Category Archives: environment

Removing snow – how to!

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Jim deMaine

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The unofficial Australian national anthem

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Today our virtual walk in Australia begins. Lets celebrate this beautiful country and pray for better times for our friends down under who are going through hard times.

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Skyline’s virtual walk in the land down under begins Monday!

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Please consider participating in our walk in Australia. Starting this Monday, February 3rd we will celebrate this amazing country (as well as empathize with their current extreme hardships). During February there will be Australian movies, music, food and even wine … Continue reading →

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Carl Sagan talks to Johnny Carson

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Jim deMaine

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Food in the nude – NZ ditching plastic packaging of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. for sending this along ‘Food in the nude’ is a New Zealand campaign to end plastic packaging for fresh produce in supermarkets. Foodstuffs have signed the NZ Plastic Packaging Declaration which is committed to making all … Continue reading →

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30 facts about life in Japan

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G. Can we learn?

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New Seattle Aquarium will inspire next generation of conservationists

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Barb W. for send this along By Melissa Mager and Martha KongsgaardSpecial to The Seattle Times Water is life. The ocean produces nearly every other breath we take. A warmer ocean has less oxygen. A more acidic ocean produces less food. … Continue reading →

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Tribute displayed on Sydney Opera House

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. for finding this

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Seattle seasons – where are we now?

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Jim deMaine

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How to get off that crane

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G. Mountain climbers enjoy!

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Huh? Trump on windpower

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Jim deMaine

It’s hard to believe the following, or maybe it’s not. The fact checking site, Snopes, confirms the following from our current President. Thanks to Dorothy W. for finding this. “…We’ll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind. You … Continue reading →

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Open letter to the Seattle Design Commission

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Jim deMaine

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David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Jim deMaine

In the nineteen-thirties, in Leicester, England, a future knight of the realm named David Attenborough developed an obsession with finding fossils. He would ride his bicycle to old iron quarries and knock on rocks with a little hammer—some would fall … Continue reading →

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Earthquake – do you have a luggable loo?

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Here’s some added info from Put: No one at the Lander St Home Depot store knew anything about the buckets that might be adapted for sanitation. When we got home, I looked online and discovered that REI sells the “Luggable … Continue reading →

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The growth in population over time

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G for finding this. Just how many people can our planet support given the variables of climate change, birth control, fertility and consumption. What will be our quality of life with the projections of growth?

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A walk in the woods with Seattle writer David Guterson

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Walking is back in the zeitgeist here. Seattle author and New York Times columnist Tim Egan has a new book, A Pilgrimage to Eternity, about hoofing it from Canterbury to Rome in search of faith. There’s The Seattle Walk Report, an Instagram-eye-view of the city … Continue reading →

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From bean to cup

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G. for sending this great story Seattle’s coffee culture is fueling a better life for people half-way around the world while also providing sanctuary to an endangered species. Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation program is working … Continue reading →

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Everything about the Pacific Northwest is on display at the new Burke Museum. Even the scientists.

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Jim deMaine

The museum’s new home brings its researchers out of the basement, and delivers a love letter of fossils and artifacts to our region. Click here for the full article from Crosscut.

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The Lost & Found Tale of a Valuable Pigeon

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Jim deMaine

By Lorraine Wascher Woods During our February snowstorm, the Schullers had a handsome pigeon trapped on their balcony for three days. Not just any pigeon; it turns out he was a specially bred and valuable racing pigeon. Nichole Griepentrog (Skyline … Continue reading →

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These are the 25 most intriguing commercial projects around Seattle – Redmond to Renton

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Jim deMaine

By Marc Stiles – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business JournalJul 11, 2019, 10:00am EDT Ed note: Click here to access the side show of 25 important construction projects in the aear Vulcan Real Estate is moving aggressively ahead with two huge mixed-use office … Continue reading →

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Check out the beauty on the roof!

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Someone took these lovely photos of the Hibiscus now in bloom. Will the photographer please come forward?!

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The rebirth of nuclear power could come from Bellevue, if Congress approves

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Jim deMaine

From Crosscut: Nuclear power has stalled in the United States. The country’s 97 commercial reactors provide 20 percent of its power, but only one reactor has gone online since 1998 — in Tennessee in 2016. Two more reactors — behind schedule and way … Continue reading →

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Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Jim deMaine

This month, officials in Los Angeles, California, are expected to approve a deal that would make solar power cheaper than ever while also addressing its chief flaw: It works only when the sun shines. The deal calls for a huge … Continue reading →

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Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Jim deMaine

By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading →

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901 Madison – early design for yet another

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sue Van L for alerting us.

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