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US National Parks Visits Up

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Even the First Family's been for a visit!  More »

Massive Quake Brings Aussies & Kiwis Closer…Literally

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Earthquake shortens the distance between New Zealand and Australia.   More »

Continental Reports Results of First Biofuel Flight

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Five months after its biofuel demo flight, Continental reports the results to the public.   More »

“Maldivians Abandon Archipelago; Establish New Country in Australia”

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Is this a headline ripped from the news of the future?   More »

President Obama Signs Wilderness Bill

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He may have gotten more press about the auto bail-out. But environmentalists were focused on another headline.   More »

The Battle for Pascua Lama

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It was a classic war in the making. To the left, a worldwide consortium of protesters, outraged by a mining project alleged to destroy a big chunk of  More »

TAZine: All About Eco-Travel


The latest issue of TAZine, the Transitions Abroad webzine, is out, and this month’s installment is all about that oh-so-hot topic these days:   More »

Why the Economic Crisis May Be an Opportunity for Travelers and Travel Writers

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Everyone I know is worried about the economic crisis. And with reason. 401(k) values are plummeting. The safety net—if there ever was one—is f  More »

Global Warming is Real

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Last weekend, I found myself in Chilean Patagonia, face to face with a cluster of icebergs at the foot of a glacier in Torres del Paine National Park  More »

Well, Finally! Making Planes Run On Bio-Fuel


A team of scientists in North Dakota has successfully created jet fuel from plant oils, Scientific American reports, and the resulting product is   More »

Sustainable Living Roadshow


We can either wring our hands and feel helpless about the future of the planet, or we can take responsibility for our actions and get together with   More »

How Green Is That Scooter?


Are scooters really that much greener than cars? Wired’s Mr. Know-It-All has the answer, and it boils down to this: It depends. He writes: Old  More »

Sustainability Is Sexy: Learn About Green Design With Insider London

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An innovative tour company is bringing visitors closer to the cutting-edge of design in London – and best of all, most of those new design tren  More »

Vote for the Environment, Canada!

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A friend recently pointed me to this fascinating online electoral project: VoteForEnvironment.ca. The site’s basic premise is that, regardless  More »

Travel to the Amazon with Nets for Ninos


It seems that anti-malarial nets are all the charity rage these days – but this is one trend that I genuinely hope will last. Nets are cheap an  More »

Green Airport for the Galapagos?

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The government of Ecuador has just announced that it has green-lighted plans to build the world’s first “ecological airport”…  More »

Is Water The New Oil? Global h2o Consumption Doubling Every 20 Years

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It’s a familiar story: A finite, precious resource, long taken for granted in North America, but now coming under increased demand from the em  More »

5 Deeply Disturbing Things About Last Night’s RNC

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Be afraid. Be very afraid...  More »

Abu Dhabi’s Green City: Cynical Ploy or Face of the Future?

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Is "the world's greenest city" for real?  More »

The World’s Primates: See Them Before They’re Gone?


Photo by peasap (Creative Commons) Sad news from CNN: a new report shows that nearly 50% of the world’s primates are at risk of extinction. T  More »

Electric Dirt Bike: Plug It In, Tear it Up

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The latest industry that’s going green? Dirt bike racing. The Zero X is an electric motocross bike that’s plenty able to keep up with its  More »

When in France… Drink Tap Water

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That’s right, if you want to “do as the French do” on your next trip to Paris or Provence, better put down that bottle of Evian and  More »

Hello, Dolly!: Latest Hurricane News

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Hurricane Dolly made landfall earlier today in the coastal region of Texas and northern Mexico. While locals brace for gale-force rains and winds, a   More »

Gas Around the Globe

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As the gas crisis goes global–protests about soaring fuel prices have erupted in Chile, Spain, and France in recent months–more people a  More »

OurPlanet: Taking Eco-Lodges To A New Level

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Photo of Vanuatu by PhillipC Okay, okay – bad pun, I know. But I couldn’t resist. OurPlanet Retreats is pioneering a new form of eco-fri  More »

Freebie of the Week: The Snake Charmer

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Back when they were in college, my parents’ idea of a cool Saturday night date was hunting for snakes in the Florida swampland. Perhaps that’s   More »

A River Runs Through It


Matador editor and all-around wave-runner David Miller says Reno–yep, that dustbowl city–is making some serious waves. A recent article   More »

In The News: Biofuels

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If you’ve been paying attention to the mainstream media lately, you’ve probably noticed that biofuels have gone from ’saviour of m  More »

Much Ado About Plastic


Photo by iboy daniel A few days ago I wrote about China’s recent ban on free plastic shopping bags, and other positive signs in the war on pla  More »

Do we need industrial fertilizers to weather the food crisis?

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Photo by RedGlow82 Here’s a thought-provoking item from CBC News. The story outlines a debate that’s raging between economists, farmers   More »

China Bans Free Plastic Bags

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Photo by Zainub (Creative Commons) This weekend, China joined a growing list of countries that have banned the free hand-out of plastic shopping bag  More »

A Weather Map For Uganda

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Photo by futureatlas.com Over at GOOD Magazine, Ryan Bowman confesses his discomfort at being asked to create a new weather map for one of Uganda  More »

Eco-Rafting Is The New Rafting

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Photo courtesy of Barbara Steinberg I normally have a healthy skepticism for tour operators, hotels and others who slap an eco- prefix on their name  More »

So what’s the deal with carbon offsets?

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Photo by Cubbie’n'Vegas (Creative Commons) We got a press release recently about a new “green” initiative courtesy of Green Mounta  More »

Bottled Water: Making a Big (Bad) Impact

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Photo by jillclardy (Creative Commons) Everyone knows that the world’s landfills are piled high with empty bottles of Dasani, Evian, Aquafina,  More »

Two-Wheel Rideshare Coming Soon to D.C.


Photo by bfick (Creative Commons) Most cities are strategizing ways to cut down on urban traffic, but few cities are relying upon bicycles as the ce  More »

Cabs Go Cool… and Green

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If you’ve been to New York City lately and wondered why the Crown Vic cabs of old seem to be disappearing, replaced by a fleet of Toyota Highla  More »

Do Not Pass Go. Go Directly to Solar Power.


A new “world edition” of the famous board game will be released this fall, with solar and wind power standing in for those old-fashioned   More »

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