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Journalists Have a Dangerous Job

04.22.2010 · Posted in Work From Home Articles

Apparently journalism has recently been reassessed as a dangerous profession. The U.N. claims no less than 71 journalists were killed around the globe in 2009. Last year there were a whole lot of things happening economically and politically and struggles were standard. So journalists were in risky locales and more were killed in 2009 than ...

Environmental Awareness: Encouragement vs. Education

04.11.2010 · Posted in Environmental Articles

Environmental experts often fall into the "if only they knew" trap -- "If only they knew they lived in a watershed," "if only they knew the stormdrain went to the creek." But TV commercials, brochures, and other materials that are educational produce disappointing results compared to those that try to encourage the desired behavior. ...

Cowboys, Conservationists, and the Hopeful Herd

03.26.2010 · Posted in Manufacturing Articles

When we are trying to make something happen, conservationists sometimes think like cowboys. We break out the rhetorical cattle **** and try to shock the public out of complacency and into action with a stiff jolt of bad news. There's a time and place for that -- but to motivate people to actually do something, ...