In response to Blog Action Day 2010, I am writing- along with thousands of others- to bring attention to this year’s issue, “water.” Ever one to break the rules, I’d like to take this time to make ripples on dry land instead. Sure, according to the UN and change.org, more people die each year from [...]

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I recently returned from a short trip to Phuket, Thailand, where I spent some time in a “sea gypsy” village off the beaten path. Otherwise known as chao leh, the term “sea gypsies” refers to several small nomadic Southeast Asian indigenous groups who depend on the sea for their survival through fishing and the gathering [...]

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