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ENVIRONMENT

Mar 13, 2003

Developing toward 'living democracy'

By Amanda Suutari

When she was a child, environmental activist Vandana Shiva spent her free time walking in the Himalayan forests of northern India. Much later, before going to do her doctorate at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, she returned there to one of her favorite places. "There was a beautiful...

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ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH

Mar 13, 2003

Water, water -- where?

By Stephen Hesse

These days the talk is all about oil, but wait a couple of decades and oil politics could be a quaint historical artifact.

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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Mar 13, 2003

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Kajika gaeru * Scientific name: Buergeria buergeri * Scientific name: * Description: The Japanese singing frog, known for its "fififi" call, is brown or gray-black. Other frogs merely croak or call, but this frog sings. In Japan it was once common to keep the singing frog in a special...

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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH

Mar 6, 2003

Fun guys can always find long-lasting allies

By Mark Brazil

A coworker of mine in the Galapagos takes great delight in corny cracks and groan-inducing jokes, but as learning aids they are indeed memorable. Take his way of teaching the partnership involved in the lichen lifestyle and where they live. With apologies to Ron Sjostedt (and whoever he gleaned it from)...

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ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK

Mar 6, 2003

Withstanding the slings and sparrows of luxury cruises

By C.W. Nicol

As I try to write this, I'm aboard the cruise ship Asuka, sitting in my spacious starboard cabin on the ninth deck. Through the big square window to my right I can see a calm sea, bluer than any words of mine could describe.

ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH

Feb 27, 2003

Environment Bushwhack

By Stephen Hesse

U.S. Civil War General William Sherman is credited with uttering the sage words, "War is hell." War is hell on the environment as well, and U.S. President George W. Bush's "War on Terror" is no exception. Ironically, the environment being degraded is America's own.

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ENVIRONMENT / GARDEN PATHS

Feb 27, 2003

Plants of blooming passion

By Linda Inoki

On a gray February day, gardeners may be looking at colorful seed catalogs or even holiday brochures, dreaming of a trip to a tropical island. But this week it's time to leave your armchair gardening, because the tropics have come to Tokyo. The Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival offers a...

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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Feb 24, 2003

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Yamatomon shidemushi * Scientific name: Nicrophorus japonicus * Description: Burying beetles are large insects, growing up to 20 mm long. They have large eyes, strong legs, powerful biting jaws and club-shaped antennae. These beetles are black, with distinctive orange markings on...

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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH

Feb 20, 2003

How to label all life, and lichen?

By Mark Brazil

I am an inveterate binocular user, rarely going anywhere without a pair. They are useful not merely for enjoying scenery, and birds and mammals in their natural settings, but also for the odd peregrine falcon perched incongruously atop an urban high-rise, or for admiring architectural detail in close-up...

ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH

Feb 13, 2003

Have we got the will to survive?

By Stephen Hesse

"State of the World 2003," this year's edition of a report published annually by the Worldwatch Institute, arrived in my mailbox several days before the shuttle tragedy, but it sat on my desk unopened until the morning of Columbia's fiery descent.

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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER

Feb 11, 2003

By Rowan Hooper

* Japanese name: Nanafushi * Scientific name: Phraortes elongatus * Description: Stick insects belong to the order of insects called Phasmida, which derives from phasma, the Latin word for phantom. It's easy to identify a stick insect, but it is seeing it in the first place that is difficult, because...

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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH

Feb 6, 2003

Delving deeper into the snows

By Mark Brazil

At the end of my column last week, there I was on the Antarctic Peninsula pondering the pink hue of "watermelon snow" and wondering where had I heard about colored snow before.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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