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Albert Einstein famouslypredicted that if bees were tocease to exist, humans couldlast only four years after thelast bee died.

A shocking estimation, but

these pollinators truly makeour ecosystems work.

What’s frightening is that theworld’s pollinators, predators,prey, vegetation and oceansthat we rely on for food, oxygenand water are at risk.

Which is precisely why Metrois dedicating this year’s annualGreen Metro to the topic of bio-

diversity — a term that, quite simply put, means thevast variety of plants, animalsand natural resources found onEarth. Like bees.

So read on — and plant a gar-den. Ride your bike. Rememberthe oceans, the bees, the worms— they are your neighbours …and our heroes.

MAGGIE SAMWAYSMetro World News

Happy Earth Day

Where toget yourgreen on

EVENTS It’s Earth Day acrossthe world and Calgarianshave many chances to gogreen today.

The Calgary Zoo is launch-ing their Get To Know yourWild Neighbours contest tocoincide with the nationallyrecognized day in helpingyouth recognize the impor-tance of Earth Day.

“The attitudes about natureand appreciation for animalsthat we foster in our childrennow, will determine the fu-ture for wildlife and our plan-et,” Calgary Zoo CEO andpresident Clement Lanthiersaid.

Brandi Chuchman of theCity of Calgary said you canalso carry your Earth Day overto the weekend and familiescan celebrate together at theTelus World of Science.

“It’s a chance for people ofall ages to come and find outhow the world is so beautifuland learn how to create sus-tainability,” she said of the allday event.

The City of Calgary is alsohosting several events. Moreinformation can be found atcalgary.ca/footprint.

KRISTA SYLVESTERkrista.sylvester@metronews.ca

Metro is marking

Earth Day with

a series of articles

to get you

to Go Green:

COMMENT

AND VIEWS.

Paul Sullivan weighs in on what afatter planet will mean for the environment. Page 8.GO GREEN. Metro’s special EarthDay section takes a look at envi-ronmental issues around theworld — from what changing cli-mates mean to wine producers,

to the effect plastic is hav-ing on our oceans.Pages 9-12.

METRO DRIVE.

We take alook atToyota’s rein-

vented Priushybrid. Page 18.

ENTERTAINMENT. Our movie reviewer takes a look at the new documentary Earth. Page 28.ONLINE. Visit metronews.ca for more Earth Day stories.

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Local

3Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Women’s shelter staff in strike position

Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter support staff and counsellors voted 88 per cent in favour of striking yesterday, citing wages as themain issue. The union said the strike is the “last resort” and hope they are able to increase wages without job action. METRO CALGARY

Grow-op found inside homeGuo keng Cao, 55, of Calgary was arrested and charged with the production and manufacturing

of drugs and possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, after Calgary police executed a

search warrant on a Citadel Drive NW home yesterday. Police said 583 marijuana plants worth

about $750,000 and a sophisticated grow-op were discovered inside the home. METRO CALGARY

Video Hijacked flight pas-sengers reunite with familyat metronews.ca/canadaVideo Tamil protesters rally on Parliament Hill atmetronews.ca/canadaVideo Landowners gatherto protest controversial Bill19 at metronews.ca/local

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What’s online today.

Is Google watching you?Chances are they probablyalready have a photo ofyour street.

Metro spotted the GoogleStreet View car snapping360-degree photos yester-day afternoon in the neigh-bourhood of UniversityHeights, and residentsweren’t very happy about it.

“I don’t like the idea ofthat one bit. I think theyshould just forget the wholething and leave it alone,”55-year-old area residentGeorge Mathers said. “Butthey won’t.”

Mathers said he didn’tknow Google was in hisarea until he saw the non-discript vehicle with a cam-era trolling along his street.Neighbour Sandra Smithsaid she is concerned aboutsecurity.

The Office of the Informa-tion and Privacy Commis-sioner of Alberta told Metrothey are working withGoogle to ensure privacy

breaches aren’t committed. “They said they will blur

out things like licenceplates and faces. Peoplemay not want to be seen intheir yard, or coming out ofa certain places,” spokesper-son Wayne Wood said,adding Google has been inCalgary and Edmonton the

past week. But he admitted the true

test will come when Googlestarts posting the images,which he expects will benear the end of June. “Oncethe images are up and weknow what we are dealingwith, we can take it fromthere. Right now, they are

just collecting the images.” A spokesperson for

Google told Metro theyabide by privacy regula-tions set out in a respectivecountry. “We take feed-back from our users seri-ously and they can also re-port images if they haveconcerns” she said.

AWARENESS During Nation-al Organ and Tissue DonorAwareness Week, procure-ment co-ordinator TinaShaver wants people toknow how important it isto have the donor talkwith loved ones before atragedy strikes.

For Calgarian Karen Ven-ables, knowing a piece ofher son was somewhereout there was the hardestpart, but she knew shemade the right decision todonate his organs when hedied.

When told her 18-year-old son Devin had nochance of survival after be-ing struck in a fight outsidea Calgary bar in 2002, shemade the decision instant-ly, but has only recentlycome to terms with it.

“I’ll never forget thatmorning at 10:10 a.m.,when I was told hewouldn’t make it, but withmy background inhospitals the decision camequickly for me,” she said. KRISTA SYLVESTER/METRO CALGARY

Google mapping city streets

Metro captured the Google Street View mapping car as it drove through Calgary neighbourhoodsyesterday. The detailed, street-level imaging has some Calgarians worried about privacy and security.

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Two-week focus ontransit fare checksTICKETS Calgary Transitpeace officers are out in fullforce for the next twoweeks conducting anincreased number of farecompliance checks.

While peace officers cur-rently complete regularchecks, from April 19 toMay 2, they will be check-ing more frequently. Thefine for fare evasion is $150and last year there were6,217 fare-evasion ticketshanded out. METRO CALGARY

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A Mexican family currently living in Whitehorse will be allowed to stay in Canada a few more months after federal authorities grantedan extension on a deportation order that would have required them to return to their native country on Thursday. CBC NEWS ONLINE

Don’t boo U.S. anthem: GaineyBob Gainey has appealed to Montreal Canadiens fans to stop booing the U.S. nation-

al anthem. The Canadiens coach and general manager said fans who booed during

Star-Spangled Banner ahead of Game 3 of their playoff series against the Boston Bru-

ins should find other ways to voice their support. “I feel like there's a confusion there

with our fans,” Gainey said. “They feel like booing the anthem is supporting our

team, in that the anthem represents the Boston team.” CBC NEWS ONLINE

Liberal leader to take part in Afghanistan discussion

Iggy goes to D.C.Liberal Leader Michael Ig-natieff is off toWashington to take part inan exclusive and high-lev-el discussion on the futureof Afghanistan.

Ignatieff will joinRichard Holbrooke, theU.S. special envoy forAfghanistan and Pakistan,and other diplomats andsecurity experts at aclosed-door, invitation-on-ly meeting Thursday, Thesummit will look at stabi-lizing the region throughmeasures such as negotiat-ing peace with the Taliban,reining in Pakistan, shut-ting down rampant drugproduction and closer co-operation with Russia, Iranand other neighbouringstates.

The Liberal leader is par-ticipating as an interna-

tional human rights ex-pert, said Jill Fairbrother,his spokesperson. But hefeels compelled to attendthis event in particular be-cause of what he perceivesas the absence of the Con-servative government inthe debate about the fu-ture of the war-torn coun-try.

“(He’s attending) thisone because he has some-thing to say and the Cana-

dian government hasn’tbeen participating in thisdialogue with the U.S., andhe believes we should be,”Fairbrother said.

The Tories have hiredhigh-powered communica-tions operatives, such asformer White House presssecretaries Ari Fleischerand Mike McCurry, spokes-people for George W. Bushand Bill Clinton respective-ly, to land Prime MinisterStephen Harper interviewsthat will let him raiseCanada’s profile in the U.S.media. But the govern-ment refused to follow theU.S. lead and name a spe-cial envoy for Afghanistanand Pakistan to better co-ordinate the future of theAfghan mission, drawingcriticism in many quarters.

TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Experience

• Ignatieff has first-hand ex-perience of the Taliban’sreign in Afghanistan, havingflown into Kabul on one ofthe first flights after the ul-tra-Islamic movement tookpower in 1997.

Ottawa Pro-Tamil protest

Tamil protesters call for the Canadian government to intervenein armed Sri Lankan conflicts during a demonstration near theCentennial Flame in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa yester-day. For 16 days, Tamil supporters from Ottawa and other citieshave held demonstrations in the capital.

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News in briefBORDERS The Canadiangovernment moved yesterdayto correct U.S. homeland secu-rity chief Janet Napolitano af-ter she wrongly said some ofthe perpetrators of the 9-11 at-tacks had crossed into the Unit-ed States from Canada. REUTERS

TASER INQUIRY The RCMP, inthe closest it has come toacknowledging any mistakes,will tell an inquiry into actionsof its officers in the death ofRobert Dziekanski that “thereare things that they would dodifferently,” says CommissionerWilliam Elliott.

TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

CRIME A decrease in the num-ber of break-ins sparked a dropin the severity of overall crimein a 10-year-period, while theseriousness of violent crimesremained stable, according toa new report by Statistics Cana-da. According to the index,overall crime severity fell byabout 20 per cent.

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World

7Wednesday, April 22, 2009

An ANC election poster is seen on public toilets in the Kliptown informal settlement yesterday, aday before the South African election.

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Big turnout called forat South African pollsJacob Zuma called for ahuge turnout for SouthAfrica’s election today togive his ruling African Na-tional Congress anoverwhelming mandate inits toughest test since theend of apartheid.

Zuma is expected to be-come president after theballot of 23 million SouthAfricans, but the ANC riskslosing the two-thirds ma-jority in parliament itneeds to change the consti-tution in the face of a newopposition party formedby ANC dissidents.

“We anticipate a massiveturnout and we expect thatthe people of this countrywill once again give theANC a huge and decisivemandate to work togetherwith them to further im-prove their lives,” he said.

Zuma, who had corrup-tion charges against himdropped this month, de-clined to comment on hispotential cabinet.

Businesses are worriedZuma may veer away frompolicies credited with de-livering years of economicgrowth because he oweshis rise to forces such asthe trade unions on theleft of the party. Zuma hassaid there will be no dra-matic change of direction,and his room to move islimited by the global finan-cial crisis. REUTERS

Sri Lankan troops move inon Tamil Tigers, 62,000 fleeCIVIL WAR Sri Lankan sol-diers battled into the lastredoubt of the rebel TamilTigers yesterday as the exo-dus of people fleeing thewar zone reached morethan 62,000, the militarysaid.

The Red Cross warnedthe situation was “nothingshort of catastrophic” andurged both sides to pre-vent further mass casual-ties among civilians, say-ing hundreds had been

killed in the past 48 hours.The military’s noon

deadline for the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) to surrender passedwithout word from theseparatists, who vowed nosurrender hours later.

