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Expand your perspective on the environment
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For far too long, Asian Americans have been overlooked in conversations on climate change and the natural world. In a Yale School of Climate Change Communication report that purports to reveal which racial groups care most about climate change, for instance, the results for Asian Americans were unavailable, raising concerns over the low sample size. However, the inability to retrieve data on Asian communities whether because of language barriers or questions over which ethnic groups are considered Asian American reveals a more insidious concern: that Asian Americans have always been an afterthought in the national imagination.
I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
Rick Koster
I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
The best books for every aspiring athlete to read
Participating in a sports team is a great way to stay active and meet tons of new friends. There are so many different cool sports to try out and a lot of people love working super hard to excel at their sport. Take the love of your sport off of the field or out of the pool and check out these sport-centered books perfect for the aspiring athlete.
Track and field
Jessica lives to run, but when she loses her leg in a car accident, she worries that she won t ever be able to run again. With the help of some old friends and their kindness and the inspiring words of a new friend, Jessica works towards crossing the finish line once again.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Sounds like it s time to grab your Speedos. The American author and journalist joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky to talk about coldwater swimming and why it s so good for us.
She said about Why We Swim: “The book is divided into these five sections, five different thematic ways of answering the question and survival, and then its well being and community and competition, flow and so the book is really a way to travel the world and ask people, extraordinary swimmers and ordinary ones, the answer to that question.
“There are so many ice swimmers, cold water swimmers in the book and I know that there are some coldwater swimming enthusiasts in the UK and Ram Barkai is a swimmer.