Hurricane Katrina Coverage and More

Ava Lowery, the young activist phenom from Alabama, has recently created two new animation videos which may be viewed on her website, Peace Takes Courage. Both videos, “Progress� in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, are powerful and well-worth watching.

By the way, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating rampage through the Gulf Coast is nearly upon us. The enormous human costs of this tragedy have been well-documented, but the ecological costs have generally received less attention. The National Geographic explores this subject (and many others related to the disaster) in their current issue:

• Hurricane Katrina’s Ecological Legacy: Lost Swamps, Crops, Islands

• Hurricane Katrina: Complete Coverage