| Ubud’s Organic Pioneer | The sun is setting over Ubud’s rice paddies, but I’m simply incapable of walking past a hand-painted farm sign proclaiming “organic” without stopping to investigate. Bali’s energy, as I’ve come to appreciate, opens doors to magical experiences. This mystical May evening proves to be no exception—in this case, with the [...]
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| Gili Eco Trust | “You really should talk with Delphine Robbe.” Here on the Gili Islands, within eyeshot of the Indonesian island of Lombok and less than two hours by fast boat to Bali, this has been the refrain to all my questions about the environment. Marine conservation? Garbage collection? Saving horses from neglect [...]
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| Connecting Us All | Sometimes it seems everything we read and see about Africa screams conflict, famine, HIV/AIDS, disease. Little wonder, then, that so few of us travel there, beyond an all-inclusive green safari in Kenya or for the upcoming World Cup games in South Africa. But green travel is inherently about connection to [...]
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| Greening in D.C. | As Earth Day 2010 observances wind down, we offer our own special tribute: a 21 Organic Carrot Salute to a Founding Mother in our nation’s Capitol. She is Nora Pouillon, chef/owner of America’s very first certified organic restaurant. Her Restaurant Nora north of Dupont Circle became so in April, 1999. [...]
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|On The Beach | Could there be a cooler shade of green? Lodging with a leading Oahu environmentalist who lives where Hawaii’s Green Sea turtles do…which also happens to be one of the North Shore’s most famous surf spots. The Turtle Lady, she’s often called. But you could just as easily call her The Beach [...]
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| Summit With Views | They’re calling it Turning the Tide, an environmental summit expected to draw 450 environmentalists, entrepreneurs and activists from throughout the world. The theme: connect, collaborate, inspire and act. Just as impressive, this gathering will be hosted in the newest lodge in America’s national park system: The Lodge at Cavallo Point, [...]
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| Toward Planet 2.0 | Update: The Plastiki got underway on March 20, 2010. You can follow her progress on Twitter: @DRExplore. We happen upon her as the sun is nearly tucking behind the hills across the bay. All we intend is to toast this perfect Sausalito spring day with chilled glasses of gewurz, but [...]
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| Maharana of Green | Rajasthan is famous for its palaces. These fabulous fortresses scattered across this storied, and still fascinating, state of India remain as monuments to the enormous wealth and regal whims of their original occupants, the absolute rulers of these erstwhile feudal domains. But the palaces of southwestern Rajasthan, on placid Lake [...]
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| His Green Majesty | Everywhere you go in Thailand, there he is. Shrines with his portrait, towering images draped in banners and floral arrangements, are seemingly omnipresent. Oddly, in this country sometimes called the Land of Smiles, he is seldom seen with a smile on his royal face. But Thailand reveres him. He is [...]
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| Smell French Fries? | He’s a soft-spoken vegetarian who, every day, feeds a herd of feral island cats. Shaun Stenshol doesn’t strike you as an eco-warrior. But don’t be fooled by the shy smile. This guy means business. As a Greenpeace activist, he once tried to stop a test of a nuclear bomb by [...]
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