I thought some of you here might find the article at this link interesting.
http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2007/01/09/price/index.html?source=daily "Write about Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, London, Athens, Nairobi, Beijing -- because in the city, you could say, is now the preservation, as well as the great power, of nature writing."
How true do you think this is?