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Daily Archives: 20 June 2011
Yes, We Can Have Bananas! [19]
On the whole, I’m a fan of Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, in which she documents her family’s experiment with a year-long local, seasonal diet. However, I disagree with her about bananas, which she portrays as a Fruit with … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, bananas, book reviews, carbon dioxide equivalents, carbon footprint, climate change, crocs
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Scientific Breadth: The Good and the Bad
This week I am giving three different major talks; no, not just ‘different’, utterly and totally different. This is definitely a week of diversity in my powerpoint presentations, though none of them is actually about diversity. Linking in to a … Continue reading
Posted in career progression, interdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinary Science, promotion, Research, Science Culture
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