Articles by Biodiversivist
My real name is Russ Finley. I also have my own blog called Biodiversivist, which contains articles in addition to those submitted to Grist. I live in Seattle, married with children. Suffice it to say that although I am trained and educated as an engineer, my passion is nature. I very much want my grandchildren to live on a planet where lions, tigers, and bears have not joined the long and growing list of creatures that used to be.
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The Great Brain Robbery and the Seattle Pee Patch
The neighborhood dogs use my daughter’s vegetable garden as a communal toilet. You can’t blame them really. The garden is right next to the sidewalk and they are just dogs. […]
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Nissan Leaf, meet Ford Pinto
There were two interesting cars parked on my street this week. One was a Nissan Leaf (see my test drive video here). The other was a Ford Pinto. The Pinto […]
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Review of The Rational Optimist — How Prosperity Evolves
Photo courtesy s.red via Flickr Crossposted from the Biodiversivist blog Just how rational are we? Had the […]
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Disarming the Food to Fuel Conflict
Corncob Bob (left) and Bob Dinneen, CEO of the RFA. Crossposted from the Biodiversivist blog In this post I am going to critique an article titled: Disarming the Food to […]
