Tag: nature
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Throwback Thursday #306: This is Life…
This is Throwback Thursday #306. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. I received an interesting book from Bob Goss last November. You may remember him from a couple Fossil…
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Throwback Thursday #87: Field & Street
This is Throwback Thursday #87. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Field & Street was a column in the Chicago Reader from at least 1984 until April 2004. For…
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Art Exhibition “human / nature” at the Illinois State Museum
ESCONI member Andrew Young is participating in a new art exhibition at the Illinois State Museum. The exhibition is called “human / nature: the weight of our actions on the natural world”. It runs from July 31st, 2021 until January 29th 2022 and is sure to be an enlightening and stimulating experience. Check it out! …
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Roy Plotnick: I’m not lying
Roy Plotnick has yet another insightful blog post over on Medium. Take his advice, get out and experience nature first hand! I began teaching physical geology in Fall 1982. Like all other instructors of this type of course, I would discuss a wide variety of landforms and show textbook provided slides (you know, pieces of…
