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WISDOM OF NATURE HARDER TO FIND IN AICHI PREFECTURE

Most of the world doesn't know it yet, since it's only a 'local' thing, so far (and, given the state of the world economy, very likely to remain so), but the felling of forests, the leveling of hills, a general plowing under and concretizing and building of soon-to-be-unused buildings, roads and parking lots is well under way now in Aichi Prefecture in preparation for Aichi Expo 2005, under the ludicrously paradoxical theme: "Wisdom of Nature." One wonders how this wisdom is fostered by its erasure. Perhaps like whales are helped by killing them. Go here for the story and a gory photo of what can happen when nature gets in the way of its own promotion.