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