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Tropic of Answer Charles Munn, a pioneer of South American ecotourism, answers readers' questions		14 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Charles Munn, Tropical Nature. Ecotourism is promoted as a sustainable alternative to industrial development; however, ecotourism does not generate the same immediate financial returns as industrial development. How can activists formulate their argument when aiming to save pristine areas from mining through promoting ecotourism? -- Jacqueline Obando, Pretoria, South Africa Well, yes, ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, South America, travel (all these topics)

Rage against the (hybrid) machine	Clark Williams-Derry	10 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Some California drivers are getting all steamed up that they have to share the carpool lanes with single-occupant hybrids, like the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic, under a new state program. Some of the complaints, of course, should be taken with a grain of salt. Said one fumer in an online discussion group: "These [drivers] barely go 65 mph and allow no one to pass them on the right... Talk about road rage!" Uh, dude, that's not road rage -- that's wh ...
Topics: California, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, politics, travel (all these topics)

A Tour for What Ails Ya Charles Munn, a pioneer of South American ecotourism, answers Grist's questions		10 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Charles Munn. What work do you do? I am chair of the board of Tropical Nature, a nonprofit conservation group specializing in conservation through ecotourism. What does your organization do? We run the world's largest network of eco-lodges in tropical rainforest -- in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil. We also consult for rainforest and tropical ecotourism companies and for gover ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, South America, travel (all these topics)

Greece Lightening On vacations	Umbra Fisk	22 Feb 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My wife and I want to celebrate our 25th anniversary by taking a significant trip. We are thinking of a 10-day European vacation, possibly the Greek islands. I am conflicted by my dedication to celebrating this milestone and my dedication to living eco-friendly. What advice would you have for those wanting to travel while limiting their impact on the environment? Realistically, if I hope to enjoy another 25 years of marriage, I ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Greece, travel (all these topics)

Vacation tips for a climate-changed world WSJ ranks island getaways by how they'll hold during global warming	Lisa Hymas	31 Oct 2005	Gristmill
Power players in the U.S. are finally sitting up and taking note of climate change. But don't get hopeful just yet. They're not leaping to figure out how to retool our industrial system and stave off disaster. Rather, they're calculating which islands will make the best vacation getaways for the rich and famous in a globally warmed world. Yes, The Wall Street Journal has helpfully published 'The Global Climate-Change Island Guide' [subscribers only, alas], informed by t ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, green living, travel (all these topics)

Guilt fly association British Airways eases passengers' minds	Katharine Wroth	16 Sep 2005	Gristmill
If you're flying British Airways anytime soon (say, to see the London Design Show), check out this news: the airline is now charging an optional fee for passengers to offset the impacts of travel. The surcharges (the amount varies depending on the trip's length) will be donated to Climate Care, an Oxford-based company that cancels out carbon with partners ranging from a bank to a yoga center. Is British Air's move a step in the right direction or, as one critic put ...
Topics: air travel, carbon offsets, travel (all these topics)

You Deserve a Break to Hay City slickers go on farm vacations to get respite from modern life		07 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
You Deserve a Break to Hay City slickers go on farm vacations to get respite from modern life Overstimulated urban dwellers are taking farm vacations to get back in touch with country life -- a phenomenon that may help preserve America's rural landscape. "Agri-tourism" generates considerable, much-needed revenue for Liberty Hill Farm in Vermont; it's one of just a few thousand surviving farms in a state that on ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, travel (all these topics)

Heaven Help Bus A visit to Iceland spurs dreams of a hydrogen future	Bill McKibben	19 Jul 2005	Soapbox
The loneliness of the long-distance rider. I have seen the future, and it works. The 111 bus rolls quietly up to the Mjodd terminal in eastern Reykjavik at 11:19 a.m., and I climb aboard. For 45 minutes, we cruise through the suburbs and then to the central square downtown, picking up and discharging eight passengers along the way. Fuel cells that would have filled the space of several passenger ...
Topics: hydrogen, Iceland, placemaking, public transportation, travel (all these topics)

Sunny share Car-sharing starts to take off.	Clark Williams-Derry	14 Jul 2005	Gristmill
Here's a bit of interesting news on car sharing companies, which, according to The New York Times, are catching on a bit in Europe. The most salient bit: Studies suggest that one shared car replaces 4 to 10 private cars, as people sell their old vehicles...The result is a 30 to 45 percent reduction in vehicle miles traveled for each new customer. Now, 30 to 45 percent is a pretty sizeable decline in driving. But this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise; ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, travel (all these topics)

Ecotourism tips	David Roberts	28 Jan 2005	Gristmill
I am, like most enviros, somewhat conflicted on the subject of ecotourism, and I wish I knew more about it. In the end, I'm inclined to think that the damage such tourism does to the ecosystems where it takes place is outweighed by the simple fact that it offers a source of revenue other than resource extraction. There is, of course, good ecotourism and bad ecotourism -- if you, as an aspiring ecotourist, want to know which is which, MSNBC's 12 tips for ecotravelers is ...
Topics: green living, travel (all these topics)

Love Hurts Worries over ecotourism on the rise		05 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Love Hurts Worries over ecotourism on the rise Ecotourism and its more profit-centric cousin nature tourism make up about 20 percent of international tourist travel. These two sectors are growing by 10 to 30 percent a year, and generate hundreds of billions of dollars -- money that often helps the ecosystems being toured, not to mention local economies. Still, some folks are raising red flags, saying that the flood of putatively fauna-fr ...
Topics: business, travel (all these topics)

