Thailand's reefs threatened

2004-09-21 Thread John Shores
Pongsuwan of the Phuket Marine Biological Center. Full story: http://animal.discovery.com/news/afp/20040920/coralreefs.html // John Shores //

[green-travel] website squatting on travel names

2006-04-01 Thread John Shores
-consuming to separate the grains of wheat from the chaff. // John Shores // * To buy Marcus L. Endicott's new book: Vagabond Globetrotting 3: The Electronic Traveler in the New Millennium, go to: http://www.lulu.com/mendicott * To post a message to this group, send an email to: green

[green-travel] more resources: backpacking, trekking, hiking

2006-04-06 Thread John Shores
of events, ... www.internationalat.org/ snip These are just some of the links that came up with a Google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=%22Appalachian+Trail%22 // John Shores // * To buy Marcus L. Endicott's new book: Vagabond Globetrotting 3: The Electronic Traveler in the New

[green-travel] Mass tourism and carbon offsets

2007-01-11 Thread John Shores
, and no evaluation of the results to date. So I remain (no surprise to my correspondents!) quite skeptical of this scheme. // John Shores //

[green-travel] methane (not forests)

2007-01-24 Thread John Shores
plays on sacred cows -- as the pro-community groups, or the methane producers, etc. ...) // John Shores //

[green-travel] cheating offsets

2007-02-17 Thread John Shores
-cheating pledges. Somehow that seems to require non-Euclidean mathematics... I'm certain it's all fully certified and ISO 9000 and 14000 approved... // John Shores // Your tongue-in-cheek green traveler

[green-travel] travel indulgences

2007-03-02 Thread John Shores
Gentle Green Traveler: No less an authority than USA-Today (also known as journalism-lite) has jumped on the bandwagon (or picked up a tree-planting shovel) with an article on carbon offsets. I guess in today's hyper-consumption world, this may be the best we can expect from the

[green-travel] 95% cause and effect

2007-03-31 Thread John Shores
and Quamby Falls sounds like a place worth visiting. // John Shores //

[green-travel] more on GEC 2007

2007-05-09 Thread John Shores
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[green-travel] hike-in lodges in North America

2007-06-14 Thread John Shores
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[green-travel] What would you expect from SmartMoney?

2007-09-14 Thread John Shores
in the education area. I give her a negative 10 points overall. Your eco-ranting correspondent, // John Shores // - . - . - . - . - . - . - . - Eco-Lodging By Kristen Bellstrom, September 14, 2007 (this story is from SmartMoney magazine -- http://www.smartmoney.com/mag/index.cfm

[green-travel] the media and sustainable tourism

2008-04-12 Thread John Shores
have a broader view than a single individual's anecdotal impression of the relative calm or unrest). But this is just one individual's anecdotal opinion! Your mileage may vary... // John Shores //

[green-travel] Greening up ..

2008-05-04 Thread John Shores
://green.yahoo.com/Nature There's lots of interesting stuff to read... A great time sponge, and it's all green-related! John Shores Bicycle-powered Nano-traveler* in Silicon Valley Note: * Nano-travel is reducing your travel footprint by reducing your travel footprint. The Nano-traveler chooses

[green-travel] carbon credits

2008-05-16 Thread John Shores
Regarding carbon credits: OK, I'll take the bait. First, who are you? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you just trying to build publicity for Scandinavian Airlines? Are you a real person with a real interest in the environment? So far, your posting is a little bit thin... // John Shores

[green-travel] fishing ??

2008-06-15 Thread John Shores
recruiting approach is torture-and-release fishing? Those are just a few of the issues, off the top of my mind. What do you think? // John Shores //

[green-travel] endangering our heritage, one skyship at a time

2008-09-24 Thread John Shores
disappointed that Unesco got involved in this. Of course, if they're just trying to make money for the manufacturers of the skyships without regard for the planet, then by all means, stage a race. John Shores Planet Watcher - UNESCO and World Air League join forces

[green-travel] Local travel?

2010-04-07 Thread John Shores
Local Travel Movement My first reaction to the Local Travel Movement announcement was What a great April Fool's joke! Then I noticed by the date that they were a few days late. So it was meant to be serious! Second thought: Well, duh, local travel is what we all do until the economic