Eco-tourism is more than a trend: it’s a seismic shift in a trillion-dollar industry. From Ecuador to Australia, eco-travel takes many different forms, from grass shacks on the beach to ultra-modern eco-lodges in the rainforest. With concern growing about traditional tourism’s alienation from nature and its effects on indigenous cultures, eco-travelers are doing it right or staying at home.
A trip to ancient Indian ruins yields some bitter truths from past and present administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, which is both politically embattled and stuck in bureaucratic inertia.
Milk and soda producers are finding out that reuseable bottles make good economic sense. And satisfied customers agree.
While the organic food sector is soaring in the U.S.—it ‘s the fastest-growing segment of the food industry—the government has done little to encourage it.
At the very top of the list of environmental priorities for the EU is the plan to become a fully integrated renewable-based hydrogen economy by mid-century.
Ask Americans what they most admire about the U.S.A. and they will likely cite the individual opportunity to get ahead. Ask a European what they most admire about Europe and they will invariably say "the quality of life." To understand why Europe has left America behind in the race to create a sustainable society, we need to look at the very different dreams that characterize the American and European frame of mind.
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The early fighters for animals were crusaders whose commitment grew out of concerns about slavery and the exploitation of children.
Human slavery and animal abuse have a great deal in common. In both cases, the uglier aspects are hidden from view.
We have become alienated from the animal world, and we feel that loss in the deepest parts of our consciousness. Animals, once considered to be partners of the natural world, are now merely exploited.
