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Even more devastating is what we've done to the water cycle. So large is human demand for freshwater that many great rivers like the Yellow in China and even the Nile in Egypt sometimes dry up before getting to the sea. When diverted water is returned to waterways, it often comes back laden with noxious chemicals and sewage. Moreover, the building of 40,000 large dams and many more smaller obstructions has converted most of the world's rivers into a series of interconnected lakes. Such a water system, like nothing seen since the end of the last...
...WITHOUT WHEELS www.greenestcity.org There was a time, even in wealthy countries, when lots of kids didn't need an SUV or a big yellow bus to get to school. In a throwback to simpler days, Canadian activists are touting "the Walking School Bus," a pollution-free mode of transportation that requires only two legs and an energetic spirit. The Greenest City, a Toronto group, encourages children from the same neighborhood to walk to school together--with one adult chaperone for every four kids. Forty schools have signed...
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE www.foe.org.hk Braving the threat of high-altitude sickness, Chinese volunteers are traveling to the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau, the source of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, to plant drought-resistant shrubs and trees intended to halt soil erosion. They are also sending bottles downstream with messages urging water conservation and an end to logging in critical areas along the river...
Boarding fees are $35 a night; training costs vary. It's worth every penny, according to Al and Denise Lyons, whose yellow Labrador Rosie had been a serial nipper. After Canyon View, Al says, "we had a pet who was under control." During peak vacation months, it's wise to reserve three months ahead, says comedian Sinbad, who boards his two pugs and a mixed breed there. "It's like getting your kid into a private school." (Telephone...
Divine Mirrors concludes with a look at representations of Mary in the 20th century. Gertrude Tiske's "Portrait of Mary" (1920) depicts a young woman with red braids in a yellow dress and checkered apron. The portrayal of Mary as an ordinary woman provides a stark contrast to the exalted portraits of earlier centuries, which showed Mary as saint, regal queen or grieving mother. Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, an artist living in Boston, gives a striking interpretation of the Holy Family in eight photographs of a mother and father embracing their son in turn. Only the child is visible...