Eco-tourism, for environmentally aware adventurers.
A Trail of broken ice to the top of the world
The last couple of hours were in "back-and-ram" mode. Engines astern, back a few hundred yards, then all ahead full! Three giant screws, driven by 75,000 hp nuclear-powered turbines slammed our ship headlong into thick, translucent blue ice that broke into pool-table sized slabs and tumbled and rolled under our bow 125-feet below our vantage point in the bridge.
The ecotourism revolution
In the last 20 years, our understanding and appreciation of the environment and impact we have on it has increased dramatically. Mixed in with a healthy dash of capitalism, this has led to the ecotourism revolution.
Loreto Bay - sustainable housing
Real Estate developers often have a bad name. The monsters who kick defenseless old ladies off their property, usually strictly legally, but often heartlessly. "Developers," there's often a disturbing ring to the title.
Tram Travel : The greener way to explore
It's long been my habit to explore somewhere new by public transport, rather than sitting on a coach with forty other people, listening to a guide reeling off schoolroom facts. It's usually much cheaper, too, which has something to do with it.
Off the Beaten Track in Chile
Chile is an appealing and adventurous place to visit. Chile is situated on the west coast of South America. This is wild and rugged country that offers charms void in developed countries. This country has a unique grace which makes it a different and wonderful destination for the tourists to enjoy...
Travelling Ultra-Light
Lugging heavy and unnecessary supplies throughout the wilderness can put a damper on your outdoor enthusiasm faster than a raccoon ripping through your lunch. So before you try to make a go of it, consider what you want to bring and what you need to bring...
U.S. should merge NOAA, USGS to form national Environmental Agency
The United States should establish a new agency "to meet the unprecedented environmental and economic challenges facing the nation" argue a group of former senior federal officials in an editorial published in the journal Science.
CO2 emissions could doom fishing industry
Aside from warming climate, rising carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to ocean acidification, threatening sea live, warn researchers writing in the journal Science. This trend makes it all the more important to reduce emissions, argue the authors.
69% of Floridians believe coast threatened by rising sea levels
69 percent of Floridians believe that parts of the state's coasts may need to be abandoned due to rising sea levels over the next 50 years according to a new survey conducted by researchers at Yale University and the University of Miami.
Nestle Chairman: Biofuels are "ethically indefensible"
The emergence and expansion of biofuels produced from food crops has exacerabted world's agriculture and water crisis and is a bigger short-term threat than global warming, argued Peter Brabeck-Letmathe in an editorial published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal Asia.
The United States should establish a new agency "to meet the unprecedented environmental and economic challenges facing the nation" argue a group of former senior federal officials in an editorial published in the journal Science.
CO2 emissions could doom fishing industry
Aside from warming climate, rising carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to ocean acidification, threatening sea live, warn researchers writing in the journal Science. This trend makes it all the more important to reduce emissions, argue the authors.
69% of Floridians believe coast threatened by rising sea levels
69 percent of Floridians believe that parts of the state's coasts may need to be abandoned due to rising sea levels over the next 50 years according to a new survey conducted by researchers at Yale University and the University of Miami.
Nestle Chairman: Biofuels are "ethically indefensible"
The emergence and expansion of biofuels produced from food crops has exacerabted world's agriculture and water crisis and is a bigger short-term threat than global warming, argued Peter Brabeck-Letmathe in an editorial published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal Asia.
