John A. “Skip” Laitner Because I roam the desert a lot, the UV Index is something I pay attention to. It is an international standard that measures the strength of ultraviolet radiation from the sun at a given time and place.
A Robust Economy and Lessons of the Sonoran Agave
John A. “Skip” Laitner There is a good deal of worry about the robustness of our nation’s future economy. And rightly so. Especially since the recession of 2008 and 2009, and as shown in the chart below, we still have
More by Waste than Ingenuity?*
John A. “Skip” Laitner In the Sonoran Desert, where I live, the bizarre is very real. The heat of the sun and the harshness of the environment have forged an amazing assortment of wonderfully complex and adaptive life forms. The