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About Eric Dieterle

A writer of environmental literature and a public affairs coordinator at Northern Arizona University.

An Observation

Posted on April 28, 2011

At a lecture on campus recently, the director of the National Science Foundation, Subra Suresh, referred to our being in “a new era of observation.” As he explained, at least from the NSF perspective, one of the most powerful developments … Continue reading →

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Concrete dreams

Posted on March 7, 2011

A day before the State of the Union address, the American Society of Civil Engineers released a long report about the decrepit state of America’s infrastructure. The information is not new, nor is the theme: An aging interstate system, decaying … Continue reading →

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A Tour of Human Limitations

Posted on January 2, 2011

Two news stories in recent days serve as a reminder of the awesome responsibility that comes with some of our most profound advances in science and engineering. First came word that tours will be starting up at Chernobyl. Then the … Continue reading →

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Ghosts in the Parentheses

Posted on November 16, 2010

Something stayed with me after I read Howie Good’s “Pilots Called Them Flying Coffins”, and it wasn’t the words themselves. It was the space after each line and before the next. What is it about this poem that haunts me? … Continue reading →

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The Story Is in the Storyteller

Posted on October 28, 2010

As I prepared my paper proposal for ASLE 2011 (which, for now, I’m calling “Growing Up with Disaster: Two Stories”), I was struck by how the story of environment was told to me and how it’s being told to my … Continue reading →

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