Sri Lanka’s military, inwhat it dubbed the world’slargest hostage-rescue op-eration, went in to keepthe stream of people mov-ing and give troops a clearshot at the LTTE. REUTERS

Election issues

• Opposition parties havebeen trying to capitalize ongrowing frustration withpoverty, crime and AIDS, aswell as concern about cor-ruption.

Obama nudges Israel on PalestineMIDDLE EAST U.S. PresidentBarack Obama nudged Is-raeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to ac-cept the goal of a Palestin-ian state, asking Israel andPalestinians to “step backfrom the abyss.”

Deepening his role in re-viving peace efforts,Obama met Jordan’s KingAbdullah and set up talkswith Netanyahu, Palestin-ian President MahmoudAbbas and Egyptian Presi-dent Hosni Mubarak.REUTERS

News in briefNATO Russia yesterday pulledout of a meeting with NATOmilitary commanders set fornext month but said it wouldstick to plans to resume formalpolitical ties, a Russian diplo-mat and a NATO spokeswomansaid. Russia’s envoy to NATOwarned on Monday of a pull-out if the U.S.-led alliancepressed ahead with planned

exercises in Georgia, a formerSoviet republic promised even-tual alliance membership.

FRANCE Staff facing redundan-cy at a company in northeast-ern France detained five man-agers throughout lastThursday in the latest incidentof French workers locking uptheir bosses to press their de-

mands. Around 125 workersbarged into a meeting of FMLogistic company in Woippyon Thursday morning and re-fused to let the managersleave. By midnight, they hadlet all the managers walk freeafter securing a promise for asenior executive to bring newproposals on redundancy talksto the table on Friday. REUTERS

Venezuelan opposition leader seeks asylum in Peru

Venezuela’s top opposition leader, Manuel Rosales, has fled to Peru to escape corruptioncharges he says are in retaliation for criticizing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. REUTERS

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Word on the street: In celebration of Earth Day, what’s the biggest lifestyle change you’ve made to help the environment?

AmbrosiaMacDonaldage 32,

Edmonton

A: We recycle ab-solutely every-thing. We onlythrow away onebag of trash everytwo weeks.

SamanthaStrickerage 25,

Vancouver

A: The biggestchange I madewas selling mycar. I use transit,my roller-bladesor I’ll walk.

Adam Travisage 25, Toronto

A: We upgradedto a high-effi-ciency furnaceand air condi-tioner.

CarolynSladeHalifax

A: I’m trying toremember eachday to drive less… even a littlebit is going tomake a differ-ence.

CoryLeblancage 32, Ottawa

A: I recycle every-thing. By the endof the week I onlyhave one or twosmall white gar-bage bags.

BrittaHebbernage 28, Ottawa

A: We’ve alwaysrecycled and allthat jazz. Wetake our bikeseverywhere.

Jerri Hudsonage 36,

Edmonton

A: Our companydoesn’t print outemails anymore.We’re very envi-ronmentallyconscious.

ElyseNabataage 20, Calgary

A: I’m a barista,and I have start-ed bringing areusable mug towork every day.

ThomasIwanickiage 20, Calgary

A: I use my mo-torcycle as muchas possible to re-duce carbonemissions.

Comment

Happy Earth Day. Ifyou’re looking forsomething usefulto do today (otherthan picking up a

free coffee), you might trychecking if you can see yourtoes.

It turns out the world’spopulation is getting fatter,and that adds to the alreadyheavy load on the planet,greenhouse gas-wise.

No, the problem is not ex-cessive flatulence, although I

expect that doesn’t help. Theproblem, according toBritish researchers from theLondon School of Hygieneand Tropical Medicine, is thefatter we get, the more likelywe are to use our cars to getaround and the more fuelthose cars have to burn tohaul our sorry butts around.

There is no doubt thespecies is increasing in bulk.Between 1994 and 2004 inEngland, the average bodymass index (BMI) increasedfrom 26 to 27.3 for men and25.8 to 26.9 for women. I re-gret to report that anyonewith a BMI of more than 25is considered overweight,and over 30 is obese. InCanada two-thirds of thepopulation is overweightand one-quarter is obese.

The British researchers es-

timate one billion lean peo-ple will emit one billion few-er tonnes of carbon dioxidea year than one billion fatpeople.

So how’s that for an incen-tive? Lose weight; save theplanet.

I confess I’ve been inadver-tently saving the planet. Istarted losing weight thisJanuary when I realizedthere was no way I was go-ing to run the VancouverMarathon in time to qualifyfor the Boston Marathon,the Holy Grail of marathons,if I continued to weigh in ata porky 205 pounds. So now

I weigh 179, with a BMI of24.3. Mother Earth has yet tosend me a thank-you cardeven though I check themail every day, but I guessshe’s pretty busy shoulder-ing the increased load.

OK, maybe she won’t no-tice the reduction, butyou’ve got to start some-where. I have to admit Ihaven’t felt this, uh, bouncyin years.

So Canada, I dare you.Take the challenge: Lookdown. No toes? Then it’stime to get off the couch, getout of the car, and put onefoot in front of the other.Take a load off Mother Earth… and yourself.

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PaulSullivan

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Lose weight, save planetEARTH DAY: APRIL 22

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earth day: april 22 9Projects to keep you busy all year

Earth Day Canada has several year-round programs for Canadians of all ages. Programs include EcoKids,ecoMentors, EcoAction Teams and Toyota Earth Day Scholarship. For more, see earthday.ca. EARTH DAY CANADA

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

G GreenEDITOR: MIKE.DEREZYCKY@METRONEWS.CA

Nature has always inspiredmankind. Leonardo Da Vin-ci and the Wright brotherslooked at birds in flight toinspire their flying devices.

In the same way, Swissinventor George de Mestralcreated Velcro in 1948 byanalyzing the burrs stuckto his pants and to hisdog’s fur after a walk in thecountryside.

Today, this science has aname: Biomimicry, a wordcoined by American re-searcher Janine Benyus,who published Bio-mimicry: Innovation In-spired by Nature in 1997.

“Biomimicry, or bio-mimetics, is all about look-

ing to nature for inspira-tion and borrowing na-ture’s blueprints, its chemi-cal recipes and ecosystemstrategies,” says Benyus.

“Why reinvent the wheelwhen we have optimal so-lutions in nature that havebenefited from 3.8 billionyears of field testing andnatural selection?”

This idea actually ap-peals more and more tocompanies that are tryingto find solutions to prob-

lems nature has been deal-ing with since the dawn oflife, such as minimizing en-ergy use and manufactur-ing without toxins.

“The natural world is fullof hints on how to manu-facture in life-friendlyways,” says Benyus.

Nature is full of exam-ples of adaptation, so“when we now talk aboutthe extinction spasm,we’re talking about losingwisdom, ideas that we

would not normally havethought of,” says Benyus.

We can no longer takethis wealth for granted.That’s why the BiomimicryInstitute has initiated aprogram called InnovationThrough Conservation,asking companies to do-nate a percentage of theirproceeds to conserve thehabitat of the species theytook inspiration from.

Biomimicry proves oncemore that the loss of biodi-versity is a lot more thanan animal lover issue.

NADIA LODDO

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN PARIS

Message from Metro CEO Per Mikael Jensen

To our readers,

We are the world’slargest newspaper andwhatever we do can im-pact — every week — 37million people on fourcontinents.

There are things thatonly the world’s globalnewspaper can do. GoGreen is a great exampleand Metro is proud to em-brace such a huge cause.

And what is Metro do-ing to Go Green?

The philosophy behindthe Metro business planlends itself to be moregreen than its paid-for

colleagues. Our aim is toreach as many readers aspossible with the mini-mum amount of copies —as opposed to that of apaid-for newspaper,where the number ofcopies is the key, notreaders.

We print our editionson recycled paper whenwe can — all of our south-ern European editions areprinted on 100 per centrecycled paper — andwhen we can’t, we buypaper from special farmsthat use less water togrow their trees. We arethe news in brief: It takes

us fewer pages to bringyou all the news you needto read. We turn downthe AC and the heat; weput our lights on specialtimers so they shut offwhen they can’t detectmotion.

Additionally, we’ve be-gun to explore cyclingdistribution and test pilotprograms to increase ourreach without printingmore copies.

In addition to our inter-nal and corporate effortsto be greener, as a massmedia outlet, Metro canuse its powerful reach topull together our readers’

will to be green into realaction by providing re-sources, information andcommunities that en-courage a greener world.And our readers are readyto Go Green from acrossCanada, to Santiago, toNew York, to Prague;Metro will be the booster.

Today’s special editionis the first step.

Join us. Go Green withMetro and feel free to jointhe Facebook group ofthe same name.

KIND REGARDS,

PER MIKAEL JENSEN

CEO, METRO INTERNATIONAL

USA and Canada: California may become toohot and too dry to producequality wine. The samegoes for Yakima Valley inWashington. The EastCoast looks as if it couldbenefit. The same goes forBritish Columbia and it’sOkanagan Valley.

South Americas: Both Chile and Argentinaare considered winners.The cooler sea currents inthe southern hemispherewill be to their advantage,and wine growers such asthe well-known MiguelTorres from Spain are buy-ing land here.

Africa: South Africa looks as if itwill suffer less from globalwarming than most places.However, wine growers arelooking to move to themountains.

Australia, New Zealand: Many districts are becom-ing too hot and too dry.Some of the wine growersare moving to mountainousTasmania where the cli-mate is cooler. In NewZealand, Central Otago onthe South Island could be-come the world’s possiblysouthernmost wine district.

Europe:The warmestplaces are introuble. Spainand Portugal arepredicted to bethose most likelyto suffer. Majorwine growerssuch asMiguel Tor-res in Spainare movinginto the Pyre-nees. In dis-tricts alreadyaffected,growers con-template ex-changing theTempranillowith othergrapes moresuited towarmer cli-mates. Italy, too,is suffering, es-pecially

places in the south likeSicily. Some local expertsadvocate irrigation, whichis now banned, to savevineyards in Tuscany forinstance. In France, itlooks as if the west and thesouth will be affected themost. Growers are movinginto higher regions, whenpossible, or buying land inother countries. For in-stance, winemakers fromthe famous ChampagneDistrict in France are mov-ing across the EnglishChannel, buying into thechalky regions of southernEngland. The British Islesare basking in the sun,winemakers are multiply-ing, the same goes for theamount of land taken upby vineyards. SouthernEngland could be theChampagne District of thefuture, some experts pre-dict.

Other countries: Denmark, Sweden, Finlandand other countriesaround the Baltic Sea haveso far only had amateur en-thusiasts involved in wine-making. But now it is be-coming commercial, withsome of the wines actuallyexported to buyers in oth-er countries. However,these countries will possi-bly still be too cool forlarge productions, ratherthey will produce interest-ing quality wine in smallamounts.

