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CONDOMS I see that the Pope is at it again, now in West Africa claiming that condoms don't help in the battle against aids. The react...

A LABOR OF LOVE At Vila Fortaleza the Santo Daime Sacrament is made the old fashion way. Truly, it's a labor of love. Here is Saturnino ...

WALKING IN BEAUTY I've been in quite a funk lately. Yup, it really is possible to feel weird in paradise. I mean a real weirdness – the ...

PICO-DE-JACA The Pico de Jaca is one of Amazõnia's largest venemous snakes, sometimes reaching a length of 12 feet. The other day, the g...

Some Hard Questions There's a fascinating conversation going on as to whether or not cheap energy is a fool's paradise that is desti...

STORIES FROM ACRE [Editor's Note: Yep, I'm getting younger but I'm not yet into bike-riding. For sure, I'm always fishing fo...

Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy A desire to keep up with neighbors is spurring conservation. (Photo: Max Whittaker for The N...

"ONE LAST CHANCE TO SAVE HUMANKIND" (Image: Eamonn McCabe / Camera Press) James Lovelock, the originator of the gaia thesis, think...

LOST CITIES OF THE AMAZON The National Geographic Video telling the El Dorado and terra preta story that has inspired the biochar movement...

AN HISTORIC WEEK [UPDATE 26 January 2009: OOOPS! This post continued with an announcement that Santo Daime had been made legitimate in the U...

A MOST IMPORTANT DAY [UPDATE: I've been informed that, in honor of the inauguration of our new president, the court hearing on the futur...

BIOCHAR -- END OF 2008 UPDATE . Here's a summary of excellent articles and links assembled by the International Biochar Initiative Nove...

This week commemorates the life and death of Chico Mendes who was born Dec 15, 1944 and murdered Dec 22, 1988. Monument to Chico Mendes...