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...constant, no matter where you are - concern over the state of the planet. Whether it's climate change, pollution, habitat depletion, a lack of clean water or the loss of precious species, people everywhere worry about where we are going and how we can ensure that we hand the earth on to the next generation in as good a shape as possible...
...TIME, we've long had a commitment to covering environmental issues. The Environment section of the magazine was first created back in 1969 - long before the term global warming even existed. We published our first cover on that subject in 1987, and - in a break with tradition - named Endangered Earth our Planet of the Year in 1988. Our latest entry in this distinguished line of journalism was TIME International's double issue last month on Heroes of the Environment. To mark that issue, I was delighted to join my TIME colleagues and more than 400 distinguished guests, including TIME Warner...
...memorable evening. In the Great Hall of the Royal Courts - one of the finest Gothic Revival spaces in the world - the crowd met no less than 16 of our heroes. Some were locals, like David Attenborough, the legendary documentary filmmaker whose most recent series, Planet Earth, has taken his ability to reveal the secrets of nature to unparalleled heights. Others came from far away, such as Hammer Simwinga, a Zambian agronomist who has developed local businesses so that villagers do not have to resort to poaching, and Tommy Remengesau Jr., the President of the Pacific Island nation of Palau...
...confidently carried us through the remainder of the work.The second half of the show focused on Gustav Holst’s “The Planets,” a more contemporary piece by the renowned British composer. Split into seven extremely different parts named for each planet (except Earth) and its respective influence on astrology, Holst’s piece proved to be fascinating. The orchestra undoubtedly lived up to the high expectations it had formed after the first half of the show, playing Holst’s piece without any noticeable error. After courageously beginning the piece forcefully...
...dance. Drawing upon scientific theories of both the Big Bang and the Gaia Hypothesis, Berensohn emphasized the idea that art precedes science in his impromptu dissertations on topics like the Bible, our existence as “terraqueous beings,” and the living goddess that is the Earth.“Clay is made of stardust,” he said.During the dance portions of the workshop, Dakin began with a warm-up that focused on the dancer’s connection to the earth, embodying much of what Berensohn sought to convey.After lunch, Dakin performed Martha Graham?...