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We’re in bad shape if environmental action remains merely a holiday ritual like pumpkin carving. But there’s still something affirming about a day of service, or even just a bit of time set aside for personal reflection or a hike. Here are a few events around town.

When I first came to Cuba in 1995, cell phone service was so scarce that, after a meeting in which an official had flashed a cell phone from the podium, I turned to Abel Prieto, then the president of the writer’s union, and asked if he had one too.“Oh, no,” he said, “I’m not high enough to be part o