Asia: As surprising as it mayseem, China is already theseventh largest wine pro-ducing country in theworld. And some expertshave their eyes on an areanorthwest of Beijing asone of the most promis-ing — wines from hereare already winningprizes at internationalfairs. So get used tonames like Changyu,Dragon Seal, Great Wall

or Dynasty.

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Vin-nersand losersThe changing face of wine regions

How nature can inspire design“The natural world is full of hints on howto manufacture in life-friendly ways.”Researcher Janine Benyus

Join in the funMore than six million Canadians are expected to join 500 million people

in more than 180 countries to celebrate Earth Day events and projects to

address local environmental issues. Nearly every school child in Canada

will take part in an Earth Day activity.

EARTH DAY CANADA

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Try to cut down on items going to landfills

Approximately 70 per cent of the waste found in landfills could be recycled. Try to compost and recycle allappropriate items. Also, attempt to reduce the amount of packaged goods you purchase. EARTH DAY CANADA

Denis Hayes is the manwho made Earth Day aworld phenomenon.When Earth Day waslaunched in 1970, Hayeswas its first co-ordinatorand turned theenvironmental day into aseries of events attendedby 20 million Americans.Twenty years later, Hayeslaunched the first interna-tional Earth Day. Result:

200 million participants in141 countries. Today, heheads Earth Day Network,which co-ordinates EarthDay activities around theworld.

Can the world become green-

er through a

one-day

event?

Of coursenot! Wehave no illu-sions aboutthat. Whatwe were do-ing in 1970was to getpeople fromvery differ-ent quarters to act togetheron problems like lead paintand highway construction.Today, too, people have torecognize thatenvironmental problemsdon’t stop at borders. Weshould start thinking ofourselves as one species.

Has the world become

greener since 1970?

The United States hasbecome substantially

cleaner. We’ve cleaned uprivers and lakes and savedendangered species. Butthe world is in poorershape than it was in 1970,in almost every aspect.

What is Earth Day’s biggest

accomplishment?

1970 to ’74was the gold-en era. Wepassed the en-vironmentallaws on whichsociety still op-erates. Sincethen itsbiggest accom-plishment hasbeen getting

millions of school childreninvolved. Environmental-ism has become a part ofsociety. In 1970, most peo-ple didn’t even think aboutthe environment. Now, it’spart of everyone’s vocabu-lary.

What will the next

environmental crisis be?

The growing acidificationof the world’s oceans. Ithas devastating effects on

the smallest organisms,which will have tragic con-sequences on the wholefood chain, includinghumans.

What is the most immediate

environmental danger today?

Carbon emissions.

What is the most important

thing people can do to help

the environment?

Have no more than onechild, or two at most. Livein an energy-efficienthouse. Walk and ride yourbike.

ELISABETH BRAW

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN SAN FRANCISCO

The Inter-governmen-tal Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC),the scientific body createdby the United Nations toevaluate the risk of climatechange, has shown howstrong an influence scien-tists all over the world canhave on politicians andpublic opinion when theyspeak with one voice. Thiswas proven once again in

2007when the

IPCC shared the NobelPeace Prize with formerU.S. vice-president Al Gore,nearly 20 years after itsbirth.

But what about biodiver-sity? The lack of recog-nized scientific expertisein a field just as vital as cli-mate was underlined in

January 2005 at an inter-national meeting inParis by the then-French president

Jacques Chirac. Over thepast four years, theidea has progressed,and the creation ofwhat will be called theIntergovernmentalPlatform on Biodiver-sity and EcosystemServices (IPBES) is nowonly a question of time. “The IPBES should

work more or less like theIPCC,” says Didier Babin,the researcher who led ne-gotiations until the UnitedNations Environment Pro-gram (UNEP) officially tookover the project in Febru-ary.

Just as the IPCC (which iscomposed of more than2,000 scientists worldwide),the IPBES will not carry outresearch, but will be taskedto publish special reportsthat gather state-of-the-artstudies conducted by recog-nized scientists around the

world. Its main objective isto bring about common in-dicators that will have aninternational scope andwork as a bridge betweenthe distant worlds of sci-ence and politics to makeaction … and fast.

“IPCC and IPBES willprobably also work togeth-er,” says Babin, as there arestructural links betweenbiodiversity and climatechange.

“Think about the rainforests that are immensecarbon reservoirs and atthe same time among theglobe’s major biodiversityhot spots.”

IPBES will certainlyhave a lot to do in the nextfew years. A lot of hope islaid in this new panel thatshould be officiallyopened in 2010, duringwhat the UN has alreadylabelled the “year of biodi-versity.”

NADIA LODDO

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN PARIS

Greetings, EarthlingsFounder of Earth Day comes clean on being green

“In 1970, most peopledidn’t eventhink about the environment.”

Every week, 37 million people in 20 countries read MetroImagine if all of those readers — if all of us — banded together to change the world? What a difference37 million makes ...

RunningthroughthedropsWhen 37 million peopletake a five-minute shower,it only uses 3.5 trillionlitres of water, comparedto a 10-minute shower,which uses seven trillionlitres of water.

It’s exhaust-ingWhen 37 million peopleuse average sedan cars, itemits 2.59 trillion tonnesof CO2 during the lifetimeof their cars, as comparedwith 3.7 trillion tonnes ofCO2 if they used SUVs.

Drive me wildWhen 37 million driversleave their cars at homeand commute togetherwith their spouses/part-ners/neighbours, theycause the emission of 107million tonnes of CO2 an-nually, compared with 214million tonnes of CO2should they decide to usetheir own cars.

Dot-bombWhen 37 mil-lion people donot switch offtheir computers afterwork, they use 37 millionmegawatt hours of electric-ity annually, compared toaround 9.2 millionmegawatt hours if comput-ers and monitors areswitched off after work.

Guess who’s coming todinner?When 37 million people usemodern dishwashers withthe best rating once a day,they would use 666 millionlitres of water, comparedwith 1.5 trillion litres of wa-ter used by less efficientdishwashers.

Flushed awayWhen 37 million people re-furbish their bathroomswith low-flush toilets (sixlitres per flush), each flushuses 222 million litres of wa-ter, compared to old toilets(12 litres per flush), thatwould take 444 millionlitres of water to flush col-lectively.

Watt’s up,doc?When 37 mil-lion peoplechange justone 100-wattincandescent bulb for a 20-watt compact fluorescentlight bulb, giving the sameamount of light, during onehour they would be using740 megawatt hours of ener-gy to receive the same light-ing, compared with 3,700megawatt hours with theregular bulb.

TV starsWhen 37 million people un-plug their TV sets (1 wattstandby) while going tosleep, they would save296,000 kwh per day.

DANIEL DENISHUK

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN POLAND

World moves toward an IPCC in biodiversity

Denis Hayes speaking at thefirst Earth Day event in 1970.

When 37 millionpeople share their

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Pass it on!

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At the heart of theoceans, areas as big asFrance, maybe more, arecovered in garbage.

The most famous ofthese is the Great GarbagePatch, discovered in thelate 1990s in the North Pa-cific Ocean between theUnited States and Asia. Butit seems that another sev-en similar patches may ex-ist, according to Seattleoceanographer Curtis Eb -bes meyer, one of the firstscientists to take interestin the strange routes ofplastic trash in the sea.

In his new book, Flotsa-metrics and the FloatingWorld: How One Man’sObsession with RunawaySneakers and RubberDucks RevolutionizedOcean Science, Ebbesmey-

er explains his “science offloating objects,” or “flot-sametrics.”

By observing trash onbeaches, such as Nikes orrubber ducks, he identi-fied several circular cur-rents, or gyres, which,like whirlpools, bring to-gether all the plastic andother solid garbage thatends up in the seasaround the world.

Eb besmeyer says thepatches of debris may cov-er a surface “equivalent toseveral times the UnitedStates.”

However, the garbage

patches are still unrecog-nized and neglected be-cause they are basicallydifficult to see.

“From a boat, you startseeing everyday objectslike toothbrushes andplastic bags on the out-skirts of the vortex,” ex-plains François Chartier,director of the oceanscampaign at GreenpeaceFrance, the organizationthat revealed the exis-tence of the Great Gar -bage Patch to the media.

“When you approachthe centre of the patch,the trash is thicker and

some birds have actuallystarted nesting on it.”

But from the sky, evenfrom satellites, there is“nothing to be seen,” saysEbbesmeyer. “It’s liketracking a ghost!”

Invisible plastic? Not re-ally. The fact is that mostof the pieces are quite see-through, like plastic bags.Others are fractions ofbigger pieces of plasticthat have disintegrated in-to bits as small as plank-ton.

“In the middle of thepatch, there is six timesmore plastic than plank-

ton,” Ebbesmeyer says. This accumulation of

plastic in the oceans is aserious menace for the en-vironment and for humanhealth.

“Dolphins suffocate onplastic bags, birds can dieof hunger because theirstomach is so full of undi-gested plastic that theycan no longer eat,” saysChartier.

But plastic also containstoxins (PCBs, heavy met-als) that are harmful tohumans and that are as-similated by plankton andother fish, which end upin the ocean’s food chain,and, consequently, in yourseafood chowder.

NADIA LODDO

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN PARIS

More plasticthan planktonOur oceans are covered in patches of garbage as big as a continent

“From a boat, you start seeing everyday objects like toothbrushes and plastic bags on the outskirts of the vortex.” François Chartier, oceans campaign director at Greenpeace France

Their are numerous warn-ing signs that global warm-ing is affecting the Earth aswe know it.

Here are some examples:Adélie penguins

Global warming is affect-ing the Adélie penguincolonies in the Antarcticpeninsula. Over the last 50

years, wintertemperatureshave risen byabout 5 C inthe penin-sula, re-ducingtheamountof packice. Packice di-

rectly af-fects the

availabilityof algae

available for krill, the mainstaple of the penguin’s diet.Without pack ice, there isno algae and no food forkrills — a direct repercus-sion on the penguin’s diet.In the last decade, the pop-ulation of Adélie penguinshas declined by almost 50per cent.

SOURCE: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

BeesScientist Albert Einstein

famously said: “If the beedisappears from the surfaceof the Earth, man wouldhave no more than fouryears to live. No more bees,no more pollination … nomore men!”

Excessive pesticide use inNorth America has led to adecline of up to 50 per centof managed colonies ofhoneybees.

Crops such as apples,pears and berries dependentirely on pollinators forfruit production.

SOURCE: BUMBLEBEE.ORG

Coral reefsCoral reefs provide goods

and services worth about$375 billion each year —yet the coral ecosystem cov-ers less than one per cent ofthe Earth’s surface.

In fishing, both the foodand marine ornamentaltrade are often caught us-ing cyanide, which stunsfish for easy capture.Cyanide kills the coral andmany other coral reef or-ganisms such as coralpolyps. Less than half thefish caught with cyanidesurvive long enough tothen be sold to restaurantsor aquariums.

