One of the first distributors of Segway Human Transporters (HTs), Amelia’s Wheels at Amelia Island Plantation Resort in Florida has offered guided tours and rentals since 2004. The option to rent Segways is relatively new for the resort, but a tradition of environmental integrity is not. Development of the property was restricted in 1971. Now, the site has been transformed into a destination that has harmony with nature in mind.
Making a good point about the environment is a heavy burden to put on a piece of music. The great folk singer Woody Guthrie said, "Music is in all of the sounds of nature and there never was a sound that was not music–the splash of an alligator, the rain dripping on dry leaves [or] a long and lonesome train whistling down." But if music is nature and vice versa, why is it so hard to bring them together? Only a few pop songs succeed at it.
Make your home radiantly clean with Fruits and Passion’s "Art Home" line. These household cleaners are made with a plant-based formula that is readily biodegradable.
Asking guests to re-use towels and keep their sheets for more than one night are just a few of the many ways the lodging industry has been rapidly “greening up” operations in recent years. According to the Green Hotels Association (GHA), a trade group of hotels, motels and inns across the U.S. that is committed to sustainable business practices,
On April 22, more than a half billion people around the world will celebrate the 35th annual Earth Day, making it the planet’s largest secular holiday. This will be an opportune time to celebrate progress made and reflect on the many challenges and goals ahead.
Ben Franklin said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." "The Death Of Environmentalism?" has forced some dialog among green leaders as to why the environmental message isn’t resonating with the public. As I see it, we need to think "outside the green box" and press for serious media reform, profound electoral reform and a re-invented Democratic Party before we can expect to make any headway.
Threatened by erosion, desertification, overgrazing and global warming, cedar forests in the Moroccan Middle Atlas Mountains are going through a hard time. But what if Barbary macaques, which have inhabited the area for centuries and feed on the top of cedar trees, were also a threat?
The Yerington Anaconda Mine in northern Nevada was one of the world’s largest producers of copper from 1953 to 2000. Today, nearby residents complain the defunct site is a major polluter. The Yerington Paiute Tribe’s (YPT) Campbell Ranch Reservation is barely three miles north, downwind from the 3,500-acre mining property and squarely in the path of any contaminants that might leave the mine.
Scientists are applying ecological lessons learned in the aftermath of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption to restore sites that were logged or mined.
Snow leopard pelts command high prizes in the black market fur trade, while bones from these wild cats are in demand as remedies prescribed by traditional Asian medicine. However, half a world away, the snow leopard is being marketed in an entirely different way—one that may help ensure its survival.
