A Youthful Awakening to Mother Natureâs Laws in a Turkish Village
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Livestock far outnumber humans in âTimes and Winds,â Reha Erdemâs transporting vision of life in a mountain village in northwest Turkey.
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ISTANBUL &#151; Turkey has always shown two faces: One, confidently pointing toward Europe, is wealthy, urban, and secular; another, gazing eastward, is poor, rural, and devoutly Muslim.
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ISTANBUL -- It's the head scarf, stupid. If it weren't for a three-foot-square piece of fabric, sometimes black and stark but more often fancy or lacy, rosy pink or flowery, Turkey's 42 million voters wouldn't be going to the polls Sunday.
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks; Journal Staff Writer  EAST GREENWICH - When biology teacher Nicholas Rath decided to take his ninth-grade class on a field trip to teach them how  to preserve the environment,  he didn't just  take them on a simple nature walk or on a trip to a recycling center.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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It was only a few months ago that Eteyen Edet thought he would get his GED, skip his final year of high school and go to a junior college. Then, after moving into a cousin's Fort Washington home and establishing her as his legal guardian, he showed up at the Friendly High football field. One assi...
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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By Ed Fletcher, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 18--Elverta is the kind of place where folks wouldn't be surprised to see a chicken running loose or a neighbor's old Camaro on blocks in the front yard. It's a place where children walk to school along rural two-lane roads.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- At just 13, Shimu is arguably the most beautiful girl in her neighborhood, with her pitch-black eyes and silver nose ring. But her playful pixie smile belies her adult-size problems: Her grandmother wants her to quit seventh grade and get married, and older boys who loiter in...
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By Tara M. Manthey, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 23--Erica Palmer imagined she was making a presentation to her grandmother, not the governor.   The sixth-grader held that picture in her head as she explained Spanaway Elementary School's gardening project to Gov.
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By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald Correspondent  Richard Lee Buck ~ 1929-2006  Richard Lee Buck felt so strongly about conservation and land preservation that he raised his family in a nature preserve.
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Rural schools in Turkey are striving to overcome local traditions and raise literacy standards among young girls.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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The world needs sporting heroes. They provide inspiration, a person whose feats others can seek to emulate. Twenty years ago, in a small village in Morocco with a magnificent view, a small
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Linda Pelzman appreciates the beauty of the outdoor world, sometimes pulling her children into the yard to gaze at a full moon or peer into a dense fog. An educator and founder of a summer camp, she only wishes her enthusiasm was fully shared.
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Turkey's leader, a devout Muslim, talks a lot about morality these days. It's language that alarms secular Turks, who fear the government plans to make religion a part of their lives.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.