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...There are millions of acres of wild places, from tall grass prairies to mangrove swamps to alpine forests, that have been saved thanks to the Nature Conservancy. Botanist Richard Goodwin was one of the founders of the Conservancy in 1951, and he fervently believed that environmental protection begins at home. Goodwin donated the farmland he lived on in Connecticut and constantly pushed to expand the group's preservation efforts. So far, the Conservancy has protected well over 100 million acres (40 million hectares) in the U.S. and nearly 30 other countries...
...will see a baby boom marked by twin births, common in green years. "It's amazing," Robert Perez, a state wildlife biologist told the Houston Chronicle. "I've been around the state over the past several weeks, and it's like a new world. Everything's green. There's grass everywhere. And there's so much life out there - not just game animals but everything. I was up in the Rolling Plains the past couple of weeks, and I've never seen so many snakes and frogs and lizards and mosquitoes...
...became the star of a documentary film, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, which opens this weekend in New York City and in several more cities over the coming weeks. An account of Peterson's struggles as a family farmer and his recent success as part of the grass-roots "community farming" movement, the film, directed by Taggart Siegel, was released on the festival circuit in 2005 and has been traversing the world ever since. As it has toured, Peterson has traveled with it, championing the issues of localized farming and sustainable agriculture much as Al Gore - who himself...
...merchandise sold under the resort label can sell at full price from late October all the way through to early April--but also as a fashion testing ground. Many European designers use their resort lines to try out ideas for upcoming spring collections. A color like last spring's grass green and a shape like the skinny pant first emerged in resort collections. For its 2007 resort line, Prada is introducing a new fuller shape, floral prints and a brightly colored soft leather bag. Chances are a variation on these looks will show up again on the label's spring...
...Olympic program for the 2012 games in London. (Its advocates hope to make it in 2016.) And though clever technology has made the sport more TV-friendly, with glass courts and white balls making it much easier to follow the action, broadcasts remain hard to find. Still, at its grass roots, the picture is looking brighter. Some 180 years since pupils at England's posh Harrow school invented the game, children are again getting involved. A scheme introduced two years ago by England Squash offers thousands of kids as young as six a taste of the game...