Carbon Footprints are a Sensitive Issue — Published in the EarthSphere Blog Well, Google is at it again, creating apps to help their users and simultaneously offending commercial enterprises. For several years they have dabbled in the art of carbon forecasting. Are you taking a trip soon? Evidently, Google can provide you with an estimate of how…

Turning the Page on Dangerous Books — Headlines screamed out at me as I recently scanned the news. Thirty-nine mass shootings occurred in the USA during the first twenty-four days of January. A quick approximation of these numbers means about three mass shootings occurred every two days. This bad news followed on the heels of three back-to-back…

A Journey Across Time — Contemplation, beauty, and refuge are all words we associate with our gardens. But we also fret about our gardens and endlessly toil with planting, pruning, and redesigning to achieve a seamless extension of our living space from indoors to outdoors. This combination of work and enjoyment defines our relationship with…

When Chaos Rains Down Upon Us — I read the news today (oh boy). The headlines and tidbits beyond in excellent and not-so-excellent articles brought wave after wave of disconcerting information. Republicans are raining down chaos on the country as they fail even to start the process of governing — eleven unsuccessful votes and counting for speaker-wannabe…

Rain, Snow, and Longevity — (Published in the EarthSphere Blog) The artwork above catches mist rising off a glimmering reservoir at sunset. Water is the key to life; that’s why we call our home the blue planet. We need water. We covet it, saving the planet’s lifeblood in reservoirs and subterranean aquifers. But the truth…

Misty Views — (All images are original work from Archean Art) There is something both magical and mystical about foggy landscapes, as eerie gray and white mist intertwines with solid objects. Reality fades. In its place, our minds can only imagine what the fog might hide, imparting a certain mystique to the scene…

Neville Braunbeck — Climate Change Migrant — Images from the camera at the bottom of Neville’s well were indistinct at first, but the picture came into focus as the camera stopped moving. Gary checked the equipment again and released a few pink biodegradable floating beads, which landed on the water’s surface and slowly drifted to the east…

Variations on a Theme — (All photos and art work by CF Lovelace and WM House; ©2022 Archean Enterprises, LLC) Several photos arrived in my inbox the other day from my old friend, nature photographer Chris Lovelace. Two weeks ago, he finished a gig in the Bay area and shot up the West Coast to…