The urge to draw images in sand, or create sand sculptures, seems to be irresistible, as a walk on many a modern beach or dune surface will show. Sand is a vast canvas – and may have been used as one ...

Lines in the sand tell a story at the Museum of International Folk Art. The exhibit “Sandroing: Tracing Kastom in Vanuatu” was created by Edgar Hinge, a sand drawing artist from Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Drawing out large quantities of sand and pebbles means riverbeds lose their ability to retain water, which is crucial for groundwater recharge. “What we see now is just layers of loose material like ...

When Ogden Dunes began hardening the shoreline against Lake Michigan’s attacks, Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. So did the U.S. Army Corps ...

When our kids were little, the neighborhood playgroup met on a regular basis. Sometimes, we went to the playground because there were things to climb on, benches to sit on and shade under some trees.

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Each time Sangam Mahato passes the excavators scooping up sand from the Aurahi River, it brings back painful memories of her brother, Om Prakash. Also known as ‘Dilip’, her brother had been protesting ...