SOURCE: PEOPLEANDPLANET.NET

ROMINA MCGUINNESS

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN LONDON

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What would we do with-out worms?

“When we talk aboutbiodiversity, we never real-ly mention worms,” saysDenis Loyer, deputy direc-tor of the French Develop-ment Agency (AFD). “Butthey actually have an es-sential role in producingfood.”

Without worms, therewould be no fertile lands.Worms are actually onesingle long digestive tube.Feeding on organic waste,they end up excreting apowerful natural fertilizer.That’s how compost heapswork!

If pesticides can beharmful to these hard-working animals, it is sur-prising to discover thatwhat is really bad for themis working the land.Worms are killed by birdsand by the lack of food,while UVs finish the job bydestroying all other micro-scopic life in the soil.

“The difference is enor-mous: Where land islaboured, you can find upto 50 kilograms of wormsper hectare against two to

four tonnes on non-laboured agricultural ex-ploitations,” says Loyer. To-day, many soils are biologi-cally dead, with no morethan one per cent of organ-ic substance.

Chemical fertilizers feedplants but do not rebuildthe natural capital of soils.Moreover, worms dig tun-nels in the land that allowwater to penetrate deeplyinstead of washing awaywastefully — or worse,causing floods. This is whya non-laboured agriculture

is being hailed as the fu-ture solution to feeding theworld.

“A projectwe have inTunisia showsthat the farmsare just as effi-cient, buthave reducedcosts thanksto less labourand lesschemicals.Moreover, indry countries,stocking wa-ter in the soilis very impor-tant,” addsLoyer. “Thiskind of agri-culture isgrowing by 15per cent peryear.”

That’s goodnews, and notonly forworms. As amatter of fact,some climate change ex-perts believe these shycreatures will also be onthe front line tackling cli-mate change.

One worm may be likeDavid against the climateGoliath, but spread them

around theworld, andyou get a re-sult that mayequal thebenefit ofstopping de-forestation.How?

“Organicsubstance isbasically car-bon, so liketrees stockcarbon asthey grow,increasingthe quantityof organicsubstance insoils will de-velop theircapacity tosequestratecarbon,” saysLoyer.

And we allknow there’s

no one that can do that bet-ter than worms.

NADIA LODDO

METRO WORLD NEWS

IN PARIS

Worms provide vital services to mankind such as workingland … and fighting against global warming

“When wetalk aboutbiodiversity,we neverreally mentionworms.”Denis Loyer

Most of us see trees, gar-dens, maybe evensome fields or a riverduring our daily com-

mute. Even in the busiest city,we can enjoy some contact withnature. Whether we live in agreat rain forest or an urbanapartment, our livelihoods —and our lives — depend onkeeping the planet’s biodiversi-ty in good shape.

The truth is, we’ve spent our natural capitallike there’s no tomorrow and now we’refaced with the bill. Just as irresponsible bor-rowing and spending got us into the present

economic recession, so we’ve been piling up ecolog-ical debt by consuming and wasting more and morenatural resources. If you think the economy is inbad shape, take a look at the planet.

WWF’s Living Planet Report tells us thatthree-quarters of us live in countriesthat are ecological debtors — using upresources faster than nature can replace

them. If we carry on consuming at our current rate,by 2030 we’ll need the equivalent of two planets tomaintain our lifestyles. Over the past 35 yearsalone, we have squandered nearly one-third of theEarth’s biodiversity. Not only is this hugely damag-ing for the environment, but it doesn’t make anyeconomic sense. One recent report estimates thatforest ecosystems alone are worth around $28billion a year — and a lot of that money is literallygoing up in smoke.

As we increasingly worry about jobs andmortgages, we may be tempted to ignorethe bigger picture. But Amazondeforestation, hungry polar bears and over-

fished tuna are a challenge for all of us, becauseprotecting natural resources means better food andwater security, better human health and a betterchance of fighting climate change.

The good news is — we know what needs to bedone and we can afford it. We have a uniqueopportunity to use the trillions of dollars instimulus packages to create a green global

economy that could lift us out of recession, protectnatural resources and tackle global warming. Thefirst step is to agree to a fair, fast and effective glob-al deal on climate change in Copenhagen thisDecember. Then, in 2010 — the International Yearof Biodiversity — the UN must lead the rest of theworld in taking bold steps to reduce consumptionand stop biodiversity loss within 10 years.

Earth Day is a good time to think about ourshared responsibility to consume and sustainthe planet’s natural resources wisely — afterall, it’s in our own interest.

“The truth is, we’ve spent ournatural capital like there’s notomorrow and now we’refaced with the bill.”

Martin AtkinWWF International

Small creaturesdo great things

Look after the planet — and look after yourself

Darwin & worms• British naturalist CharlesDarwin should be remem-bered for more than his the-ory on the evolution of thespecies. The last book hepublished in 1881 showshow, by many means, hewas ahead of his time. WithThe Formation of VegetableMold Through the Action ofWorms, he opened thedoors of science to a seemlyinsignificant species: Theworm. He had friends andscientists send him samplesof worm waste to analyzethe benefits of this organicfertilizer. He took his jobvery seriously and also stud-ied their behaviour — heeven played the piano tothem to test their hearing.Worms are actually deaf.

ASIA Husky EnergyInc. plans to spin

off its Southeast Asian as-sets, including the huge Li-wan gas field, into a sepa-rate company to boost itsshare value once it seessome economic stability,the company’s chief execu-tive said yesterday.

The new company wouldbe listed on an Asian stock

exchange,have its ownmanage-ment andboard, andrequire lit-tle capitalfrom Husky,CEO John

Lau said after the Canadianoil producer and refiner’sannual meeting. REUTERS

Husky plans spinoff of assets

Track sale boosts CN RailPROFIT A gain from a tracksale and other items

helped CanadianNational RailwayCo. post a higherquarterly profit onMonday, offsettingthe impact of theweak economy.

The railway re-mains leery of pre-dicting when theeconomy will re-bound, but said op-

erational changes adoptedin recent years were re-flected in lower expensesin the quarter and willhelp even more whenfreight traffic rebounds.

The railway said it had anet profit of $424 million ,or 90 cents a share in thefirst quarter. That com-pared with $311 million,or 64 cents a share, in thesame quarter a year earlier

REUTERS

The Bank of Canada tookmarkets by surprise by cut-ting its benchmarkinterest rate to a historiclow of 0.25 per cent yester-day and saying it was pre-pared to keep them therefor another full year in anaggressive bid to spur aslumping economy.

The central bank, in anunusual move, told mar-kets directly to expectrates to stay at the currentlevel until the end of thesecond quarter of 2010, as-suming inflation remainstame.

It also cut its economicgrowth forecasts to reflectits view that the Canadianrecession will be deeperthan it had previously pre-dicted. It now sees recov-ery starting in the fourthquarter of this year andnot the third quarter, as itpredicted in January.

Nonetheless, it suggest-ed that the cumulative ratecuts it has made since De-cember 2007 may be suffi-cient to help turn the econ-omy around, and that itmay not have to printmoney to buy securities inthe market, a policyknown as quantitative eas-

ing.It

will,howev-er, setout aframe-worktomor-row forthatkind ofuncon-ven-tionalpolicy.

Amajori-ty of primary securitiesdealers had expected ratesto hold steady.

“Committing to keeping(rates) there for the nextyear is quite a startling rev-elation,” said Aron Gam-pel, deputy chief econo-mist at Scotiabank.

“It reflects the concern

the central bank may havefor the global economy.More importantly, I thinkthat they are trying to en-gineer confidence in Cana-dian households and busi-nesses that interest ratesare going to stay low forthe foreseeable future,”Gampel said. REUTERS

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Oilsands firmfaces chargesstemming fromworker deathsSAFETY Oilsands giant Cana-dian Natural Resources Ltd.and two other companiesface 53 charges underAlberta’s OccupationalHealth and Safety Act, aftera two-year investigation in-to the deaths of two foreignworkers near Fort McKayback in April 2007.

Two workers from Chinawere killed and three oth-ers were injured when theroof of a massive storagetank they were buildingcollapsed at CNRL’sHorizon Oilsands Project.

SSEC Canada Ltd.,Sinopec ShanghaiEngineering Company Ltd.and CNRL each face a num-ber of charges, includingseveral counts of failing toensure the health and safe-ty of workers.

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In briefOPEC Oil prices climbed intopositive territory yesterday,tracking gains on Wall Street asOPEC-member Iran said thecartel may need to restrict itsoil supplies further to thindown brimming global stock-piles.

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Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo celebrates with RyanJohnson after a four game sweep of the St. Louis Blues.

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Alex Burrows scored with19 seconds remaining inthe first overtime, liftingthe Vancouver Canucks toa sweep of the St. LouisBlues with a 3-2 win inGame 4 of a Western Con-ference quarter-final

series in St. Louis.With time winding

down in the extra session,Willie Mitchell cleared thepuck out of his zone anddown the other end. Bur-rows grabbed the puckalong the right boards andfrom the right circle wrist-ed it between the five-holeof Chris Mason to win thegame at the 19:41 mark.

Burrows also had a goalin regulation along withKyle Wellwood, whileRoberto Luongo made 47saves for the third-seededCanucks, who swept abest-of-seven series for thefirst time in club history.

Brad Boyes and David Per-ron each had a goal whileMason stopped 33 shots inthe loss for the Blues, whowere in the postseason forthe first time since the2003-04 season.

Penguins 3 Flyers 1Marc-Andre Fleury had anoutstanding game with 45saves as the PittsburghPenguins took a 3-1 winover the Philadelphia Fly-ers in Game 4 of the East-ern Conference quarter-fi-nals.

Sidney Crosby, TylerKennedy and Maxime Tal-

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Red Wings 4 Blue Jackets 1Chris Osgood was terrific

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Hurricanes 4 Devils 3Jussi Jokinen tipped in

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Julian Radlein is not a typi-cal environmental activist.He is a six-foot-two, 245-pound former fullbackwith the Hamilton Tiger-Cats who was adept atcrushing opposinglinebackers. But he’s alsoone of Canada’s leadingadvocates for environmen-tal awareness.

Radlein enjoyed a fiveyear career with Hamiltonfrom 2003 to 2007. Duringthis time, he was active inthe Hamilton environmen-tal community. His involve-ment ranged from encour-aging people to eat locallyto performing an environ-

mental audit at Ivor Wynnestadium. Radlein credits hisinterest in the environmentto early exposure.

“My dad was a chemist soI grew up with science and arespect for the environ-ment. I studied ecology atUBC. I like to think of my-self not as an environmen-tal activist but more as asurvivalist. Clean air, waterand soil are essential to sus-taining life.”

After retiring from theCFL last year, Radlein

formed Evergreen SportsProgramming with formerSaskatchewan RoughriderDustin Cherniawski.

