Moving beyond despair: Copenhagen, trail running, and the persistance of hope
19/11/09 17:34
I’ve been thinking a
lot about loss recently. Right now, there’s a hush
of expectation globally right now around climate
change. The world is preparing for what is probably
the most important international climate change
meeting since at least 1992. And everything seems
up in the air — or, worse, like the agreement may
go badly awry. Several key government players like
the United States and Denmark have been reducing
expectations for what might be reasonably achieved
in the meeting in Copenhagen in December. And even
the BBC’s news unit has announced that they plan to
send a smaller number of reporters to Copenhagen.
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Video: UK Rivers on the Edge
01/11/09 09:06
When we think about
great freshwater ecosystems globally, most people
don't think about the United Kingdom. The Yangtze
of China is probably closer to most visions of a
great river, or perhaps from a wild perspective
Lake Baikal of Russia or the Colorado river as it
passes through the Grand Canyon. But there is also
great beauty and wonder in small places — streams
and ponds — that may lack grandeur but are no less
moving or important. The chalk
streams of southern England and
northern France are precisely such places.
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