Planning your next vacation? How about Nicaragua? Or Cambodia? What about Borneo? All of these destinations have thrown their names into the tourism market, thanks in large part to ecotourism, which the New York Times called "the buzzword of 2006." Here are 10 top rules for getting the best out of your ecotourism experience.
Ethanol production is on the rise. Last year the amount of U.S. corn that became ethanol was 14 percent, up three percent from four years ago. This year, the Department of Agriculture estimates one in five bushels of corn could become ethanol fuel. But according to a recent report from the University of Minnesota, ethanol may not be as green an option as its proponents make it out to be.
According to a recent study, undertaken jointly by the National Science Foundation, NASA, and Purdue University, climate change will reduce the amount of U.S. land suitable for growing grapes by 81 percent by the year 2099. You won’t be able to find that supple, seamless Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley anymore. You’ll have to find it in New England.
Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn’s 29th album, Life Short Call Now (Rounder) is being released this month and it continues to showcase his unique position as a sometimes-angry analyst of the world scene who nevertheless manages to present his near-photographic songs wrapped in such neat, melodic packages that even pop radio occasionally pays attention.
Bamboo is a fast-growing and renewable resource, and it has long been used throughout Asia as a raw material for many goods, including paper. With North America’s supply of forests now dwindling, bamboo is starting to look like a viable alternative to wood pulp to make paper for Western consumption.
Many of the human body’s process, including reproduction, mental processing and metabolism, are controlled and regulated by hormones, chemical “messengers” produced by the endocrine glands. In the embryo and fetus, hormones guide the development of the brain
<U><B>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Cuáles son los problemas asociados con el ruido y la polución del aire cerca de los aeropuertos?</B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Qué es mejor para el ambiente, los corchos normales de las botellas de vino, o sus alternativas de plástico o "de tornillo"?</B>
The Associated Press reports that temperatures in the Caribbean Sea have reached record highs two months before the usual summer peak, and that this warming trend threatens already at-risk corals.
Legislation that would require chemical plants to develop stronger security in the face of terrorist threats is being blocked by conservative Senator James Inhofe (R-OK).
In the summer of 2001, I worked for Boulder County Parks and Open Space as a wildlife technician on a prairie dog habitat project. I was desperate for a job and wanted to do something to improve the environment. Emotionally, it was difficult to relocate and exterminate black-tailed prairie dogs. Listening to these poor animals die was depressing, and some friends made me feel worse. I did not want to talk about my job when I got home and I only kept working there to make enough money to pay rent and buy food.
