Kenya: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, produced at the request of the Kenya Government, provides visual and compelling evidence of the rapid changes taking place in the country's critical ecosystems due to pressures from human activities. The side-by-side display of historical and current remote-sensing images highlight forest degradation, wetland drainage, and shrinking lakes to the impacts of refugees on fragile ecosystems and signs of coastal degradation.
• COVER: The Meaning of Obama's Win: How He Rewrote the Book - An election in one of the world's oldest democracies looked like the kind they hold in brand-new ones. Nancy Gibbs on a historic • NATION: A Blue Tide - Democrats expand their reach at all levels of government • WORLD: Postcard from Kogelo - As Barack Obama becomes the first black U.S. President, his relatives adopt his win as their own. In western Kenya, watching the dream become reality • SOCIETY: Taking On King Coal - Activists turn to civil disobedience to thwart new power plants
Education and the Law examines the way legislation affects education and educational training both directly and tangentially, and how the law, through its influence on such things as participation rates, certification and employer involvement, can affect the level and degree of economic activity. Contributors examine the education systems of the US, Kenya, Japan, Germany, Nigeria, Britain and France to illustrate the interdependence of the elements involved.
