Just an alert to make sure everyone takes the time to check out Sustainablog's 2^nd anniversary celebration. In celebration Jeff will be posting his own and other bloggers' sustainability articles all day long. He's also seeking pledges on a per-post basis and will be donating the proceeds to the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Earthways Center. Despite the fact that the event has just begun, I have no doubt that Jeff will continue to accept donations.

I've contributed a post regarding toxin uptake by genetically modified trees to the effort, so check it and the rest of the posts out by navigating to Sustainablog periodically throughout the day.

Over at the Intersection I just got word of another new blog that looks really spectacular: ScienceG8 (Sciencegate). The only reason it’s not on the blogroll yet is that it may be a temporary addition to the ‘nets – they’ll be blogging through this week’s G8 summit, and may or may not continue beyond. I hope they do since the quality of material seems to be quite high, but even if they don’t keep it up, consider spending a few quality work hours snooping around Sciencegate this week.

Personal note: only after reviewing some of the material on the site, I’ve determined that one of the authors might be one of my old high school classmates. That would certainly be an interesting coincidence.

MIT weblog survey:

Via Pharyngula.

I was tagged for this heinous thing a while ago by Tony G at the Milkriverblog and then again more recently by Hungry Hyaena. Despite the fact that Organic Matter hasn’t featured much personal content, I like the fact that this meme brings out bloggers’ intellectual and literary influences.

All the dirt is below the fold.