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=The Farmer, The King and the Natural World= University of Central Florida Spring 2012

Did you know that every "urban" tree in Tennessee generates $2.25 every year in measurable benefits?

Here is a link to a published argument between Jane Jacobs and the Allan Pulsipher, then head of the TVA, about the TVA.

Interview with [|James Scott] (I got there from the bottom of the Wikipedia entry on James C. Scott). -JW



//**An image of nature**//

//**Your Wiki Page is Needed**//. This is last year's wiki--check out how each student has their own page attached to the home page. That's what we need to be doing, too.

Check out this story about [|Chipotle] the burrito restaurant, and how they are linked to Florida through tomatoes. -JW
 * Chipotle, Willie Nelson, Tomatoes, Florida**

He visited Iowa yesterday and an [|agreement] was announced for the purchase of $US 4.31 billion worth of Iowa soybeans. I also heard that during the Cultural revolution he slept on bricks and ate gruel for 7 years, but I don't have a link for that.
 * Vice President of China**

Here is William Cronon's [|webpage], showing just how integrated into the web he is. -JW
 * Cronon's webpage**

As described by Carney, some abandoned [|rice fields] in low country South Carolina, just across the river from Savannah, GA. -JW
 * //Images of South Carolina rice fields//**.

Here's a link to a cartoon about sustainability from [|XKCD], a computer science kind of cartoon strip. -JW
 * //Sustainability//**.

This [|podcast] is about the Green Revolution; I haven't heard it yet, but it comes well recommended. This topic comes up in several of our books this semester. -JW
 * //Green Revolution//**.

It turns out they they are [|not native] to the American West, and they use a lot of water. -JW
 * //Tumbleweeds//**.

//**Lake Apopka.**// An Orlando Sentinel article about cleaning up lakes with [|invasive] species plants. -JW

//**Land Carving**// A New York Times article on the land carvings of the Amazon. Thought it might be interesting for everyone. -AA

//**World Population in 1500**//. This [|map] shows populations around the world, and at least __looks__ reputable, but that's only a first impression. -JW

Here is a [|short speech] given by [|José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva], a Brazilian conservationist who made a stand against illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest. In this video, he predicts what would happen to him 6 months later: he and his wife were gunned down in May 2011, presumably by assassins hired by logging interests. -MF
 * Conservation vs. Deforestation in the Amazon**

H-Florida, a history listserv posted information about an exhibit that may be of interest to us in the next weeks. The exhibit is on 19th century American women landscape painters. The exhibit features 65 paintings by 22 women who painted in the White Mountains between 1840 and 1940. Their work is associated with the Hudson River and White Mountain Schools of art. The exhibit is at the Florida Museum for Women Artists in Deland, February 11 through April 1. The cost is $5. You can access the website at [|www.floridamuseumforwomenartists.org]
 * Exhibit opportunity in Deland**