How Ancient Trade Changed the World
Nowadays, if you need something, you go to the closest mall, shell out a few bucks and head home. Thousands of years ago, the process wasn't nearly as simple. If you or someone in your town didn't grow it, herd it or make it, you needed to abandon that desire or else travel for it, sometimes over great distances.

World Switches On To Earth Hour Switch-Off
CANBERRA - As many as 30 million people are tipped to switch off lights and televisions around the world to help fight climate change with 24 cities joining Earth Hour on March 29, environment group WWF said on Wednesday.
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London Mayor Urges Boycott On Bottled Water
LONDON - Londoners should boycott bottled water in favour of cheaper, better-tasting and more environmentally friendly tap water, Mayor Ken Livingstone said on Tuesday.

Mexican Student Builds Eco-Video Game
José Carlos Rivera, a student studying computer science at the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education in the city of Guadalajara, has designed a game entitled Ship Shop, offering players a kind of eco-justice perhaps unattainable in the real world, according to the Mexican daily Reforma.

Norway mall offers shoppers greenhouse gas credits
OSLO (Reuters) - Half a kg of salmon; two kg of potatoes; a tonne of greenhouse gas reductions -- shoppers at one Norwegian mall can now buy cuts in their carbon footprint as they pick up their weekly groceries.
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Africa:
Kenyan National Park Longs For Tourists
NAKURU - There are about 1.5 million pink flamingos at Lake Nakuru National Park but hardly anyone to admire them majestically walking along the shoreline during Kenya's high tourism season.