The company focuses ondelivering an environmen-tal message by using foot-ball players as their spokes -persons. The keystone activ-ity of their company is theGreenZone SustainabilityBlitz — Speaker Series.

“We focus on three pillarsof sustainability: reduce,reuse and recycle.” saidRadlein.

B.C. Lions linebackerJavier Glatt spent his off-sea-son presenting the Sustain-

ability Blitz program toschools across B.C. Glattfeels the high-energy activi-ties of the program help tomake it popular with chil-dren of different ages.

“We always start with apep rally where the wholeschool comes together.There are environmentalgames that have studentscompeting against the ath-letes. We have a water relay,energy challenge and wasterelay. It is funny how thestudents always seem towin.”

Glatt tries to deliver hismessage in a language thestudents understand.

“When I speak to schoolsin Vancouver, I always askthe students to imagine ifthey could not see the

mountains due to smog. Al-so, I talk about the impor-tance of clean air and freshgrass for things like recess.When you start talkingabout recess being in jeop-

ardy, all the students imme-diately listen.”

The GreenZone Sustain-ability Blitz is currently be-ing presented in B.C., Alber-ta and Ontario.

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Former CFL fullback Julian Radlein spreads the word about the importance of conservation

The word is out thatthe NHL’s nextoutdoor game willtake place nextseason at Fenway

Park in Boston. And withit, comes complaints fromup here that the league isavoiding holding one inCanada.

Yet the reason is simple. At this moment, there is

only one outdoor stadiumin this entire nation thatseats more than 40,000people — CommonwealthStadium in Edmonton, thevery field that hosted theNHL’s first outdoor ven-ture in 2003.

While it might make youfeel warm and fuzzy toimagine NHLers taking theice at Montreal’s PercivalMolson Stadium or Toron-to’s BMO Field, thesegames aren’t staged tomake the league feel warmand fuzzy. They are stagedto maximize profit, andthat (and that alone) is theonly reason they arestaged. When you sell40,000 tickets to a hockeygame, you double yourgate in addition to swellingTV numbers.

Aside from Common-wealth, McMahon Stadiumin Calgary is the only cur-rent outdoor venue in thecountry worth doing it in.

With 36,000 seats, it’s17,000 more than the Pen-growth Saddledome (andonly about 2,000 smallerthan Fenway).

BMO? Twenty thousand,or merely 2,000 more thanthe Air Canada Centre.Similar story with MolsonStadium and the Bell Cen-tre.

The Big Owe? Sorry, theroof’s screwed on tightnow. The Rogers Centre?Sorry, no on-field drainagesystem. The retractable-roofed version of Vancou-ver’s B.C. Place? Possible,but unbuilt as of yet.

Some corners have saidthe Ottawa Senators couldplay a game on the RideauCanal. My advice to themwould be to not smokemarijuana before makingsuggestions where the Ot-tawa Senators play outdoorgames. A frozen waterwaywith 40,000 temporarymetal seats? That’s evenmore temporary seatingthan most Grey Cupgames.

And anybody thinkabout the luxury suites?It’s doubtful Eugene Mel-nyk or any other ownerwould look the other wayon that sweet action.

Canadian outdoor NHLgame? Only in Alberta

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Disney and Metro have a convenient truth for you: for every ticketpurchased during the opening week of EARTH, being released

across North America on Earth Day (April 22), a tree will be planted in your honour.

"We couldn't think of a better way to launchthe new Disneynature banner, and tocelebrate the spirit of the film and Earth Dayat the same time," says Dick Cook, chairman

of The Walt Disney Studios.

Trees will be planted in the BrazilianAtlantic Forest which, at only 7

percent of its original capacity, isconsidered the most endangered

rain forest in the world. Disney is overseeing their

planting and care, and Metro iscontributing advertising space

to support the program.

For more information, includingticket availability at your localtheatre, visit disney.com/earth.

On April 22, Disney will celebrate Earth Day with thepremiere of the first film in its Disneynature series.Narrated in thrilling detail by James Earl Jones, EARTH

follows the journeys of three animal families as they interact withthe ever-changing world around them.

On a group of Nordic islands is where you’ll meet the polar bears.The world’s largest land predators travel hundreds of miles forsomething to eat, yet they don’t drink water. A male ventures far tohunt as a mother emerges from a snow den with her two cubs. Thepack ice melts earlier each year, and food is becoming a challenge.

To visit the next family, you’ll travel far south as an elephantmother guides her tiny calf across the Kalahari Desert in search offresh water, of which an adult can drink 50 gallons each day. In thisdry season, however, thick clouds of dust threaten to separatethem, and they are forced to share what little refreshment theyfind with hungry lions.

Finally, you’ll witness an epic 4,000-mile migration. In tropicalwaters, a humpbacked whale calf receives over 600 quarts of milkeach day, but its mother is starving. The pair set out on the longestjourney undertaken by any marine mammal to the southernmostAntarctic waters to feed on krill and small fish before they turnaround and journey back to the Equator.

The supporting cast of this story includes, among over 40 otheranimal species, some painfully adorable mandarin ducklings who,at their mother’s urging, fling themselves 30 feet from their nest tothe ground. Will they fly? Will they bounce? You’ll just have to waituntil Earth Day to find out…

To check out more exclusive and super-cute behind-the-scenes footage ofthe film’s three main families, visit disneynature.com/earth.

Seeking to capitalize on the recent success of naturedocumentaries, Disney looked back at its own long-dormantTrue-Life Adventures division—which not only garnered eight

Academy Awards from 1948 to 1960, but also fostered fondmemories for generations of schoolchildren—to inspire the firstDisney-branded film label in over 60 years.

“Nature invents the most beautiful stories,” says Jean-FrançoisCamilleri who, besides having been involved with the AcademyAward-winning film March of the Penguins, is executive vicepresident and general manager of Disneynature. “So in a place likethe Disney Studios, where storytelling is key, we are going to goand… bring them to the big screen. This was a vision of Walt Disneyback in 1948, and this is the vision of Disneynature today.”

For its first film, EARTH, the Disneynature teamlooked no further than directors AlastairFothergill and Mark Linfield, the creative teambehind the Emmy Award-winning Planet Earthseries, for assistance. “I think EARTH is a perfectfilm to start the Disneynature series… because itis a portrait of the whole planet,” Fothergillasserts. “In over five years‚ we filmed at over200 locations in 64 countries worldwide and

employed 60 cameramen… Nobody in the history of cinema hasever had so much time, resources, and talent brought together forone true-life feature.”

Disneynature is developing numerous titles concurrently and plansto release at least one feature-length documentary each year.Oceans, slated for 2010, will rely on new technology to capturedetailed underwater drama where few have previously ventured.Big Cats, to be released in 2011, follows three species as theyprotect and teach their cubs on the great plains of Africa. And thedirectors of EARTH will reunite for 2012’s Chimpanzee, shot overthree years in the tropical jungles of the Ivory Coast and Uganda.

To find out more about the Disneynature brand or to downloadeducational materials, visit disneynature.com

Nature, Disney-StyleDisneynature revives tradition of documentary excellenceBy Lori Dance

Trees for TicketsPlant yourself in front of EARTH, andDisneynature will plant a tree on EarthBy Lori Dance

Three Families,One EARTHDisneynature’s first film explores theanimal kingdom from pole to poleBy Lori Dance

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But enough about looks,let’s get to the meat of thematter.

The Prius’ Hybrid Syner-gy Drive is ninety per centnew for 2010. Unlike mostother hybrid vehicles avail-able, Prius has always beena “full” hybrid, allowing itto run on engine alone, bat-tery alone, or both.

The powertrain improve-

ments start with a bigger1.8-litre DOHC gasoline en-gine. Other improvementscome with the new engine,a lighter electric motor andgenerator, improved cool-ing to components, morecompact battery packaging,a lighter transaxle, an im-proved CVT transmissionand, importantly for Cana-da, an exhaust heat recov-ery system that was winter-tested in Timmins, Ont.,and that proved to providequicker warm-up and bet-ter cold weather fuel effi-ciency.

The net result? Twenty-

two per cent more powerand seven per cent less fuelconsumption. The 2010Prius is rated at 3.8L/100kmcombined, better than theprevious model’s4.1L/100km rating.

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Canadian student car winsA student team from Laval University in Quebec topped more

than 500 students from North and South America to win the

2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas. The team took the grand

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Toyota Prius gets overhauled

I’m standing on the gas,the pedal flat to the floorand that’s where it’sgonna stay, fuel economybe damned.

We’re leaving the flats ofthe Napa Valley, spiralingup into the Mayacamas,trees and rock face blurringpast, engine moaning, tiresgripping nicely, only the oc-casional peep-peep-peep oftraction and stability con-trol warnings as I go into ahairpin corner too hot, youknow, one of those cornerswhere you almost have tolook behind yourself to seewhere you’re going. Then,back on the gas and we areclawing towards yet anoth-

er curve on the mountainroad.

And, no, you’re not read-ing the wrong story.

This is the 2010 ToyotaPrius, the third and latestgeneration of the fuel-effi-cient, low-emission hybriddear to the hearts of 14,000or so environmentally-sen-sitive Canadians who havebought one since its intro-duction a decade ago.

To build a car that ap-peals to a broader audiencewhile staying true to theenvironmental expecta-tions of the faithful, over

2000 engineers worked ona product that boasts a longlist of firsts along with over1000 patents.

The 2010 Prius starts onthe MC platform sharedwith Scion XB. The previousPrius had all the soullessenamor of a science project— econo car trappings andno-nonsense trim toppedby a utilitarian little shiftersticking awkwardly out ofthe dash.

The 2010 Prius is a dri-ver’s car, with true cockpitfeel courtesy of a raisedconsole in “freeform geo-metric design,” mounting ahandsome little shifterthat’s so cute you just wantto hang onto it. The layoutis complemented by asporty oval steering wheel,

Hybrid aims to win hearts of masses without compromising green thinkingEARTH DAY: APRIL 22

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Type: Mid-size hybrid sedanPrice: Not availableEngine: 2ZR-FXE 1.8-litre VVT-IDOHC four-cylinder with elec-tric motor assist (134 hp / 105lb-ft of torque).HP: 3.7/4.0/3.8L/100km(city/hwy/comb)

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The 2010 Toyota Prius hasmore room, more power,and, of course improved

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At first blush thejust-releasedMercedes-BenzSLR StirlingMoss might not

appear to be the ideal sub-ject to discuss today ... to-day being Earth Day.

Some of you might evensuggest that such an ex-travagant vehicleshouldn’t even be built inthe first place. Well, yousort of have your wish, be-cause they’re only making75 of them. There, happynow?

But everyone and every-thing has a part to play inmoving towards moreEarth-respectful humanmobility — even, surpris-ingly, a $500,000-plussports car that can onlycarry two people andabout 18 minutes worth ofluggage.

The part played by this,and the other models inthe SLR range (roadsterand coupe), is advancingthe use of carbon fibre in“mass produced” produc-tion vehicles.

