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Beyond Cancun: Discovering a Deeper Green Get-Away at CESiaK

by Jessica Root - Brooklyn, NY on 10.26.09
Travel & Nature

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Photo credit: Jessica Root

When my boyfriend had surprised me with two round-trip tickets to Cancun for my birthday, let's just say I was surprised. He's in school for a Masters of Science in Environmental Management. I like to wax poetic about the benefits of ecotourism. Cancun, the infamous Spring break destination (thanks, MTV!) known for over-developed hotel strips, excessive water usage and lackadaisical waste management hardly makes it to any greenie's get-away list.

Little did I know that Cancun, home to the Yucatan Peninsula's main airport, would merely serve as our portal to the peninsula's off-the-beaten track beauty and tropical paradise like that discovered within Centro Ecologico Sian Ka'an (CESiaK).

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One Man, One Mission, And 12,000km On a Bike

by Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA on 10.23.09
Travel & Nature

Ryan Stotland Biking 12000km in South America Photo
Image via: 12000km


What started out as a four month mission on a bicycle to raise awareness about climate change, has turned into a lucrative fundraising endeavor as well as a visual documentary about the environment in South America. Ryan Stotland, self-confessed TreeHugger fan, decided to take four months this fall and travel roughly 12,000km around South America to raise money for Climate Change and Cancer Research, as well as just see if he could do it. What is it with kids these days, first a 23 year old wants to spend 3 years on a bike raising awareness about climate change and now a 22 year old spend 4 months on a bike for climate change.

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Capture Sustainability on Film, Send to Rainforest Alliance, Win Trip to Costa Rica

by Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA on 10.21.09
Travel & Nature

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2008 Contest Winning Image. Image via: Rainforest Alliance

Seems like these eco-photo/video contests and climate change solution contests are popping up more and more these days. Maybe that improves your odds of winning...maybe. Well, if you have a good eye for photography or just fancy yourself a shutterbug, why not try your luck at the annual Rainforest Alliance "Picture Sustainability" contest. But you have to hurry, the contest ends soon.

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Earthship Makes Landfall in Nicaragua, Builds Home Out of Tires

by Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA on 10.21.09
Travel & Nature

Casa Llanta Earthship in Nicaragua Photo
Image via: Jessica Dore

In the San Juan Del Sur region of Nicaragua, the famed Earthship crew, along with 13 Nicaraguans from the local community, created the start of what will be entirely off-grid, sustainable community, titled Casa Llanta ("Tire House"). This is the first Earthship in Nicaragua and tipster Jessica Dore sent in her thoughts and impressions from her trip to this futuristic community.

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Readers' Fall Foliage Photos (Slideshow)

by Emma Grady, New York, NY on 10.14.09
Travel & Nature

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Fall foliage; Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania/New Jersey. Credit: Randy Kato

The weather is turning and so are the leaves; from aspens in Wyoming to maples in Tennessee, fall into this weeks readers' slideshow: Fall Foliage Photos. If you missed last week's Readers Photos it's not to late to enjoy our tasty Fall Harvest slideshow, and stay tuned - later today we'll be asking for more of your photos.

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Undisturbed, Prehistoric Sand Dune Discovered at Michigan State University

by Jeff Kart, Bay City, MIchigan on 09.21.09
Travel & Nature

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Photo: Courtesy MSU.

The sprawling campus of Michigan State University takes in 5,200 acres. There are trees that shade the landscape and a Red Cedar River that runs through it. Researchers have just found a 16,000- to 20,000-year-old sand dune on the campus, too, beneath a grove of pine trees.

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6 Ways to See Endangered Species Without Endangering Them More

by Christine Lepisto, Berlin on 09. 9.09
Travel & Nature

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Image: courtesy of Sven Martin Photography

Some do it with photo trips, others on nature Safari. Cool types do it on scientific missions to the Antarctic. Teachers do it with turtles. Not greening their sex lives, but seeing the earth's rarest critters without further threatening these endangered species. What are the limits? We give you advice and options on how to enjoy the awesome beauty of nature -- in some cases without even leaving footprints behind.

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Maldives Plans Tourist Tax to Fund Climate Change Mitigation Efforts

by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 09. 8.09
Travel & Nature

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photo: Nattu via flickr

The Maldives may not be able to attend the COP15 climate talks this December due to budgetary problems, but The Economic Times reports it has just announced a new plan to fund its climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts -- a $3 per day tax on all tourists coming to the low-lying Indian Ocean nation's island resorts:

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