Sandworms.org

Sandworms.org is a personal blog dedicated to the interactions between humans and their environment. This may include thoughts on ecology, economy, religion, making our human footprints (ecological, economic, carbon, etc.) smaller, slow foods (including barbecue), homesteading arts, and ongoing research.

Sandworms is a reference to the Dune novels by Frank Herbert. In addition to being an entertaining read, the series can be seen as an early exploration of political ecology. The sandworms make the spice as part of their life-cycle–and yet the power struggles and economics surrounding spice are key drivers behind conflicts leading to the destruction (and rebirth) of the sandworms. Herbert also explores the idea of “planetology,” the study of an entire planet as an interconnected biophysical system.