Looking through the news during a cup of coffee this morning, I came across this news story of a coyote attack. I really dislike sharing bad news, however this story is one that should be shared. ...
created by Jessica Tucker | 8 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 1176 views | 42 recommendations | 24 comments
One month, 2,000 miles and countless friends later, Ryan Van Duzer is nearing Washington, D.C. on his two-wheeled, cross-country expedition. On June 20, Van Duzer departed from San Diego on a three-speed...
created by ESKCSG | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago 86 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
The future of Canada’s waterways - and our rights to access them - is now in the hands of Canada’s Senators. Last week, Senators engaged in a passionate, intelligent debate over the merits of burying...
Have you ever thought of using a solar powered iron for your clothes, this is one of the suggestions made in How to unplug from the grid by Gaia Vince in the Go-off grid (December 3rd Issue) of the New Scientist...
A story of courage and determination. Juvenile diabetes and type two diabetes are both killers for which research must be continued to find a cure...This reporter has hiked some of the trails that this...
created by reno_fog | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 312 views | 17 recommendations | 6 comments
From carved pumpkins to painted ones, pumpkin soup or tart, as the recipient for risotto or wild rice on restaurant dishes not to forget pumpkin ale, now is that time of the year when pumpkins are omnipresent. For those of us in the San Francisco area on October 18-19, the...
October 12th, 2008 marked the 10th Annual Pumpkin Regatta in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. It all started with Howard Dill (R.I.P) whose giant pumpkins have made it into the Guinness World Record Books four times!...
created by tracey.wooden | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 158 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
A most wonderful event is taking place this coming weekend. National Park Service and National Public Lands Day is this Saturday, September 27, 2008. This is the day when we get to celebrate the public lands available for everyone to enjoy in the USA and to remember all the...
We tend to think that exotic adventures have to take place in far away, unfamiliar places.Have we forgotten that even the big cities can offer surprises? Paul Croughton brings this point home with How to paddle through London (Times Online UK, September 7).His take on the...
We all heard the talk about team building through extreme sports like white water rafting or quasi military exercises (night vision glasses and all).Many more people try to hammer out their 'strategic' details in endless conference calls and meetings. A kinder gentler...
In maritime circles there has been a battle raging for at least one thousand years; water vs equipment. This dilemma was magnified when electrical components where first brought aboard ship requiring electricity...
America's system of national parks, forests, bird reservations, game preserves, and national monuments provides a series of living gemstones across the land. President Theodore Roosevelt set the standard for...
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 438 views | 9 recommendations | 6 comments
Many young travellers have enjoyed eating and sleeping on the streets of Rome but that is all now going to stop - and please don't sing! Doing any of these things will now bring a hefty fine as Rome brings...
A flood isn't over when it's over--some environmental hazards are still lurking, and, in many cases, growing. And, as other commentators have said, Midwesterners ravaged by historic floods most likely won't get as much federal aid as those affecte by Katrina."The oil,...
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 290 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments