The World We Share

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The director of the Ein Afek Nature Reserve in northern Israel’s Acre Valley wetlands received international recognition recently for her efforts in restoring the man-made wetlands nature reserve. Giselle Hazzan, who is the first Arab woman to become a manger of a nature reserve in Israel, was awarded the

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –While Pope Francis’ recent ”cri de coeur” over man-made global warming and climate change sounds like the first chapter in a cli-fi novel, it’s never going to end up as in an American or Italian novel because it’s already been published by Our Sunday Visitor publishing company as a

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I live on a crowded, subtropical island in the Western Pacific, on the opposite side of the “Pacific Pond” from readers in San Diego. And just south of Taiwan is the Philippines. We are neighbors. You can fly there in one hour, it’s that close. So when Typhoon

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Barry Lord is a Canadian visionary, an independent scholar and the author of a very important book that came out last year titled “Art & Energy: How Culture Changes.” In his mid-70s now, he is at the top of his game and his book deserves a wide audience. Known