newspaper called OZY being advertised pretty extensively on media such as US National Public Radio — The news feed is sort of interesting, and seems to have more than casual references to Australia, so I get … Continue reading →

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Banking Regulation in Small — VERY Small — Islands: St. Helena

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Bruce

Forwarded by our friend Bob Conrich from the metropolis of Anguilla . . . Begin forwarded message: Wall Street Journal Meet the Banking Regulator With an 8,000-Mile Commute Mr. Duncan’s territory has a volcano, Napoleon’s empty tomb and no ATMs … Continue reading →

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Old News from WaPo: Sesame Street Is Good Education

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Bruce

In the early 1970’s, my first job after Peace Corps was working with Bill Darnell and Allen Benn at their start-up company, UNCO, a group that was applying advanced analytical processes (a al “operations research”) to social systems, such as … Continue reading →

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French minister: 2015 climate deal must not require approval by US Congress

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Bruce

from the website of US News and World Report: <http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/06/01/european-oil-and-gas-majors-call-for-carbon-price&gt; French minister: 2015 climate deal must take a form that doesn’t need approval by US Congress French foreign minister Laurent Fabius talks to delegates during the United Nations Framework Convention … Continue reading →

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FORGOTTEN FORESTRY INFORMATION OF PUERTO RICO

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Bruce

Originally posted on Frank H. Wadsworth:
FORGOTTEN FORESTRY INFORMATION OF PUERTO RICO Frank H. Wadsworth 8-24-2014 Volunteer, International Institute of Tropical Forestry Now that the island is more than half covered with forests and we are having an unprecedented number…

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The US Bloom is off the Rose of Globalization

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Bruce

from the Sunday Business section of the Washington Post: <http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/reconsidering-the-value-of-globalization/2015/04/24/7b5425c2-e82e-11e4-aae1-d642717d8afa_story.html&gt; This analysis, however, does not hold for developing countries, especially small islands, who remain very dependent on overseas trade issues like natural resources (fish, alumina), tourism, and offshore financial processing … Continue reading →

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Jean Wiener Islands and Island Nations 2015 Goldman Prize Recipient

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Bruce

From the Goldman Prize web site: <http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/jean-wiener/&gt; Jean Wiener Islands and Island Nations 2015 Goldman Prize Recipient In a country plagued by extreme poverty and political instability, Jean Wiener led community efforts to establish the nation’s first Marine Protected Areas … Continue reading →

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For Our Friend Sherry: “The Giant Rats That Save Lives”

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Bruce

from Sunday, 19 April, 2015, NY TImes Op Ed by Nicolas Kristof . . . [This is especially for Sherry, who served one of her dozen-and-a-half “Doctors Without Borders” tours in Angola, where she described her entire tour as “preparing … Continue reading →

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I think I saw the Same Headline 40 Years Ago When I Lived in the USVI

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Bruce

From the “E-Edition” of the Virgin Islands Daily News at <http://virginislandsdailynews.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?noredirect=true&gt; Scathing IG report urges EPA to takeover some V.I. programs Mismanagement cost USVI $37M in grants Audit recommends feds take control A scathing audit released Friday by the Environmental … Continue reading →

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Three Months and 12 Days since Last Kayak

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Bruce
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