Carbon fibre is incredi-bly strong and stiff for itsweight. As such, it’s be-come the material ofchoice for such thingsas hockey sticks,tennis and bad-minton rac-quets, andnow bicyclesframes. (I playa bit of hock-ey and bad-minton, sowhen they getaround to making

a beer bottle out of thestuff, I figure my leisuretime will be carbon-fibrecomplete.)

Its strength comes fromthe way it’s made —strands are layered and wo-ven together in specificpatterns, and each timeout, it’s done differently, toprecisely fit the task athand. Not dissimilar to theway Mother Nature goesabout building her stuff.

But such a customizedand fussy process, addsmuch cost and time. Andthe raw material for car-bon fibre is already waymore expensive than alu-minum or steel.

The SLR is unique notonly because its body pan-els are made of carbon fi-bre, but also its super-structure. This body shellis made by McLaren — thesame firm that buildsMcLaren F1 racing cars. F1is where all the big enve-lope pushing gets done,when it comes to carbon fi-bre and four wheels.

Mercedes and McLarenhave developed materialand process systems tospeed up both the creationand assembly of carbon fi-bre components. The teamtook their cues from thetextile in-

dustry, as some of the auto-mated systems resembleweaving machines.

High heat areas, such asengines and exhausts, willalways be made of metalfor the foreseeable future,but how about everythingelse?

In an email interview,James Banks, Mercedes’body function manager,said, “It is quite feasiblethat small structural partscould start appearing onproduction cars within thenext few years … Personal-ly, I believe carbon fibrecrash systems and class Abodywork are the two ar-eas of the automobile thatare likely to see the biggestadvances in the comingyears.”

When this does happen,it will be another exampleof trickle-down technolo-gy, in the constant pursuitto make all cars safer andlighter and more fuel-effi-cient.

And if you have to buildsomething high, to get thenecessary gravity, youcould do worse than thisgorgeous SLR, built as ahomage to the original SLRthat racing legend, StirlingMoss, which famouslydrove to a succession ofvictories in 1955.

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a neglected 1967 Jaguar E-type.

“Carbon fibre isincredibly strongand stiff for itsweight.”

Mercedes-Benz SLRStirling Moss

Fun heart of Soul

One of several new boxycars coming out, this newKia is not just full of soul,it’s stylish and it’s also ahuge amount of fun.

The Korean carmaker’scompact SUV is its mostdistinctive design yet andset to be a trailblazer forthe brand.

New design director andAudi TT designer PeterSchreyer has produced astriking car with faux-4x4

credentials. It has boxylooks along the same linesas the Nissan Cube, HondaElement and Scion xB, is

high off the road and it al-so offers the same in-townpracticality as a 4x4, but isobviously cheaper to buyand far more economical— and ecological — than areal off-roader.

There’s a selection of funcoloured exteriors andoriginal interiors — includ-ing a dogstooth pattern.There are three special edi-tions including the Divaand Samba, but it’s theSoul’s Burner that’s thebomb — this bad boycomes in black with redhighlights, a dragon design

on the outside, hot blackwheels and a flashy redand white interior.

This model also has abrilliant feature — redlights in the speakers thatflash in time with the mu-

sic you’re listening to. These things are essen-

tial for the type of driverthat Kia expects to appealto, a young, urban crowdlike you, who will want toferry their friends around

and maybe not mind somuch that the boot won’tfit more than one babybuggy. It all adds to the funexperience of driving thiscar — it feels solid, but isalso nippy and agile.

Kia impresses with new compact SUV

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Putting brakes on teens

When your teenager takesout the family car, youmay not always knowwhere he is. But thanks toFord’s new MyKey system,you’ll have a better idea ofwhat he’s doing.

Debuting on the 2010 Fo-cus and planned for sever-al more models, MyKey is ano-charge standard featurethat limits the car’s topspeed, prevents the trac-tion control from beingdisabled, chimes warningsat pre-set speeds, encour-ages seatbelt use, and capsthe volume on the audiosystem. It works throughthe message centre in theinstrument cluster, and isinvisible to drivers whodon’t want to use it.

Parents program keysthrough the ignition, turn-ing them into “MyKeykeys.” These trigger the pre-set system when they’reused to start the car, limit-ing what the vehicle willdo.

One key always remainsthe “administrator,” and isused to program others; italso lets parents operatethe vehicle without limits.

The MyKeys can be wipedclean or reprogrammed atany time, if desired. Anymicrochipped key can be-come a MyKey, whetherit’s one of the keys thatcomes with the car, or pur-chased from the dealer.

Starting the car with aMyKey always triggersthree automatic defaults.The regular seatbelt re-minder chimes, but thestereo won’t work untilthe driver has buckled up,as well as any front-seatpassenger. The low-fuelwarning comes on at 120

km to empty, rather thanthe usual 80 km notice.And if the vehicle isequipped with special safe-ty features such as ParkAid or the new Blind SpotInformation System, thesecan’t be disabled by thedriver.

Beyond those, parentscan also program in speedalert chimes at 72, 88 or105 km/h; the inability todisable the traction con-trol; a limit of 44 per centof the stereo’s volume; anda limited top speed of 130km/h.

And if your teen’s a tech-nology wizard, fear not.“The system tracks thekilometres, and so the par-ents can see if the MyKey isbeing used,” said KerriStoakley, Ford’s communi-cations manager.

“Buckle up, watch yourspeed, and turn down theradio are the three thingsparents ask,” Stoakleysaid. “So mom and dadmight give more seat timewith the system. It’s agood reminder to childrenthat they need to drivesafely.”

Ford’s innovative technology MyKey will be a standard feature on the 2010 Focus.

JIL MCINTOSHfor Metro Canada

FCX Clarity, Golf honouredAWARD The all-new Volk-swagen Golf edged out theToyota iQ and the Ford Fi-esta to bag the 2009 WorldCar of the Year title at re-cent the New York Interna-tional Auto Show.

The sixth generationGolf made its first appear-ance at the Paris MotorShow last fall, and was un-veiled in North America atthe Canadian InternationalAuto Show in Toronto thisFebruary.

The new Golf will becoming to Canada this fallas a 2010 model.

Honda’s FCX Clarity tookhome the eco-friendly hon-ours in New York as it wasnamed the 2009 World

Green Car. The FCX Clarity, a sleekly

styled hydrogen fuel cell-powered sedan currentlyavailable on a limited lease-basis, is powered by an elec-tric motor that runs onelectricity generated by anon-board fuel cell stack.

The vehicle’s only emis-sion is water, and its fuelefficiency is up to threetimes that of a moderngasoline-powered automo-bile and two times that of agasoline-powered hybridvehicle.

The World Green Carawards were inauguratedin 2003, and officiallylaunched in January 2004.

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Keep on truckin’Silverado Hybrid paints the pickup green

There will always be a sun-rise.

There will always be anEngland.

And there will always bepickup trucks.

Sure, truck sales are offbut an interesting thing ishappening south of the bor-der, and to a lesser extenthere. Pickup truck sales (butnot SUVs) are on the up-swing.

As soon as the price offuel started to drop,Americans began buyingpickups again. So it turnsout it’s the cost of fuel,not vehicle price, that’s adetermining factor intruck purchasing.

And, frankly, whenPrime Minister StephenHarper’s federal infra-structure money startsflowing, people won’t behauling wallboard and ce-ment mixers to the jobsite in Honda Civics.They’re going to need a

pickup.However, there is still

the uncertain cost of fuel.So the question is whetheror not you can have yourpickup cake and eat it too.

General Motors is alonein offered a full-size hybridpickup that can tow up to6,100 lb and get up to9L/100 km on the highway.I know because I did it.

GM’s green trucks arebased on the 2-Mode Hy-brid System currentlyfound in the GMC Yukon

and Sierra, Chevrolet Tahoeand Silverado (tested here)and Cadillac Escalade.

This is a “full” hybridsystem, in that it can oper-ate on electric power, gaso-line power or a combina-tion of both for a claimedsaving of up to 25 per cent.

While the GM Hybridsystem is one of several af-fordable hybrid technolo-gies, it is the most adapt-able for large vehicles. Infact the 2-Mode hybrid sys-tem was adapted and re-fined from the hybridtechnology GM has usedin city buses since 2003. Itis now the first hybrid sys-tem used in a full-sizeSUV.

At all times, the 2-ModeHybrid system collectstorque-based data, deci-phers it, and then deter-mines the most fuel-effi-cient means of propelling

the vehicle. This results in a number

of ways to save fuel such as:engine off at idle; electric-only propulsion to 48 km/hin light load conditions;electric boosting during ac-celeration blends with en-gine power to save fuel;

cutting off fuel to the en-gine during vehicle decel-eration; active fuel man-agement cylinder deactiva-tion technology; and regen-erative braking and enginespeed and load control.

The Silverado Hybrid hasa fuel rating of 10.5L/100

km (27 mpg) city and9.8L/100 km (29 mpg) high-way.

Big and brawny, but witha heart of green, the Silver-ado Hybrid does show thatyou can still get the jobdone while making this abetter world.

JIM ROBINSONfor Metro Canada

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After almost a hundredyears of automotive his-tory, it’s easy to equateLincoln with luxury.Which carries its owndangers of design inertiaand hidebound tradition.But Lincoln designersseem to be aware that“tradition should be aguide, not a jailer.” Espe-cially in the face ofincreased competition inthe premium class.

Lincoln continues to tryto reinvent itself to appealto a younger audience anda wider swath of the mar-ketplace.

It’s not an easy process.It requires the compromiseof pleasing your regularfans with the familiar,while simultaneously try-ing to attract new buyerswith novelty and innova-tion. The latest end resultof that blended process —the 2009 Lincoln MKS.

Central to the design, astriking double-wing grille,playing on Lincoln’s tradi-tional waterfall grille mo-

tif, angles to the jewel-styled headlamps thatwrap around the ventedfront fascia and flow into asharp crease along thehigh beltline.

That high beltline is em-phasized by the sweep ofwindshield, the elevatedrear deck, and the deepseating and high consoleinside the car.

In a new age of tall wag-ons, CUVs and othercrossover hybrid styles, theMKS sits and feels verymuch like a traditional car,still typically North Ameri-can in style and spirit. But,then again, this ain’t exact-

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ern available technologiesincludes:• SYNC, a hands-free, voice-activated hands-free in-carcommunication and enter-tainment system developedby Ford and Microsoft. Thesystem integrates Blue-tooth-enabled cellphones,your iPod, or other digitalmedia players. • Intelligent Access withPush Button Start — a firstfor Lincoln — allows thedriver to unlock the vehi-cle with the fob or touchthe heat-sensitive keylessentry pad on the B-Pillarand start the engine with apush-button on the instru-ment panel.

