Author: Barb

• April 4, 2008general, General

  The Geography of a Garbage Island

  Recently massive plastic patches such as the one in the North Pacific Gyre, which is estimated to weigh over 3 million tons and covers an area twice the size of […]

• April 4, 2008general, General

  The 23nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management

  I just came back from the The 23nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management at Widener University in Philadelphia. I presented with the Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority […]

• February 23, 2008general, General

  Walking on Steep Terrain

  Researchers have verified what you probably do naturally on a steep slope – walk zig-zag. According to MSNBC, researchers at University of Southampton UK, found that zigzagging is the fastest […]

• February 14, 2008Education, general

  Great Backyard Bird Count

  Are you participating in the The Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend? Led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, with sponsorship from Wild Birds Unlimited citizen […]

• February 10, 2008general, General

  Creating memories using maps

  I read a Momania article from last year called “Google mapping the ones you love” which explains how their family uses Google maps and other technology to help their “kids […]

• February 9, 2008general, General

  Jane Austen, Dickens, and Love

  For Valentine’s Day, I went looking for maps of romantic novel worlds. I started by searching for Jane Austen and found this great interactive map of Dicken’s London. This Standfords […]

• February 1, 2008general, General

  Advanced Polar Ship

  According to the BBC, “European ship designers are currently working on what is billed as the “most advanced polar research vessel in the world” appropriately called the Aurora Borealis. They […]

• December 7, 2007general, General

  Beyond Monopoly: Silk Escape Map Scarves

  By now, most people have read the very neat story from CNN via Mental Floss , Boing Boing and the Wall Street Journal about how regional silk escape maps were […]

• December 7, 2007general, General

  World Map Wall Mural

  Keeping in the spirit of anyday gifts here is a neat $100 13 foot x 18 foot world map mural that shows “Major cities, World Time Zone, Land Elevation and […]

• December 5, 2007general, General

  Tea Towels

  Finding the license plate map of the U.S.A made me want to look up another great nostalgic geo gift: souvenier map tea towels. Here are some recent tea towel maps […]