Brazilian supermodel defends endangered Amazon river

May 30th, 2006

Original article: http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/30-05-2006/81221-bundchen-0
Media:Pravda - Moscow,Russia
Date: May 29, 2006

A campaign to protect the Amazon’s Xingu River from deforestation and pollution has a fashionable new defender: supermodel Gisele Bundchen. Read the rest of this entry »

Cruisin’ the Galapagos

May 29th, 2006

Original article
Media:Travel Activities
Date:May 29, 2006

By SUE-ANN LEVY, Sun Media. We’re so preoccupied with capturing the colourful fish life on our underwater camera, we nearly miss the sea lion that swishes by like a torpedo. Read the rest of this entry »

Cravings: Romance, and a bit of Belize, in the ‘Burgh

May 29th, 2006

Original article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06145/692791-34.stm
Media:Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Date:May 29, 2006

By Amy McConnell Schaarsmith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An anniversary is such a loaded date. You have the feeling you’re supposed to make a big deal about it, maybe eat out at a fancy restaurant or book a lavish weekend at a bed and breakfast to celebrate such an important milestone — even if, as in my case, it’s only the second one. Read the rest of this entry »

Under the blue mango: Belize on $5K and a pack of smokes

May 29th, 2006

Original article: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_839.shtml
Media:Online Journal
Date:May 29, 2006

There are superficial people everywhere, but a whole section of the human soul is simply missing in Americans. Most foreigners can never understand it unless they have lived inside America’s total dominance of the material slave-state — Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. – Gui Rochat Read the rest of this entry »

The Ozone Layer Puzzle and Mitigation

May 29th, 2006

Original article: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004504.html
Media:WorldChanging - USA
Date:May 29,2006

Jon Lebkowsky. To Know It for the First Time – Place, Environment and Ecology see all posts in this category.
Just ran across a story at NASA, Good News and a Puzzle, about evidence that the Earth’s ozone layer appears to be “healing,” except for the ozone hole over Antarctica, which is bigger than ever.     Read the rest of this entry »

Record rains drown most of Belize

May 29th, 2006
Original article
Media:ChannelBelize.com - Belize City,Belize
Date:May 29, 2006
For the past week, most of the country has been underwater, following a daily dose of several inches of rain. Tonight weather experts explain that while the high levels are a surprise, we should use the experience to prepare for what is expected to be one of the wettest rainy seasons in recent memory. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon Forest Suffers From Settler Influx

May 29th, 2006
Original article
Media:Washington Post - United States
Date:May 28, 2006

By Michael Astor, ITAITUBA, Brazil — Izidio Orlando de Brito used to walk for hours down a jungle path hauling his manioc, beans, corn and rice to market, thinking how much easier life would be if there was a road to his village. Read the rest of this entry »

Costa Rica’s battle for popularity

May 23rd, 2006
Original article: 
Media:BBC News - UK
Date:May 22, 2006 

Costa Rica has a history of fighting off foreign political influences, but although proud of its independence it is also aware of not upsetting its northern and southern neighbours. Read the rest of this entry »

Rare Albino Alligators Born In Brazil

May 22nd, 2006
Original article: http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9252797/detail.html
Media:NBCi.com - Columbus,OH,USA
Date: May 22, 2006  

MATO GROSSO, Brazil — A zoo in Brazil has announced the birth of eight rare albino alligators.  Read the rest of this entry »

Easter Island fungus possible cancer drug

May 17th, 2006
Original article
Media:Santiago Times (subscription) - Chile
Date:May 16, 2006     

Says Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. A recent study by the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology revealed that the drug “rapamycin” - sourced from an Easter Island fungus - halves the risk of cancer in kidney transplant patients. The drug also proved successful in reducing cancerous tumors. Read the rest of this entry »