My Pet Goat Masai tribes eye white settler land in Kenya		23 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
My Pet Goat Masai tribes eye white settler land in Kenya The Masai tribespeople of Kenya are running out of land for their herds of goats, cows, and sheep, and they are starting to covet the vast swaths controlled by the country's white settlers -- land that contains copious wildlife, including endangered species like the black rhino. The conflict is touchy. Many of the whites are sympathetic to the Masai, whose land was stolen a ...
Topics: Kenya, travel, wildlife (all these topics)

Action Heroes How You Can Make a Difference for the Planet		22 Apr 2004	Daily Grist
Action Heroes How You Can Make a Difference for the Planet With today's environmental problems so large, abstract, and intractable -- see warming, global -- you're probably wondering what you, one individual, can do on Earth Day to help. (If you're one of the people surveyed by Gallup -- see above -- perhaps you don't care, but humor us.) It's easy to feel powerless i ...
Topics: cars, green products, greening biz operations, hybrids, Massachusetts, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Eek-otourism Ecotourism May Be Harming Wildlife		05 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Eek-otourism Ecotourism May Be Harming Wildlife Ecotourism -- and tourism erroneously billed as eco -- may be harming the very animals and ecosystems it claims to venerate. As many as one in five tourists are "ecotourists" under some definition, and those numbers are expected to continue their dramatic rise in coming years. It's a booming business sector that can benefit poor countries, allowing them to make money by showing off ...
Topics: travel, wildlife (all these topics)

Plane Text Advice on driving vs. flying	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, I'm wondering if you have any numbers comparing the fuel efficiency of flying versus driving the average car for the same distance. Also, how does carbon dioxide production compare for the same trip? Steve Loomis, Calif. Dearest Steve, Flight blight? Here's what I can find so far, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Institute in beautiful Snowmass, Colo. Single-occupancy automobiles produce 0.91 pounds of carbon dioxide per ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, travel (all these topics)

'Til Cruise Do Us Part On cruises	Umbra Fisk	06 Feb 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My husband, though a very warmhearted man, does not follow the environmental tides quite as much as I do. He would desperately like to take a cruise for our second honeymoon. I know cruise ships dump waste in the oceans and are not good for the ecosystem in general, but could you tell me which cruise lines are the most environmentally conscious? In the spirit of compromise, I have agreed to go, but would like to make the ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, oceans, travel, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Sweet Child of Mine?		14 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Sweet Child of Mine? After forcing a mining operation to leave town in 1997, the 46 families of Junin, a remote village in northern Ecuador, decided to have a go at ecotourism to protect the rainforest around them -- and to earn a living. But now a growing number of the residents are questioning that choice. The paradise of orchids, hummingbirds, and jaguars is no consola ...
Topics: Ecuador, food and agriculture, mining and drilling, rainforests, travel, wildlife (all these topics)

East of Eden		22 May 2002	Daily Grist
East of Eden After years of foreign control, East Timor became the world's newest nation this week. Now the country must rise from the ashes wrought by years of brutal domination by Indonesia -- and it hopes to do so in part by capitalizing on its abundant natural beauty to attract eco-tourists. Currently, East Timor is the poorest country in Asia, but revenue from scuba diving, mountain trekking, biking, ...
Topics: business, East Timor, outdoor recreation, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		03 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 03 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. I'm about to get on a plane to head to Boston, where I'll attend a meeting at the University of Massachusetts on global climate change and biodiversity. I've been invited to give a talk on research, recently published in the journal Oecologia, concerning experimental work we've done in Costa Rica on the effects of climate ch ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		02 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 02 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My Standard Breakfast Boiled Egg was pretty near perfect this morning. Unfortunately, I burned the toast. You win some, you lose some. Happily, the morning was bright and clear with a kiss of warmth in the air, which bodes well for the peas and beans and strawberry plants sprouting in my garden. I'm afraid I've lost th ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		01 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 01 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. Today is Canopy Lab Lunch. Every Wednesday at noon, I meet with the small cadre of students who are working or volunteering in my lab on projects related to forest canopy work. Because the Evergreen State College is a small, undergraduate-centered institution, I don't have many graduate students. So I try to cultivate the ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		30 Apr 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 30 Apr 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My boiled egg this morning was a bit on the soft side. I caught a look of concern from my nine-year old daughter, Erika, but I reassured her that it was okay. After breakfast, I spent much of the morning plugging away on a quest for funding for a project that started five years ago, to build a forest canopy walkway on o ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		29 Apr 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 29 Apr 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My day starts as most do: calling upstairs for my two children to rouse themselves for the beginning of the day. I then put on an egg to boil, a slice of toast to brown. I've been eating the same breakfast for the last three years, and even though the items of food are the same, I have come to learn that each day's breakfast ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Ecotour De Force		21 Mar 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Africa, travel (all these topics)

Better, Safe Safari		19 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Better, Safe Safari "The future of Kenyan tourism is green," says Judy Gona, executive director of the Ecotourism Society of Kenya, which is working to create a low-impact, more environmentally friendly tourism industry in the second-most visited country in Africa. ESOK's 80 members are mostly small, secluded camps and lodges that are built with local materials. They use alternative energ ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Kenya, travel (all these topics)

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