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OUR PLANET EARTH

ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 23, 2006
Bottled water and problems that flow
Having just spent several weeks in the United States, I can report with confidence that, more than ever before, Americans have their hands full.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 26, 2006
Will commons sense dawn again in time?
These days we can be forgiven for wondering if Homo sapiens have gone completely mad. From just a glance at the headlines, it is easy to conclude that humans are hellbent on destroying themselves and their environment, with little concern for which goes first.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 28, 2006
Marine management is all at sea
Our oceans and seas are in deep trouble, and if the Japanese government is to be believed, part of the blame rests with the whales.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 24, 2006
A road to ancient history's ruin
Irish politician Dick Roche is in the business of government, and his two-decades-long career has touched on public administration, finance, transportation and economic planning and development.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 26, 2006
A voice of reason countering Big Oil's clout
The United States government may be hemorrhaging money in Iraq, but the financial condition of America's oil companies and their top management couldn't be rosier.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2006
Self-interest and those Greenland pigs
Why do some societies last for hundreds, even thousands, of years, while others soar, dazzle but then fizzle like short-lived summer fireworks?
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 22, 2006
S. Korean wetland faces doom
For those readers long ago numbed to the fraud, waste and environmental abuse that accompanies public works projects in Japan, here's one that might jump-start your ire: A project by the South Korean government to landfill and develop 40,100 hectares (almost 100,000 acres) of coastal waters and wetlands in the Saemangeum Estuary.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 25, 2006
Saving our environment one step at a time
Having ended 2005 with a rant (see below), let me begin 2006 on a more positive note by introducing some valuable environmental education resources.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Dec 28, 2005
Sleazy snappers turn eco-show sour
Originally this column was going to be about Eco-products 2005, a trade show held at Tokyo Big Sight earlier this month. But as you'll see, I got seriously sidetracked and my focus shifted more or less entirely.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 23, 2005
Big Money warms to socially responsible investing
Environmentalists have been preaching for decades that true societal change will only happen when the really big-money players, such as multinational corporations and banks, begin to balance profit-making with social responsibility.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Oct 26, 2005
Amazon's best defense is its people
In 1989, two years after his first visit to the Amazon, singer/songwriter Sting co-authored a book called "Jungle Stories: The Fight for the Amazon" (Barrie & Jenkins). In the book he writes, "To visit the forest just once is to be haunted forever after by its mysterious beauty and to be made aware of just how important its preservation is to everyone on the planet."
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 21, 2005
Putting people back into ecology
Peter Berg is singularly passionate about his vision for a better world. He is convinced that towns and cities can move beyond the limitations of environmentalism and create vibrant communities that are economically and ecologically sustainable, and he believes bioregions are the key.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 25, 2005
Illuminating responses to 'Glimmers of hope . . . '
One of the most entertaining things about being a columnist is getting feedback from readers.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 28, 2005
Moves afoot to counter U.S. Big Oil's clout
Reducing the greenhouse gases that derive from human activities and cause global warming is perhaps the most critical environmental challenge facing the world community.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 23, 2005
China's growth sums just don't add up for the planet
China's 1.3 billion (and counting) citizens are poised to transform the global landscape dramatically, both economically and ecologically.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 26, 2005
Mining the Earth's problems for drama
'It starts with the Earth. How can it not?"
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 21, 2005
Time to honor the planet, every day
'If the environment is a fad, then it's going to be our last fad," warned Denis Hayes at the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, having given up his own graduate studies at Harvard only months before to organize this historic event.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 24, 2005
Power answers blowing in the wind
There is no doubt our dependence on fossil fuels will end. We will wean ourselves off oil and coal because they pose unacceptable environmental and security risks, or we will be forced to stop using them as reserves dwindle and climate change intensifies.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 24, 2005
'Win-win' tie-up sets sights on sustainable seafood stocks
At the New England Aquarium in Boston, Mass., Heather Tausig is leading a project that, until recently, was unimaginable.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 27, 2005
'Sobering study' spells out the global crisis
After more than 30 years of work in national and international environmental policymaking, James Gustave Speth has written an extraordinary book. Even better, it's now out in Japanese, published by Chuohoki.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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