Tag: Panama
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Green Living Project Explores Central America's Cutting-Edge Eco-Tourism
The indie media production company Green Living Project (GLP) is building a good reputation when it comes to documenting the globe's sustainable travel sector--covering the best practices in eco-tourism, wildlife
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Fancy spending some time on an organic farm, practicing yoga and taking long walks through the hills? Or would you rather stay in an art-filled old downtown warehouse, and
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Buy Green: Backpacks, An Eco-Paradise and Flavorful Chickpea Curry
:: Find a sturdy, sustainable backpack with help from our Buy Green: Backpacks guide.
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Panama Launches Operation Light Bulb, Gives Away $13 Million Worth of CFLs
Not really much on this one yet, but I thought I'd point it out for the apparently proactive, yet finger-in-the-dike nature of it.
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Turtle-Oriented Eco-Tourism Springs Up in Central America
The Los Angeles Times recently had a rare piece on a Panamanian eco-activist committed to saving the sea turtles, whose numbers dwindled to 80 last year, from hundreds in the 1980s. Arcelio Fuentes raises sea turtles in a beach-side incubator that he
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Rising Temperatures Hindering the Growth of Tropical Trees
The global rise in temperatures spurred by the intensifying impact of climate change may be stunting the growth of rainforest trees — disrupting their ability to store carbon dioxide — according to a new study. Kenneth Feeley, a professor at Harvard
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Sustainable Harvest International
Couldn't come up with a more succinct way of expressing this, so here it is direct from their website: "Central America has lost more than half of its rainforests in the last 50 years, contributing to mass extinctions and global warming. Rainforest
