Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Environment
Jump on da Bixi bikes in Montreal
Environment, Road, TransportTo my great excitement my Bixi key arrived in the post last week. Bixi is the name of the public bike system here in Montreal. (Bike + taxi = Bixi.)
July 28, 2010
WHL Group supports the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference
Environment, PartnersThe Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) is North America’s largest and only conference focusing on sustainability in the tourism industry.
July 23, 2010
5 of the world’s best urban gardens and green spaces
Environment, PlacesIf your garden has lost its luster, you’re not alone. Fortunately, visiting any of these pristine parks and gardens abroad is sure to get your green thumbs inspired!
July 16, 2010
The Cow-barn diaries?
Adventures, Environment, PersonalIt seems conventional living isn’t really my cup of tea… I mean, wheres the fun? Since moving out of the tree house last October I have been plotting and scheming my next move
July 7, 2010
Book review: Writer explores England by kayak
Books, Environment, Sea, TransportAs British writer David Aaronovitch points out in the introduction to his 2000 travel book/memoir, Paddling to Jerusalem, in the last few years writers have walked around England under the guise of just about every gimmick imaginable.
July 6, 2010
Top 5 National Parks for Nature Appreciation
EnvironmentEvery year, curious travellers journey throughout the globe to escape into the untouched wild. The goal: to witness incredible plant and animal life without human interference.
July 6, 2010
Racing Green Endurance hits the road to Paris
Environment, ProjectsThe Racing Green Endurance team comprises 11 students and staff from the Energy Futures Lab, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Engineering departments of Imperial College London.
June 12, 2010
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation Guidelines
Environment, Grass Routes JourneysEvery year Coastal Orissa is graced with the arrival, nesting and hatching of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. A remarkable natural phenomenon of breathtaking proportions.
May 17, 2010
Grenada + nutmeg: Inseparable
Environment, Food & WineYou’ll rarely find a place as passionate about nutmeg as the Caribbean island of Grenada. Islanders use the fruit’s sweet-smelling shells to build garden paths. Women in markets sell strings of nutmeg to intrigued tourists.
May 15, 2010
Wild Camping
Adventures, Environment, PersonalWhen you think about it, man isn’t designed to live in a house, certainly not the houses we live in today, perfectly flat floors feel weird beneath the toes: our feet our able to bend and flex in conjunction with the terrain we walk upon, or is that just me?
May 11, 2010
