Roger J. Wendell
Defending 3.8 Billion Years of Organic EvolutionSM
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WBØJNR Roger J. Wendell Maidenhead Grid Locator DM79iq Green Mountain, Colorado |
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When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the Earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the Earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow -- Old Native American Prophecy |
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"The tapestry that science weaves in describing the evolution of our universe is far richer and far more fascinating than any revelatory images or imaginative stories that humans have concocted. Nature comes up with surprises that far exceed those that the human imagination can generate." - Lawrence M. Krauss in his book, A Universe From Nothing, p. xvi |
Purpose:
I know, you've come to this page for a thousand other reasons than the fate of Earth. Maybe you're interested in Morse code or appropriate technology (yes, I have some pages devoted to those, too...), or you love travel and mountaineering (I've done a lot of that, as well), or you're Googling me because I've made a business proposal, applied for a position/contract at your company, or you've read one of my articles, or heard me on the radio.Whatever the reason I'm really glad you're here - even if you don't agree with me politically, philosophically, or even spiritually - it's important that we be able to communicate and have a free flow of information without threat of intimidation or worse (and, yes, I've received "worse" - up to and including death threats for the simple ideas and suggestions I've authored in various publications or on the Internet).
So, even though this site has well over 200 pages (and that's not counting the hundreds of pages I've authored on other sites!), covering all kinds of topics (including sciences like Biology, Evolution, and Cosmology that I love so much...), I want to make it clear that my lifelong passion has been the protection and preservation of our precious little planet and the wonderful array and diversity of life that it harbours. Yes, my family, friends, country, job, and other aspects of regular life are extremely important to me, but the planet, ultimately, deserves our greatest care and consideration.
In the secular long run, for that huge stretch of time that will continue after our deaths, there is nothing more important than this planet and the other creatures that inhabit it with us. Face it, no matter our technological prowess or spiritual certainty, this planet is all we know - there's no religious consensus on an alternative existence or afterlife, and science has confirmed that human-beings will never leave the solar system, ever.* Each of us has been born on this planet, and with the exception of a few astronauts, each of us will perish here. There is nothing else - this is our home.
My concern is not just with the destruction brought about by consumptive North Americans and Europeans, but by most of humankind all over the planet as well. I've traveled all the continents and can assure you that neither the Americans nor Europeans have "cornered the market" on habitat destruction and abuse - from China and India, to Antarctica and Japan, human impact on the natural world has been devastating - entire species and bioregions have been decimated by our greed, arrogance, and indifference.
Hopefully my little website, or occasional magazine articles and radio programs, can raise awareness, save some habitat, or rescue a species on the brink of extinction. I know - you may have come here to read one of my rants against the airlines or the concentration of wealth throughout society - that's fine. Just remember that my goal is to save some of the natural world - other creatures and systems have an intrinsic value of their own, and a right to be here regardless their "utility" or economic worth to humans. And, it doesn't matter our political system, religious views, or economic philosophy, we have no right to halt, slow, or degrade the biological rhythms and relationships that started a few thousand million years before our own appearance just a couple geologic seconds ago. We have no right to wantonly destroy the beautiful, mysterious array of life that also calls this place home. We do not have that right.
*Voyager 1 reached the heliopause at about the time of my posting - but there were no humans onboard...
Links to some (but not all!) of my other pages:
Some important history:
- 27 Year-old Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed during the Tehran protests of June '09
- 23 Year-old American Rachel Corrie crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in March '03 (I interviewed her parents 5 monhts later...)
- USS Liberty attacked by Israel in June, '67.
- Tiananmen Square Masacre, June '89, China.
Some fun stuff:
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Quarter Change Stuff I change every quarter!
(My apologies to nonnative speakers as this little phrase is yet another
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Quote Quiz:
Which famous person said this?
"We are a generous and welcoming people here in the US, but those who enter the country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law, We simply cannot allow people to pour into the US undetected, undocumented, unchecked and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently and lawfully to become immigrants in this country."
(Click Here for the answer)
Quote of the Quarter:
"We are the legacy of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution. We have a choice. We can enhance life and come to know the universe that made us, or we can squander our 15 billion year heritage in meaningless self-destruction. What happens in the first second of the next cosmic year depends on what we do, here and now, with our intelligence, and our knowledge of the cosmos."
- Carl Sagan
Real Bumper Stickers:
Did You Know?
The number of solar neutrinos that reach us on the Earth is about 65 billion passing through just one square centimeter every second. Almost all of them pass right through the Earth and out the other side. That means that every second, trillions of neutrinos are passing through your body. It's estimated that about 100 trillion neutrinos pass through your body every second. That means that over the course of your lifetime, about 10^23 neutrinos will stream through your body - that's almost a trillion trillions. Because neutrinos have so little mass they don't add up to much - about 10-13 kilograms will stream through your body over the course of your life. It's been estimated that about 100 billion people have ever lived on planet Earth, if you added up all humans from the dawn of our species. That means that the sum total mass of all neutrinos that have passed through every single person who has ever lived, over everyone's total lifetime, is... about 0.15 grams.
source: TimeBlimp.com
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