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Paris Celebrates a Decade of Bringing the Beach Into the City by Going Bigger Than Ever

June 19, 2011

Photo: Julien Houbrechts under a Creative Commons license.

Common knowledge has it that in the summer months, especially August, the only people you can find in Paris are tourists, as the locals flee the hot, crowded capital for the Cote d’Azur, Brit…

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Camping in a Garden is a Green Place to Stay on the Cheap

June 2, 2011

Photo: campinmygarden

If you are desperate for a way to save, or make money, or just like camping, look no further. Camp in my Garden advertises private gardens that can be rented for as little as £9 a night.

Some of the “campsites” even offer bre…

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5 Hot Green Travel Destinations to Visit in 2011

May 25, 2011

Photo: ewen and donabel/Creative Commons

Ready to shake up your vacation routine? Getaways around the world — ranging from private islands and bustling cities to rural escapes and off-the-grid beach villas — have new green initiatives underway.

Fr…

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Wood Design from Spain: Fab Lab Houses, Wooden Islands and Spanish Guitars – Part 2 (Photos)

May 12, 2011

Image Credit: Vicente Guallart

Last week I posted a stunning wooden bicycle, and the beautiful heritage of wooden ceilings in Andalusia from a series of wood design from Spain that Confeadera put together. Other works include the Fab Lab House, some …

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Tutuma, The Man That Has Been Picking Plastic From Beaches For 7 Years At Easter Island

April 19, 2011

Francis Picco picking trash. Photo: Paula Alvarado.

Francis Picco arrived in Easter Island, Chile, from France for a vacation 15 years ago and never left. The reason was a local woman who became his wife and a new found peace he couldn’t trade for an…

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Carl Safina on Expanding the Circle of Compassion (Podcast)

February 3, 2011

Things can look pretty grim these days. But to lose touch with wonder, with the mysterious perfection of what’s all around us–then we’re really in trouble. The newest book from ecologist Carl Safina, The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unn…

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Just the Greed… Alabama Surfers Tell More Stories From The Gulf Oil Spill (Video)

January 10, 2011

It’s a new year, nearly nine months on since the start of the Gulf oil spill, and NRDC has released a new video in their Stories From The Gulf series. Produced in collaboration with

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Stuffed Sea Lions to Keep Frisky Males From Humans

January 6, 2011

Photo: John Hawkins / The Southland Times

Beach-going tourists on New Zealand’s southern coast have more than the traffic to contend with this vacation season — what with a marauding horde of amorous sea lions invading camp sights and surf spots in …

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Humans Behind Deadly Shark Attacks in Egypt

December 11, 2010

The Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has been hit by five shark attacks in two weeks. Photo: Robert Hornung / Creative Commons.

A series of recent shark attacks — one of them fatal — on tourists at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort have swimmers sca…

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Coastal Village in Brazil Being Swallowed by the Sea

December 6, 2010

Screenshot from YouTube

For folks living in the charming beach community of Atafona on the Brazilian coast north of Rio de Janeiro, there’s a sense that the ocean is not only alive — it’s hungry, too. Since the quaint village was first established i…

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