Religions on the Wing
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Environment
Everyone in Irian Jaya wants a piece of Zakarias’s soul MINYAMBOU, Irian Jaya. When the fundamentalist Baptist missionaries in this isolated valley in Irian Jaya now West Papua] asked for contributions to build a new church, Zakarias chipped in with the most valuable thing he could find — a bird of paradise. The irony of […]
Read MoreBorneo Native Group Scores Land Claim Victory
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Environment
How a poor Iban longhouse took on Big Timber and won; sort of RUMAH NOR, Sarawak, Malaysia “There is no greater sadness on earth than the loss of one’s native land.” Euripedes We park the car along the side of a rutted dirt road in the middle of an acacia tree plantation five times […]
Read MoreLife and Death on Shiva’s Beach
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Environment
Is a turtle worth risking your life? PULAU ENU, Aru Islands, Indonesia A newly-hatched green turtle wandered into my tent this evening, attracted, perhaps, by a lantern that the reptile thought was the reflection of the moon on the sea. A few hours later I wander the beach on the windward side of this small […]
Read MoreTo Cut That Tree, Cut Through Me
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Environment
Chipko women’s movement keeps on huggin’ RENI, Uttaranchal, India Any new-age nature-lover can hug a tree, and many do. But it takes a special kind of person to embrace a tree which is about to be chopped down, and challenge the woodsman “if you want to cut the tree you’ll have to cut through me.” […]
Read MorePrayer Flags Over Rio
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Environment
Should we trust the eco-bureaucrats or the farmer in Bhutan for eco-solutions? JANGTSIKHA, Bhutan I was cleaning up my office and stubbed my toe against the printed version of Agenda 21, some 700 pages, 2,079 recommendations, guidelines and treaties resulting from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio — the largest eco–bureaucratic gathering ever held. I […]
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