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Wednesday,
April 13, 2005
Bhutan |
Bhutan
A free public event
Held in connection with the exhibition
Boston Ink: A Century of Printing 1905-2005
Boston Public Library,
April 5 through June 24
Under a new expeditionary program at MIT, teams from
MIT and Friendly Planet (a Cambridge-based 501(c)-3
nonprofit charity devoted to education in developing
regions) took four expeditions across Bhutan collecting
some 40,000 photographs. These expeditions were intended,
in part, to help push the technical frontiers of photography,
as well as to break new ground in sharing pictures.
Opening to 5x7 feet, BHUTAN
contains breathtaking images that convey some of the
spectacular scenery and personal warmth that a traveler
encounters on a journey through this unique and remote
corner of the world.
Attendees of this Boston Ink event will have an opportunity
to view a large edition of BHUTAN,
and a smaller version will be available for purchase.
The smaller version is currently
available for purchase at the Globe Corner Bookstores.
6:00 p.m., Boston Public Library.
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Thursday, March 3, 2005
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Jeffrey
Tayler
Angry Wind: Through Muslim
Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel
Hailed by Bill Bryson and the New York Times Book
Review as a rising star among travel writers, Tayler
penetrates one of the most isolated, forbidding regions
on earth -- the Sahel.
This lower expanse of the Sahara marks the southern
limit of Islam's reach on the continent. It boasts such
mythologized places as Mopti and Timbuktu, as well as
Africa's poorest countries, Chad and Niger. In parts
of the Sahel, hardline Sharia law rules and slaves are
still traded. Racked by lethal harmattan winds, chronic
civil wars, and grim Islamic fundamentalism, it is not
the ideal place for a traveler with a U.S. passport.
Tayler finds genuine danger in many guises, from drunken
soldiers to a thieving teenage mob. But he also encounters
patience and generosity of the sort only Africans can
achieve.
Jeffrey Tayler is a correspondent for the Atlantic
Monthly and a contributor to Condé Nast Traveler,
Harper’s Magazine, and National Geographic.
He has written three books, most recently Glory
in a Camel’s Eye. An accomplished linguist,
he is fluent in Russian, Arabic, French, and Modern
Greek and can get by in Spanish and Turkish.
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Wednesday,
March 16, 2005
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Karsten
Heuer
Karsten Heuer, author of "Walking
the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly
Bear's Trail" will give a slide lecture on his 2,200
mile trek to see how the proposed Yellowstone to Yukon
initiative (Y2Y) could be implemented. A wildlife biologist
and park ranger, Heuer walked, paddled and skied what
he considered "the wildest and least developed route
possible" to discover how established parks and other
protected lands could be linked to insure wildlife corridors
in the Rocky Mountains.
Heuer faced inclement weather, raging
rivers and the suspicions of hunters, ranchers and miners.
He spoke in communities in the U.S. and Canada to present
the goals of Y2Y and to listen to local concerns about
proposals for protected lands. His most constant companion
on the trek was his intrepid border collie, Webster.
His sister and friends accompanied him at different
points; they shared commitment to Y2Y, challenges on
the trail, and the thrill of viewing grizzlies, caribou
and other wildlife living freely in protected areas.
Karsten Heuer has worked as a wildlife
biologist and park warden in the Madikwe Game Reserve
in South Africa, in Canada's Yukon Territory, and in
Banff and Jasper National Parks. He is the recipient
of the 2003 Wilburforce Foundation Conservation Leadership
Award. Further info on the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation
Initiative can be found at: http://www.y2y.net/
Further info on the Algonquin to Adirondacks Conservation
Initiative is found at: http://www.a2alink.org/
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