Word: kyoto
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...revive the Murray river, and the Coalition touting a $A2 billion water fund to expand water recycling and efficient irrigation infrastructure. But to the concern of many scientists, crises like salinity and biodiversity loss have barely been mentioned. And despite Labor's promise to sign Australia up to the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse emissions and increase renewable energy use, climate change has also struggled to stir voters. "I think once they've done water and the Tasmanian forests, they're almost exhausted," says one senior scientist. After leading the world in climate-change awareness in the late 1980s, Australians...
...ladder of opportunity" for all Australians through his commitment to education, health care and a more enlightened social policy. We'll soon know if the voters wish to climb on. - By Lisa Clausen Going Green RUSSIA After years of deliberation, the Cabinet of President Vladimir Putin endorsed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change and sent...
...still remember the light breeze, the gurgle of flowing water, and that joyful sense of release. Tourists flock to the rock gardens of Ryoanji; I found my Zen behind a great sushi restaurant, against a stunning 12th floor view of southern Kyoto, amidst the hustle and bustle of an underground Starbucks. I refer, of course, to the delights of the sit-down toilet. Only after stumbling every morning to a porcelain bowl in the floor can you understand the genius of Western plumbing. For a month, my brother and I made daily pilgrimages to our favorite sites; they became...
...horrified. He was supposed to ponder the tension between East and West in modern Japan, the ever-present shadows of the past in sprawling Kyoto, the sense of both fascination and alienation in a foreign land or just how a clump of white sand is supposed to signify mankind’s insignificance in the cosmos. How was stalking Japanese women supposed to demonstrate his thoughtfulness, maturity, and fitness for acceptance to an Ivy League college?! Like hell...
...also taught himself Japanese, gave up bus seats for ladies, and knew when my backpack was too heavy. We went to Japan so Isaac could find himself, but it was I who needed to find him. As July drew towards its end, we knew the best bathrooms in Kyoto, yet still didn’t have an essay topic. I, however, did get the epiphany: when it comes to family, sometimes you just have to flush your carefully laid plans down the drain...