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  • The Green Wall of China - and beyond

    Mac Margolis | Apr 9, 2008 09:23 AM
    For calloused earth watchers, the latest word on the state of global forests was all too familiar. In the annual Global Monitoring Report 2008 , released on April 8, the World Bank concluded that the planet's woodlands are still vanishing at an alarming... More
  • See Naples ... Die

    Newsweek | Mar 6, 2008 01:19 PM


    By Barbie Nadeau


    I can only begin to tell you how much I love Napoli.  It is a city that invites you by defying you, and constantly surprising you. Naples is an acquired taste, to be sure. It is too loud, too fast, too chaotic –not to mention too dirty, especially recently--but at the same time its beauty, historical significance and unique energy make it well worth enduring all the negatives.

    I always imagined the only thing that could really defeat this vibrant city would be Vesuvius erupting or some sort of freak tsunami-like wave from the sea. Sadly, this beautiful urban organism actually is dying a much worse death. 
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