Cuban cars – look familiar ? And what about that great building in the background!

Summer 2015: Is there an idea, an inspiration, a calling, a voyage  in our selection of upcoming stories? Come back and see.

Havana: What’s up in the arts, architecture and historic preservation? Will burgeoning tourism ruin Cuba’s pristine coastline and natural riches? Firsthand accounts from recent visitors.

The Iron Curtain Trail: a 10,000-kilometer bike ride with history, culture and sustainable tourism thrown in!

Sea Lion Pups Courtesy of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Wildlife rehabilitation:  Volunteers on call for saving sea creatures, birds and wildlife

Brainpower and muscle – at work on Maison Reciprocity — the student competition to build solar-powered houses. Copyright Dudley Carter

Greening colleges and universities: From food composting to advanced degree programs, schools are preparing the next generation of environmental entrepreneurs and activists.

Water Edward Burtynsky: Panel exhibition in Utrecht, The Netherlands (Oct 2014) Photo by Faul-Zeitler (CC 3.0)

Photographers touched by nature: Emmett Gowin, Sebastian Salgado, Edward Burtynsky, Sally Mann

The Creative Habit Twyla Tharp

Design books: 35 recommended by art schools (RISD, Pratt, Cal Arts and the rest)