Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark: Coming Up
Joel Sartore is a man on a mission – to photograph 12,000 species of mammals, amphibians, birds, insects and other species before they go extinct, through a project he calls […]
Racing Extinction! Don’t Miss It Dec. 2
Academy Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos, who is debuting Racing Extinction – a new documentary that airs December 2 on Discovery TV in 220 countries – is a man on a mission. […]
Cuba’s Waiting for You! Part I
There’s no single way to look at contemporary Cuban life, culture and the arts without understanding the contradictions, overlaps and influences that have existed for centuries– the powerful pull of […]
University Teams Build Solar Houses
Now underway: The 7th U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is underway in Orange, California, with 16 university/technical school teams from the US, Central America, Singapore, Germany, and Rome that […]
Open Letter to Leaders of the World
What’s the goal of COP21? For world leaders to create the strongest global agreement possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That’s why people from many countries are speaking out to […]
Cuba Photo Gallery: A Preview
Pope’s Visit to US: Read Laudato Si Now!
Pope Francis has hit a home run: Laudato Si´, his 197-page encyclical (treatise) released June 18 by the Vatican on environment and climate change, makes it clear that we are responsible […]
Design Showcases and Events: Fall 2015
The fall season is on in the architecture and design world – with a slew of week- to months-long events in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, London and Eindhoven […]
Hot, Hot, Hot: A Climate Editorial
Unrelenting heat, drought, and lack of potable water are more likely than insurgents and militant attacks to bring down civil society in the Middle East. So says New York Times […]
Coming up: Cuba’s Arts & Cultural Scene
Today, the United States opened its embassy in Havana, overlooking the city’s Malecon – a policy move that also suggests there will be many opportunities ahead for Cuba’s artists, writers, […]
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