This week brought the human race perhaps the worst natural disaster in modern history – Typhoon Haiyan. The news headlines have played every angle imaginable to jockey for readership position – the loss of life, the mass of displaced people, major destruction of critical infrastructure, and yes, global warming. With the latter, one may consider…
Read MoreThe September 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine includes a beautifully developed and presented feature about ‘Rising Seas’ – the imminent threat of sea-level rise due to a variety of factors. The cover page includes a series of questions addressed in the article which read as follows: 1. What will we protect? 2. What will…
Read MoreThe man in the canoe – perfect on all fronts. This CNN piece caught my eye from several perspectives – a man is effectively living in a canoe out in Boston Harbor, making use of public waterways and facilities to supplement his very paired down subsistence out on the water. Most importantly – he has…
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