“Unsung heroes of the environment.” The “green Nobel Prize.” Eco-Ocean Awards, eco-art competitions, and eco-school certifications. If you’re even slightly interested in environmental news, you can’t help but hear and read a lot in the media about the recognition given to individuals, organizations, and entities that do something — almost anything, it seems, by the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘explorers’ corner’
What are YOUR Top Ten Travel Moments?
I’m usually too busy to watch television, so it’s perhaps not surprising I didn’t know who Samantha Brown was, when a friend told me she had her dream job. I may be the only travel addict who was not aware that Brown hosts a popular show on the Travel Channel chronicling her peripatetic pursuits, [...]
Please Don’t Banish Bumpy Roads
I like bumpy roads. Not the ones permeated with potholes big enough to break an axle or skew tires out of alignment, but the “washboard” ones that make your teeth rattle, your words vibrate, and your backside tingle when you drive over them.
I like bumpy roads because they force us to slow down. Jiggling along [...]
