In the 1960s, when I heard about global warming, I had a paradigm shift with all things environmental. For one thing, I immediately stopped using aerosol cans. I remember thinking, “I can’t imagine what good this will really do, but what the heck!” (We talked like that in Maine, back ...

National survey finds almost half of Americans are now environmental "doers;" highlights untapped opportunity for sale of America. The 2007 Cone Consumer Environmental Survey released today finds one-third of Americans (32%) report heightened interest in the environment compared to a year ago. In addition, they are overwhelmingly looking to companies ...

We’ve all had our share of spooky moments while on the road. Some were actual threats of death. Some were merely amusing in hindsight. Here is the first in a series of articles from our contributors. Clare O’Donoghue shares these: - “A guest at a hostel by the rainforest in ...

Here is one more story from one of our intrepid global contributors and travel writer, Jacqui Horwood: “My scariest moment came many years ago, in 1989, when I was travelling on a Contiki trip (which was scary enough as it was) through Europe. We were in Amsterdam and were staying ...

We’ve all had scary travel situations. We’ve been on planes that dropped thousands of feet or on boats that were sinking. But try this one on for size… I was scuba diving in Belize at The Great Blue Hole, a famous underwater cavern that begins at about 100 feet. After ...

Sometimes, when you’re on the road, your life can be threatened in ways you never imagined. More of my scariest travel moments: • Risking death by hitchhiking in Dunkirk, France: Landing in France at 1am after crossing the English Channel on a delayed ferry, my brother, two friends and I ...

On our honeymoon, my wife and I stayed at the Palace Hotel in Port Townsend, WA. Built in 1889, the building has seen a lot of history. My wife was excited to stay there. The furniture and decorations in the rooms all evoke the Victorian era. The rates were reasonable ...

New contributor Elaine Sipos chimes in with a host of ghostly travel stories: 1) While staying at a prestigious hotel in New Orleans, I was quite annoyed to find that someone was repeatedly knocking on my door and upon answering no one would be there. I mentioned this to the ...

Getting lost in a city of 1.5 million people can be a humbling experience. Especially if you’ve never been there. Even moreso if you don’t speak the language. It happened to me in Barcelona. As a first time visitor to Spain, Barcelona was our hub for a ten-day business-pleasure trip ...

I’m on a red-eye flight from Washington D.C. to Charlotte, North Carolina. “Can the seats be any closer together?” I think to myself. Then, once settled in and slightly comfortable, the large sweaty man sitting next to me begins ordering vodka tonics as if the flight was his last. One ...