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Another big enviro-sex trend: birth control that's au naturel. Like all good Catholics, my husband and I had to attend church-run marriage prep before we tied the knot last year. I was surprised, however, during the hard sell on natural family-planning (NFP), that this updated version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex and the Eco-City: Getting It On Is Getting Greener | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

When rains slowed enough for people living in the central coast of Vietnam to venture outside and assess the damage, they were stunned at what they saw. In the night, Typhoon Ketsana had unleashed thousands of logs and cut timber, which had ridden the swollen rivers down the mountains, bashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Typhoon, Illegal Logging Back in Spotlight in Vietnam | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

The IPCC's predictions are grim for a country that still hasn't figured out an effective strategy for water management. In the northwest alone, the water table is falling by about 1.6 inches per year, according to the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission. At least half of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Floods Reveal Climate Change Specter | 10/11/2009 | See Source »

Yet many in the country are pointing fingers at its politicians for failing to predict the scale of the disaster or lessen the damage it caused. Manila, they say, was always bound to face such catastrophe, and more should have been done to help its millions of residents prepare. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Manila Floods: Why Wasn't the City Prepared? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

Last weekend's flood was in large part the result of the capital's poor drainage and sanitation systems, which have been neglected by several successive administrations in power. As Ketsana rained down upon Manila, sewers that were clogged up by plastic bags and other refuse led to roads becoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Manila Floods: Why Wasn't the City Prepared? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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