This page will eventually become a collection of my reviews of Environmental Impact Assessments conducted in the Bahamas. The links lead to a Science and Perspective copy of the EIA as published, then a link to my comments on the EIA as submitted to the developer and the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection. I will also include a brief summary of the EIA. Enjoy.

  • Quick and easy heat map

    Bird Species Heat Maps Here is a heat map of Common Ground Dove Observations exported from a Google Fusion Table. Keep in mind, this shows where they were seen before May 2016, not necessarily where it can be seen. You should be able to toggle street map and satellite image and scroll around the island…

  • My digital house

    How do you describe social media to your students? I use the house analogy. My digital world is a house I build with social media. Each platform is a room within that house. Though they each have doors and windows that open to the outside world, I choose what people can see through those windows…

  • Sustainability and perspective

    my friend Quentin asks in response to "Sustainability and Perspective" How do you balance "trying to make a difference" with awareness of others and sensitivity to the full impact of one’s actions? Quentin,There are a few ways I seek this balance. Firstly, I use my doer’s code. I am a human scientist and photographer. I…

  • Sustainability and perspective

    Today I saw a really interesting video. You should watch it before you continue. https://www.facebook.com/CNBCMakeIt/videos/1906014706126685/ From the perspective of the person in the video and CNBC, Lionfish are bad for the environment, because they negatively impact native fish populations. This in turn impacts the coral reefs. Norman’s is helping by removing Lionfish from that ecosystem,…

  • Connections: Re: Actual Weekly Riff

    ​So a friend has a weekly email I subscribe to and he quote another of his friends as saying "Learning is all about connections". Did you say "duh."? It seems to make sense to me. this is the only way I seem to learn. My memory sucks, but I do pretty well in school because…