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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.

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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Here’s the CASSE Petition for a Sustainable World

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Bruce

Read it and then go to <http://steadystate.org/act/sign-the-position/&gt; to sign it on-line at the web page for the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) Whereas: 1) Economic growth, as defined in standard economics textbooks, is an increase … Continue reading →

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“County Defeats Proposals to Change Stormwater Fees ” Doesn’t someone have an oak stake . . . ?

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Bruce

Not sure this “interim win” for the supporters of the essential Watershed Protection and Restoration Fee (yes, the “Rain Tax,” as it’s labeled by the right) for repairing the streams and watersheds in Anne Arundel County has been shared on … Continue reading →

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University of Washington Helps NOAA Examine Potential for Citizen Science During Oil Spills

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Bruce

New post on NOAA’s Response and Restoration Blog University of Washington Helps NOAA Examine Potential for Citizen Science During Oil Spills by Office of Response and Restoration One area where volunteers could contribute to NOAA’s scientific efforts related to oil … Continue reading →

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FAO Takes Action to Assist Small Islands

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Bruce

Linked to a tweet from FAOSIDS: #UNFAO Council: Use of FAO Technical Cooperation Programme 2 help #smallislands adapt to #climatechange bit.ly/1xVcMP6 @FAO4Members It looks as though much of the programme activity listed below actually took place a year or two … Continue reading →

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Measuring Development: the Importance of Statistics on the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda.

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Bruce

from a blog of the London School of Economics <http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/03/23/measuring-development-the-importance-of-statistics-post-2015/&gt; Wonder if the UN Statistical Office agrees that “there is no reason why data should remain the remit of statistical offices?” Measuring development: the importance of statistics on the post-2015 … Continue reading →

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