A few migrants have begun to return from China’s cities to its neglected countryside, and have been joined by artists and advocates of a more balanced (and rural) way of life. It’s a start.

International diplomacy isn’t dealing quickly or well with mitigating, let alone preventing, global warming. Are there other ways to change our lifestyles and ways of thought?

Israel and Lebanon both claim a maritime area with potentially vast reserves of natural gas. Israel is already exploiting its own offshore fields, and wants this one as well.