Appreciate Our Planet with Amazing Photography
The beauty and complexity of our planet is endless. From the bottom of the ocean to the top of Mount Everest, there are many diverse ecosystems filled with amazing wildlife. Through the use of...
View Article16-Year-Old Skis to North Pole, and Keeps on Going
What did you accomplish by the time you were 16? What have you accomplished so far? A 16-year-old named Parker Liautaud, from London, just returned from a trip to the North Pole. He did it on skis, in...
View Article'Rent Green' for a Getaway, or a Test Drive
So you want to upgrade the house, or the car. Using less energy can cost you more money up front, although the idea is that the savings over time will pay you back ... and then some. What about...
View ArticlePlan a Unique, Perfect Mother's Day Getaway
No diets. No schedule. No traffic. Just a few of the specifications for my mothers ideal vacation she had been craving for months. I decided to take my mom on an early Mothers Day trip and what...
View ArticleReality Check: 101 Ways to Travel Without a Gas-Powered Car
Have you seen the price of gas lately? Of course, $4 a gallon in the U.S. is cheap compared to what people in other countries have been paying for years. Either way, the cost can make you think twice...
View ArticleRobert Redford Narrates "Stories from the Gulf" Documentary
This post was written by environmental activist and actor Robert Redford. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon blowout last year, BP repeatedly misled the public about how much oil was spewing into the...
View ArticleWhat's On Your Must-See List? The Northern Lights Top Recent Poll
You work hard, and you want your vacation to be special. In their time away, most folks in a recent survey would rather see what's in the sky than what's on the ground. The Aurora Borealis/Northern...
View ArticleWalk Off a Cliff with Mom for Mothers Day
I cant do it. My mom and I were standing at the top of Sleeping Indian- a giant rock formation in the middle of Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was already suited up, harness...
View Article7 Eco-Friendly Ways To Prepare Your Home For Travel
In your own home, you can be just about as eco-conscious as you want. You choose the food, the cleaning products, the furniture, even how often the air conditioning goes on (of course, you might battle...
View ArticleBiking with a Cello? Ben Sollee Ditches the Van
Kentucky musician Ben Sollee is going back on the road. That doesn't mean tour buses or even a step down, to a clunky old van. Ben is going on a bike. And he's a cellist. Should he have chosen a guitar...
View ArticleSave Russia's Strange, Beautiful, Endangered Saiga Antelope (Photos)
These are Saiga Antelope. They're known for buggy eyes and big snouts ... and for being one of the fastest-declining mammal species on Earth. Or maybe they're relatively unknown outside of Russia. The...
View Article6 Of The Most Remote Travel Destinations Around The World
Many resorts and travel destinations can give you the feeling of isolation. The sounds of tropical birds pumping through speakers tucked into fake palm trees, a semi-remote location and staff members...
View ArticleIs Your School on the List of the 311 Greenest Colleges?
So I'm now the holder of a Master of Arts degree in Environmental Studies with a Concentration in Sustainable Development and Policy. How does that roll off the tongue? It took me four years, taking...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Places to Watch The Sunset Around The World
If you accidentally catch one, you suddenly become incredibly calm, contemplative and feel like youve snuck in on a romantic momentIm talking about sunsets. And snuggled up couples have been...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Experience? Become a Galactic Astronaut for $200,000
It's been 50 years since the first American astronaut flew into space, back when JFK was president. It's not too late, however, to become an astronaut yourself aboard SpaceShipTwo, the world's first...
View Article7 of the World's Strangest Beaches
Your friends send you pictures from their mobile phone of the snow white sand under their toes while on their beach vacation. Sure, those pristine beaches are nice and few and far between, but you're...
View ArticleThe World's Most Beautiful Beach Art ... from Jersey (Photos)
The first creatures who crawled out of the water and onto the beach left a line in the sand. So goes the description of the reasons behind the MyMemory.com World Beach Art Championships: To celebrate...
View ArticleFather/Son Team Traveling from NYC to Portland in 1,000 MPG Vehicle
Nash Hoover is 12, and like (too) many kids, he turns on a light when he enters a room, but doesn't turn it off when he leaves. It's only one bulb, after all (multiplied by rooms of bulbs in homes...
View ArticleCicada Invasion Becomes Frozen Treat (June Bugs Next?)
Cicadas. They emerge as adults every (lucky) 13 years, then die and are boiled, covered in brown sugar and milk chocolate and mixed into ice cream. What? You've never heard of that last part? Us...
View ArticleWalrus Pee/Car -Free Father/Daughter Getaway
The last time my dad took me to the zoo, a walrus peed in its mouth then spit up into the crowd spraying me in the face. I was 7. I havent been back since. But this year, 26 years later, my dad and...
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