Innovation allows Amazon villagers to make ecological history

Collective work … on the Amazon estuary near Macapa. Photograph: Gary Calton Ilha das Cinzas (Island of Cinders) lies between two powerful branches of the Amazon, about six hours by boat from Macapá,…
PUBLISHED: June 19, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (806 words)

The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician

The search for an amateur philosopher In the July/August 2001 issue of the late, great magazine Lingua Franca, James Ryerson published an enthralling article about an anonymous benefactor who was…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 10, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5646 words)
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