The video takes you from the sea at Negombo to Vil Ulyana , a stunning eco-friendly resort on the plain near the rock fortress Sigiria, with its lusty lady cave paintings, the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa, the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy, a look at ficus the size of a house, then up into the mountains at Hunas Falls and the tea plantatons of Nuwara Eliya.
Big Trees
Stout Grove — Photo & Review: Russell Johnson
On this Fourth of July I am looking out my window at something that transcends our brief, troubled time, a being whose living cousins were born before Jesus, who have survived the scores of scoundrels that have spread misery across the earth in the name of patriotism, faith, greed and getting the trains running on time, who will live long past the time when St. Peter will put Bush and Cheney in a lineup of “usual suspects” and Kim Jong Il keels over into a vat of rotten kimchi.
I am looking at a California Redwood. I feel its quiet presence: comforting and permanent. I want to hug it…but it is Big Momma ten times over.
Lost in Tschotskiland: An Essay on Souvenirs and Crafts: Audio
Sedona, Arizona – Batik Paints, Bali
I am at the dump with a truckload of…STUFF: a rusty old Weber barbecue with a missing wheel, two CD players that cost more to fix than replace, a typewriter table (remember those?), old tax receipts, and souvenirs, boxes of worthless STUFF that is given or sent to me because I am a travel writer and therefore deemed an easy mark for bribery.
AUDIO STORY: Lost in Tschotskiland
Dr. David Suzuki: As Outspoken as Ever
Environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. David Suzuki speaks to Russ Johnson about environmental economics (there ain’t any), “peak oil”, cool companies and why asthma, a fairly rare disease years ago, is now epidemic.
AUDIO: An interview with Dr. David Suzuki
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Dr. David Bellamy: Flying in the Face of Convention: Audio
Prof. David Bellamy does bird impressions, trumpets like an elephant, waves his arms as if swatting gnats and screams “beam me up Scotty!” Looking like a cross between John Houston and Saint Nick, Bellamy, the UK television character and founder of the Conservation Foundation is…well… unconventional.
I talked to the hirsute professor twice over the past few years.
AUDIO: INTERVIEW WITH DR. DAVID BELLAMY
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