Steppe Cowboys

By Erik Heinrich
Special to The Washington Post
April 12, 2009

Kazakhstan's Big Country Hosts a Breed of Hard-Riding, Hard-Drinking Drovers

Life's a Pitch

by Katharine Wroth
Grist
April 9, 2009
Think the only thing green about pro sports is the turf? Think again. As the first crack of the bat rings through the spring air this week, we take a look at sports venues in North America that are scoring big on the eco-field (now if only the teams could do something about all that travel).

Flower video game review

By Tom Hoggins
16 Feb 2009
Telegraph UK

In a dark, damp city apartment, a single golden flower stands wilted in a pot by the window. On the other side of the glass, tall, black tower blocks blot the skyline, while the incessant whirr of an extractor fan is the only sound breaking through the silence.

The flower, like many of us, has a dream. A dream to leave the monotony of daily life and fly high beyond the city, over the stream of passing cars, their lights blurring into one mess of yellow and red; out to lush green fields and the open air....