Comments for Rusty Pritchard

Comment on Faux-skepticism: Conspiracy theories about science by jasonwiedel

jasonwiedel — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:38:59 +0000

This idea of denialism is so interesting. I have been quite frustrated with the conservative evangelical end of Christianity that I am a part of. We seem so bent of viewing science with skepticism and suspicion.

Comment on Famous Chief Seattle environmental speech is actually a Southern Baptist document by Chief Seattle’s iconic environmental speech that was actually Southern Baptist film script | rooftop

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:36:57 +0000

[...] that was actually Southern Baptist film script Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jim Jewell A must read post by Rusty Pritchard about a speech by Native American Chief Seattle, cherished and quoted by the environmental movement, [...]

Comment on Global warming skeptic at religious right conference apologizes for slanderous charges by Leading Evangelical Climate Change Critic Apologizes | rooftop

Leading Evangelical Climate Change Critic Apologizes | rooftop — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:59:18 +0000

[...] Rusty Pritchard and I attended the workshop; Rusty writes about Cal Beisner’s mea culpa (and his gracious words). [...]

Comment on Your brain on computers; cyber mobs; natural theology by The Chilean miracle; Fatherlessness and adoption; What’s with the name collective?; Classy baseball playoff moments; Your brain on computers | rooftop

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:25:00 +0000

[...] Not Created for Computers?: Flourish president Rusty Pritchard keeps wondering about the impacts of staying indoors and abandoning real conversat…: Implicit in all of this is the sense that we may not have been created (or that we “didn’t [...]

Comment on Why do outdoorsy kids avoid the near-sightedness epidemic? by Clear Results of Study: Outdoor Time Improves Kids’ Eyesight | rooftop

Clear Results of Study: Outdoor Time Improves Kids’ Eyesight | rooftop — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:02:28 +0000

[...] results of a study by the researches at the NIH’s National Eye Institute, explained by Rusty Pritchard, president of [...]

Comment on Walkability, Justice, and Healthy Cities by New Urbanism: Addressing a Great Threat to Health and Justice | rooftop

New Urbanism: Addressing a Great Threat to Health and Justice | rooftop — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:56:48 +0000

[...] More on this from Rusty Pritchard. He writes: The effect of the built environment on our bodies is not just felt through violent encounters with cars. Because we have created so many unwalkable, unlivable communities, Americans of all ages have grown heavier by degrees in the last 40 years. We are trained by the diet and exercise industries to think of the obesity epidemic as the result of individual gluttony or sloth, or to excuse it as a genetic predisposition. But America’s obesity problem will not be cured by diet or gym membership: the real problem is a lack of healthy environments that promote routine physical activity—walking as a way of life. [...]

Comment on Why do outdoorsy kids avoid the near-sightedness epidemic? by Your brain on computers; cyber mobs; natural theology « Rusty Pritchard

Your brain on computers; cyber mobs; natural theology « Rusty Pritchard — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:40:05 +0000

[...] we’ve been posting at Flourish about children, videophilia and nature-deficit-disorder, the roots of (literal) myopia, and [...]

Comment on Spill, baby, spill by Bill Randall

Bill Randall — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:30:38 +0000

Rusty, so true. I did some math on the cost. Estimates range upwards of $14 billion just for the clean-up. A 2 kW solar PV system here in Oregon costs $17,500 (and that’s BEFORE tax credits and utility incentives).

If we had spent the $14 billion on solar PV, we could have put a 2 kW solar system on a paltry 800,000 homes, and generated 1.6 million kW of electricity.

Hmmm…

Comment on Georgia Youth Birding Competition by rustypritchard

rustypritchard — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:38:50 +0000

I didn’t measure the mileage, but we went to Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, the Ocmulgee (Indian Mounds) National Monument, a city park in Macon on the river, and E.L. Huie, then raced to the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center near Mansfield to turn in their list.

Comment on Georgia Youth Birding Competition by Kathy E.

Kathy E. — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:49:29 +0000

Congratulations! How far did the team travel in search of this impressive list?!