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...date, Prawoto's commissions have included a bookshop, a museum and 10 houses in Yogyakarta (none of which suffered more than superficial damage during the quake) as well as churches, cafés and community centers in Bali and Papua. Then there was his contribution to a 2003 architectural exhibition in Siena, Italy: large Roman-style archways, made of straw instead of triumphal stone because straw happened to be the most common local material...
When the world begins a new round of negotiations on climate change next month in Bali, Indonesia, each of us will have a seat at the table. We are all emitters of carbon dioxide - the main cause of man-made climate change - each time we drive or use electricity. But even more importantly, we are all citizens. The U.S. Government, together with the other 190 governments at the negotiations, will have to set new rules of the game for producing and using energy. Our power as citizens is to ensure that they...
...That puts the pressure on the world's leaders to finally do something about global warming. They'll have their last, best chance next month, when energy ministers from around the world travel to Bali, Indonesia, for the annual meeting of the U.N.'s Framework on Climate Convention. There policymakers will begin attempting to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. "The breakthrough needed in Bali is for a comprehensive climate deal that all nations can embrace," said...
...biggest carbon emitters can agree to cap their greenhouse gas emissions - neither signed on for limits under Kyoto - we may stand a chance of averting the grimmest consequences of climate change. If they fail, then the IPCC has already written our future. We'll find out in Bali...
...Kuala Lumpur. He now has 22 planes and is seeking to buy 80 more over the next eight years. AirAsia has gone from 12 flights a day to 100, including runs from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta, from Bangkok to the gambling mecca of Macau and even flights to Bali. He's also eyeing China and India. Boasts Fernandes: "We have transformed the way people think about flying...