Coming Up: Earth Day 2020
Earth Day is 50 years old in 2020– but unlike any time in memory, a worldwide pandemic demonstrates just how out of balance our planet is in the 21st century. […]
Tag Archives: endangered species
Elephant Hunting Is Not Tourism!
Elephant hunting is a “blood sport” – even if Botswana’s recently elected President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave it his blessing—by okaying the auctioning off of permits that will allow 70 elephants […]
Overtourism: It’s Not Sustainable Part I
The world’s modern and ancient cities, tropical islands, coveted beaches, mountain retreats, national parks and famed museums – are all tourism magnets. But fair warning to travelers and sustainability advocates […]
Earth Heroes: A $1 Billion Investment
Who is Hansjörg Wyss – and why is he giving away a billion dollars ? Just before the end of 2018, nature lover-billionaire-philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss wrote a New York Times […]
Earth Heroes: Sisters Saving Salamanders
We think of convents as places of order and refuge: That’s exactly why the Lake Pátzcuaro salamander is so lucky to have an order of Dominican Sisters offer them continued […]
Coming Up: Earth Day Tributes 2019
For Earth Week 2019 we will feature one “hero” each day, although we’ve found many more heroes than there are days in a week. Here’s who you will learn about: […]
Losing Earth: New York Times Special Feature
Climate Change could have been stopped! The New York Times Magazine this week presents a two-part special feature on the 10-year period (1979 to 1989) when“we came very close to […]
What’s coming for summer 2018
Fellow travelers from all over the world — a hearty thank you to new readers who are using their RSS feed through Outlook to find new and older stories on […]
Chile/Peru Parks Millions of Acres Added
Chile’s Patagonia region and the Peruvian Amazon started the New Year with millions of new protected acres– rich in biodiversity and natural features—and open to adventure travelers and the public […]
Book World Part 2 2012-2017
In Part 2 of our Book World retrospective, we share a trove of outstanding books on science, natural history, and the human condition from Green News Update selections over the […]
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