Urban Ecology

Sunita Narain: Looking for a new deal (Business Standard India)

21 Nov 2008

We need a welfare programme for people and the planet and not just for industry and rich bankers. After the past few months of the global economy’s downward spiral, it is now more or less clear that the dreaded ‘R’ word must be said. The world’s major economies are slipping into a recession.

Oregon Recreation Report (Lebanon Express)

21 Nov 2008

The Oregon Recreation Report (fishing, hunting viewing), updated Nov. 12 by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ethiopia: Sprawl Unlimited (AllAfrica.com)

20 Nov 2008

Kim Heacox, a travel writer to my knowledge, tells this about a little known aspects of Americana: "It still astounds me that in a nation so fiercely dedicated to capitalism and consumption, we embrace another form of wealth-open space-where every hour isn't rush our, where worries come not from bear markets, but from bears.