As tested, my front-wheel-drive model be-haved civilly enough, wrig-gling with a little torquesteer only under the hard-est acceleration, pullingthe MKS’ somewhat porky1872 kg (4127 lbs) of curbweight satisfactorily up tospeed with a burly back-ground roar. Fuel economynumbers vary according tosources but we’ll go withthe optimistic CanadianEnerguide ratings of12.9/8.8L/100km (city/hwy).

A palette of available interior colours and a long list of standardequipment are all found inside the 2009 Lincoln MKS.

ROB BEINTEMAfor Metro Canada

• Full suite of moderngadgetry• Luxurious but trendy

2009 Lincoln MKS

Type: Full-size premiumsedanPrice: from $47,799Engine: 3.7-litre Duratec V6(273 hp, 270 lb/ft)

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The 2009 Lincoln MKS is taking the brand’s designDNA into a new era.

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When Porscheannounced it was pullingout of most major autoshows, includingFebruary’s CanadianInternational Auto Showin Toronto, it causedwaves in the industry.

In an effort to thrillwould-be customers intobuying, the company de-cided to throw its fullweight behind its WorldRoadshow, a travelling cir-cus of Porsche vehiclesand personnel that pro-vides the ultimate testdrive.

While this is the road-show’s 11th year, it’s be-ing held in Canada for thefirst time. The eventkicked off last week at theMosport InternationalRaceway near Toronto andis scheduled to end thisFriday.

The goal is to run 350prospective buyersthrough a one-day pro-gram, in the hope, as oneofficial put it, of spreading

“the Porsche virus.”The program involves

different activities, rang-ing from performance test-ing a 911 Turbo Cabriolet,to using a Cayman S orBoxter S around a slalomcourse, to off-road drivingwith a number of Cayennemodels, and, of course,lapping Mosport’s chal-lenging four-km circuit.

The machines in use topound around the roadcourse are a great mix ofmodels, from a basic-but-focused 911 C2S withsport-chrono package andsix-speed manual, to amore relaxed 911 Targa 4with PDK, Porsche’s newtwin-clutch automaticgearbox.

There was a full-ontrack-oriented Cayman Swith body-hugging one-piece sport seats, PDK andcarbon brakes that was areal favourite on mediaday, while the bright-cop-per Cayenne GTS at thetail didn’t hold anyone up,with the large SUV easilyhitting 190 km/h up theAndretti Straight.

“The Porsche World

Roadshow is a large, ambi-tious event,” said JasminRawlinson, Porsche Cana-da’s director of marketing.

“Experience with theroadshow in other coun-tries has proven the bestway to sell Porsches is toput people behind thewheel. This way, they ex-perience for themselvesjust what makes our vehi-cles so special.”

Porsche Canada is hop-ing for to attract a goodnumber of orders from theevent, especially as“eighty-plus per cent ofthe people sent to theevent have never owned aPorsche before,” LauranceYap, public relations man-ager for Porsche Canada,explains.

Porsche Canada allowed its would-be customers to test drive its models at the World Roadshow.

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Porsche thrills“(People)experience for themselves justwhat makes our vehicles so special.”Porsche Canada’s Jasmin Rawlinson

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ing us 40 minutes throughthe snow to the lodge.

Forest Lodge is likesomething out of anAgatha Christie movie, ahuge white house nestledin the crook of the valley.Inside there are comfort-able bedrooms, a diningroom with a banquet tablefor 20, a huge kitchen anda living room with plumpsofas, tartan curtains andan open fire.

This is an aristocraticweekend without the pricetag — the cost of accom-modation and food is smallwhen shared, and there’snowhere to squander yourhard-earned cash on fancyrestaurants, expensivepubs or silly souvenirs.

There is no mobilephone reception, just anancient payphone with acrackly line, so you areforced to completelyswitch off.

It pays to plan ahead —

there’s no way to pop outfor milk here. Calculatewho’s cooking what andyou can have exactly whatyou need delivered by localgrocers Tilt Stores. We ar-rived to find a larder burst-ing with fresh fruit, vegeta-bles, meat reared on localfarms, wine, and evensome welcome snacks in-cluding shortbread andtablet, a sweet and tastyScottish fudge that hits thespot after hitting the oneof the local summits.

Armed with an Ord-nance Survey map thatmarks every contour ofevery elevation, we set offto conquer the nearbymunro, the name for aScottish mountain with aheight over 910 metres.Hiking fanatics call it“munro bagging” as theytry to tick all 284 munrosoff their list, but one wasmore than enough for usnovices. The two-hour trek

to the top is rewarded witha plateau with mountainsstretching for as far as theeye can see.

As well as eagles andgrouse, there were flashingwhite tails of mountainhares darting away, and ahuge herd of deer led up aridge by a stately stag sil-houetted against a radiantpink sunset.

After all that fresh air,it’s time for for haggiscanapés in the lounge,

then a four-course banquetof smoked salmon, locallamb and pudding fol-lowed by port and cheese.

It would be difficult toleave this place at the endof the weekend, were itnot for the fact that goingback to London is also partof the adventure — after afull day admiring icicles inthe river of the glen, wehad another night of sleep-er-train fun to keep us ingood spirits.

Aztec exhibitThe British Museum in London will launch an exhibition

called Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler on Sept. 24. One of the

feature objects will be this turquoise mosaic and cedro

wood mask from Mexico, which dates from the 15-16th

century AD. Visit britishmuseum.org. REUTERS

NYC: The Real Deal

Through June 30, New York City visitors can get a buy-one-get-the-second-one-half-off deal at more than 100 businesses and organizationsincluding museums, tours and attractions, arts and entertainment venues, nightlife spots and spas. See nycgo.com/realdeal. METRO NEWS SERVICES

If a rugged wildernesswith golden eaglessoaring overhead and ex-pansive mountain rangessounds like a setting that’sonly on offer in NorthAmerica, maybe it’s timefor you to experience thenatural magnificence ofrural Scotland.

Your adventure shouldstart in London when youboard the CaledonianSleeper train. This over -nighter is a magical experi-ence — you step on at Lon-don’s hectic Euston Sta-tion, have a few beers asyou pass though England,

put your head down inyour cozy bunk, and whenyou’re woken up with acup of tea at 6 a.m., youfind yourself in the wide-open Scottish countryside.

Our destination was For-est Lodge, a Victorian-erahunting lodge on theAtholl estate in Perthshire,in the heart of Scotland.The estate is also home toBlair Castle, which comescomplete with suits of ar-mour and hallways full ofantlers, and is base to Eu-rope’s only private army,the Atholl Highlanders.

We got out in pictur-esque Pitlochry — wherewe had to wait for the localtaxi company to deliverkids to school before driv-

Exploring the Scottish countryside

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Left, on a riding adventure on the Atholl estate in Perthshire. Right, a view of Blair Castle.

Rural retreatThe Lodge

• Book Forest Lodge throughAtholl Estates. There arelodges sleeping different num-bers, each about $130 for threenights; athollestates.co.uk.Getting there

• Book the Caledonian Sleep-er from London atscotrail.co.uk. You can get adiscount for a group booking

(for about $270 a head), orwatch for “bargain berths” —each month 1,200 single tick-ets are sold from £35 apiece.Food delivery

• Local grocers Tilt Stores willsource whatever you need,from fresh produce to wineand locally-sourced meat, tel.01796 481 206.

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts is moving ahead with a $4 billion US overhaul of its core Sheraton name despite theeconomic slump. The initiative, begun in 2007, will bankroll new hotels and renovate existing rooms. REUTERS

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Can Cuba handle atourism explosion?The U.S. leisure industrycould reap rich rewards iflawmakers relax Cubantravel bans, but industryexperts warn that hurdlescould block a big paydayfor cruise companies, ho-tels and airlines.

Last week, U.S. PresidentBarack Obama opened acrack in the decades-oldU.S. embargo against Cuba,allowing Americantelecommunications firmsto start providing servicefor Cubans and lifting re-strictions on family ties tothe island — spurringhopes that loosened travelrestrictions could be next.

But some observers ex-pressed doubts about Cu-ba’s ability to handle thepotential deluge of thou-sands of U.S. tourists.

“The hype about U.S.tourism in Cuba far ex-ceeds the existing infra-structure,” said JohnKavulich, senior policy ad-viser for the U.S.-CubaTrade and Economic Coun-cil.

The travel industry haslong eyed Cuba as a desir-able destination for Ameri-can tourists. The country’scapital city, Havana, is littlemore than 322 kilometresfrom Miami, the homebase of two of the world’slargest cruise ship opera-tors, Royal Caribbean and

Carnival Corp.A port in Cuba would be

a boon for these companiesas they can offer new tripsat minimal fuel costs andjump-start demand formore cruises to theCaribbean, a key market.

European cruise opera-tors have offered trips toCuba for years.

Currently, Canada is thetop supplier of tourists tothe island, followed by Eu-rope. In 2007, 660,000Canadians visited Cuba.

Cruise lines will likelybenefit first, some expertssaid, because it can takeyears to build up resort-style hotels on shore. Evenso, capacity questions re-main. “If you have a 2,000-passenger cruise vessel atthe port of Havana, at somepoint they’re going to wantto have lunch,” Kavulichsaid. “There are threerestaurants — how are yougoing to feed 2,000 peopleat one time?” REUTERS

The Iron Curtain: From ‘death strip’ to educational cycling trailBERLIN Twenty years afterthe fall of the Iron Curtain,a project to convert the for-mer “death strip” into a cy-cling path is picking upspeed.

The new cycle trail,which will run 7,000 kilo-metres from the BarentsSea in the north to theBlack Sea in the south, isaimed at promoting eco-

tourism along the formermilitarized zone and tap-ping into booming interestin cycling holidays.

Michael Cramer, a Ger-man Green party memberof the European parlia-ment, is spearheading theproject to complete thetrail. “Cycling tourism hasseen double-digit growtheach year for the past two

decades,” said Cramer.“With this trail we hope toimprove sustainable cross-border tourism and reduceCO2 emissions in thetourism sector.”

Cramer said his inspira-tion came during a visit toBoston, MA in 1998. Afterseeing the Freedom Trailthere, which connects im-portant sites from the

struggle for American in-dependence, he thoughtthe concept might work inEurope too.

Like the Freedom Trail,Iron Curtain Trail routeplanners are linking his-toric sites and markers.Riders should experience ahistory lesson on the half-century division of thecontinent. REUTERS

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The Strip’s big gamble

CityCenter, a $9 billion development that was to become a 67-acre mini-metropolis of condominiums, hotels,shops and casinos in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip, is facing a funding crunch and an unclear future. REUTERS

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From the tops ofMachu Picchu, tothe rose-red rockof Petra’s canyon-like Siq, to the di-

vinely-inspired churches ofnorthern Ethiopia, thereare plenty of places onearth that inspire. If you’relooking for a holiday witha spiritual element, hereare a few suggestions:

Korean retreatLive like a monk at the

Lotus Lantern Internation-al Meditation Centre. Lo-cated two hours fromSeoul, this 12-year-old Bud-dhist temple was designedfor foreigners looking tostudy the religious philoso-phy of Zen Buddhism. Visi-tors sleep on traditionalKorean cots, wake up atthe crack of dawn (3:45a.m., to be exact), slip intoitchy grey training suits,eat simple food, wash their

own dishes and meditatemany times a day.

