Kate Wing's Blog
About
- Bio:
Despite harboring a secret desire to be the green correspondent for "The Daily Show," I have not yet been able to resist the allure of writing sentences like: "Sec. 8375(a) It is the policy of the state to..." I started as a phycologist, peering at microscopic algae under a microscope, but as I drifted into policy it became clear that campaigns to Save the Cryptoomonads would not garner great public support. Luckily, fish are almost as fascinating and as ocean politics expands to consider ecosystems I get to draw on my knowledge of the bottom of the food chain.
- Roots in:
- Maryland
- Favorite place:
- New Zealand
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- I tend to agree that "environmentalism" as an -ism is dead, and may it rest in peace. It built a strong foundation of laws that brought us to where we are today, where places matter and DIY culture thrives. Knowing your food and how it's grown, your neighborhood and how it gets its water, and understanding your own connections to the world--I think people today crave that sense of place and we all actively create 'the environment' every day.
Recent Blog Posts
- If you're in Brussels next week, come talk about MPAs (May 6, 2008)
- Salmon flunk (May 2, 2008)
- The last one standing (April 23, 2008)
- Fishing makes fish populations unstable (April 21, 2008)
- SunChips, now with Real Sun (April 18, 2008)
- Can you hear me now? (April 9, 2008)
- Jump, tuna, jump! (March 27, 2008)
- On their bellies, sea pigs crawling (March 24, 2008)
- Fewer eggs, fewer baskets (March 24, 2008)
- Can it, Sony (March 12, 2008)
Read more in Kate Wing's Archives→
- Kate Wing
- Senior Ocean Policy Analyst
- San Francisco
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Recent NetNow Links
- Ways to Go Green from This Old House
- Turn those paint cans upside down to save the planet (and your paint)!
- Ready for Life Without Bluefin Tuna?
- Maybe a gelatin roll substitute?
- ScienceDaily: Condition Of Bluefin Tuna In Gulf Of Maine Is Declining
- Tekkamaki in peril!