Sun rise in NamibiaBordering South Africa

and Botswana, Namibia iswhere the Atlantic Oceanmeets the desert, andwhere rich wildlife and tra-ditional African culture

meet some of the world’smost stunning sunrises. Apopular tourist activity isclimbing up Dune 45, oneof Namibia’s many naturalsand castles. The hikealong the ridge isn’t easy,but it’s all worthwhilewhen you see the sun’swarm, orange light illumi-

nate the 80-million-year-old Namib Desert.

Get enlightened in IndiaRishikesh, a holy city in

northern India, is a placemany travellers go to findthemselves. It’s a wildlypopular spot on the banksof the Ganges River that

draws Hindu pilgrims,new-age hippies, young Is-raeli backpackers and wiseBabas who spend theirdays in the lotus position.Located some 200 kilome-tres from Delhi, this self-proclaimed yoga capital ofthe world is packed withmeditation centres, ash -rams, Ayurvedic massageparlours, vegetarian rest -aurants and spiritual com-munities. With its nightlyceremonies along the riverand vibe of collective spiri-tuality, there’s certainlysomething magical aboutRishikesh.

Fountain of youthFor a look at the cradle

of Incan civilization and ataste of her sacred waters,head to Isla del Sol on theshores of Bolivia’s sacredLake Titicaca. On the southend of the island, walk up200 steps to a sacred springthat’s said to be the foun-tain of youth. A sip of therejuvenating water is notonly refreshing, it’s an im-portant part of Incan tradi-tion. With a name that’ssure to get grade-schoolkids giggling, Lake Titicacais also the highest naviga-

ble body of water in world— which means you mayhave difficulty differentiat-ing between your own spir-itual enlightenment andgood old-fashion altitudesickness.

Awestruck underwaterOff the coast of Tofu

beach, come face-to-facewith some of the world’sgentlest underwater gi-ants. In an ocean safari of-fered by Bamboozi Back-packers lodge, tourists canswim alongside majesticmanta rays, dolphins andeven whale sharks, theworld’s largest living fish.

Fear not — despite theirthreatening size, whalesharks only eat plankton,not humans. Snorkelingwith these prehistoric-looking beasts is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity thatwill leave you awestruck.Just keep a bottle of whitevinegar handy in case ofjellyfish stings.

For more information onswimming with whalesharks, visit bamboozibeachlodge.com

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apparently ready to star in a remake

of Footloose, but the producers are

having trouble scheduling it around

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Quick recovery for Madonna

Don’t worry about Madonna, who fell off a horse in the Hamptons over the weekend. Her trainer Tracy Andersontold Usmagazine.com that the singer will be back in the gym today. USMAGAZINE.COM

EntertainmentEarth hits big screen

Filmed at the same timeas the BBC series PlanetEarth, Alastair Fothergilland Mark Linefield’s Earthis a remarkableachievement of naturedocumentary filmmaking.

The movie is filled withthe beautiful cinematogra-phy that defined PlanetEarth even if it isn’t quite asintellectually satisfying.

It is impossible to watch

Earth without comparing itto its predecessor, andwhile the confines of a 90-minutemovie fund-ed by Disneyprevents thefilmmakersfrom captur-ing thedepth of theseries, this isstill an im-pressivecompanionpiece thatdemands tobe seen onthe bigscreen.

Thelonger run-ning time and family-focusof this feature forced thefilmmakers to construct anarrative out of the footage

captured for Earth.Fothergill and Linefieldhave structured their film

around three families of an-imals (polar bears, whales,and elephants) embarkingon epic journeys across

their natural habitats. The narrative device

works, but limits what thefilmmak-ers areable to ex-plore the-maticallyand theanimalsare givenhumanqualities ina mannerthat cre-ates unfa-vorablecompar-isons toMarch OfThe Pen-guins. It’s

an outdated nature docu-mentary technique thathurts the film ever so slight-ly, but can probably be at-

tributed to Disney’s involve-ment in the project and notthe filmmakers.

Despite a questionablestorytelling device, Earth isstill a remarkable achieve-ment. The stunning highdefinition photography thatsold countless copies ofPlanet Earth Blu-rays reallycomes alive on the big

screen. This is a film that simply

must be seen in a theaterand will hopefully find awider audience than mostnature documentaries.James Earl Jones’ command-ing voice provides the nar-ration that links the movietogether (oddly PatrickStewart narrated the moviein Europe, but not here) andjust might cause audiencesto burst into applause whenhe utters “the circle of life.”

Though hardly perfectand less impressive than it’ssmall screen predecessor,Earth is still a wonderfulfilm sure to please familyaudiences tired of the usualZac Efron tripe.

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SAG handing out pink slipsLABOUR Just days after itsnational board approved anew contract for televisionand film, the ScreenActors Guild said it plansto lay off about 35 employ-ees, or about eight percent of the staff.

“To close a gap betweenthe guild's expectedrevenue and costs in theupcoming fiscal year budg-et, SAG is undertaking anumber of expense reduc-tions, including the elimi-nation of some staff posi-tions,” SAG spokespersonPamela Greenwalt saidMonday. REUTERS

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PEOPLE Farrah Fawcett’sbest friend Alana Stewarthas dismissed claims madeby the actress’ son incourt, telling a judge hismom’s cancer problemshad reduced her to a skele-tal 86 pounds, female-first.co.uk reports.

Redmond O’Nealmade the shockingclaim in court lastweek dur-ing a hearingstemming fromdrugcharges againsthim, butStewart in-sists the 24-year-old ismistaken.

She tells peo-ple.com, “Far-rah is not 86pounds. Red-mond is youngand overreacted

a little.Farrah has lost

weight, butnot that

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O’Neal’s fa-ther — herex Ryan— for allhis sup-

port by hosting a 68thbirthday party for the ac-tor on Monday night.

Stewart adds, “Ryan hasreally been there for Far-rah in such a wonderfulway.” Stewart insists Faw-cett is on the path to recov-ery following a hospitalstay this month.

She explains, “I just sawher ... She had colour inher face and was talkingand laughing.”

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Naked pics no shoe adSCANDAL The pictures ofKanye West and his nakedgirlfriend, Amber Rose, arenot for a Louis Vuittoncampaign, as originallythought, femalefirst.co.ukreports.

Last week, the rapper’spersonal images sur-faced on the Internet,with reports quick tosuggest that it waspart of West’s cam-paign for his range ofLouis Vuittonsneakers.

Howev-er, ac-cordingto The

Cut, sources have con-firmed to them that theimages are not part of anycampaign for the fashionhouse.

West’s desire to ditchmusic for designing seems

to be gaining momen-tum in the fashionworld though, as heappeared at a recordnumber of showsaround the globeduring Fashion Week

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CAREER Lindsay Lohan hassparked rumours she’ssigned on to appear in anew topless Las Vegasstage act, femalefirst.co.ukreports.

The star, 22, reportedlyflew to Sin City on Satur-day to attend the grandopening of sexy stripteaseproduction Peepshow andmeet with its creator,Broadway director andchoreographer JerryMitchell.

Former Spice GirlMelanie Brown kicked offher stint in the show lastweek, which featurescelebrities in rotating leadroles.

According to Fox News,Lohan is in talks withMitchell to take over fromactress Kelly Monaco whenthe star leaves the show toreturn to U.S. soap operaGeneral Hospital.

A spokesperson for Lo-han had not returned re-

questsforcom-ment.

Lohan has seen her act-ing career almost disap-pear in the last 12 months,with her last movie, IKnow Who Killed Me, uni-versally panned; Lohan’sperformance garnered her

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Lindsay goes burlesque? Mel’s lover keepssteamy sex diary?RUMOUR The womanclaiming to be MelGibson’s mistress, Russiansinger Oksana Pochepa, re-portedly keeps a diary ofall her sexual activity —and isn’t shy aboutsharing it.

“She once showed methe diary and I could bare-ly believe it,” a source tellsthe Sun. “Sex is the mainthing for her.” It’s been re-ported that Gibson’s wifefiled for divorce aftersteamy pictures of her

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JT and Jessicastill togetherRELATIONSHIP Ever sinceJustin Timberlake wasspotted “very much actinglike a single guy” at KateHudson’s star-studded30th birthday party overthe weekend, according toUs Weekly, rumors havebeen swirling that he andgirlfriend Jessica Biel havesplit up.

But friends of the couplesay that couldn’t befurther from the truth.“They have not split,” asource says, according toHollyscoop.

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“Ben will do the schoolrun,” Garner, 35, tells In-

Style of her family’smorning routine.“He dresses her anddoes her hair. It’spretty funny. Youcan always tellwhen he has been atit, just two randombarretteshanging in

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OPINION Jackie Chan hasbeen facing a good deal ofbacklash in his nativecountry for commentshe made last weekat a business forumin Hainan, a south-ern Chinese island,according to MSNBC.

“I’m not sure if it’sgood to have freedomor not. If you’re toofree, you’relike the wayHong

Kong is now. It’s verychaotic. Taiwan is also

chaotic.“I’m gradually be-ginning to feelthat we Chineseneed to be con-trolled. If we’renot being con-

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Baby on way for Gruffudd

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Pork withMustard Sauce INGREDIENTS:

1 tsp (5 mL) extra-virginolive oil4 boneless pork loinchops, 3/4 in. (2 cm) thick,trimmed of all fat 4 tbsp (60 mL) dry whitewine or vermouth1 garlic clove, minced3/4 cup (175 mL) chickenor vegetable stock2 tsp (10 mL) cornstarchmixed with 1 tbsp (15 mL)water1/2 cup (125 mL) sourcream1 tbsp (15 mL) Dijon mus-tard1 tbsp (15 mL) choppedfresh tarragonSalt and fresh-groundblack pepperFresh chives

METHOD:

1. Heat oil in largenonstick frying pan overmedium-high heat. Addpork chops and fry untilbrown, 3 minutes per side.Transfer to plate; set asideand keep warm.

2. Add wine or vermouthto pan with garlic and letbubble briefly. Pour instock and boil 2 minutes.Stir together cornstarchmixture and sour creamuntil smooth. Add to hotcooking liquid, stirringwell. Reduce heat and sim-mer, stirring constantly,until thick and smooth, 2minutes. Stir in mustardand tarragon and seasonwith salt and pepper totaste.3. Return pork chops tosauce in the pan. Reduceheat to low, cover pan,and simmer until chops are cooked through,4 to 5 minutes.4. Arrange pork chops onwarm plates and spoonsauce over. Garnish withchives.SERVES 4

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