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Shea Tree Helps The People and The Planet

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 17, 2011 in Africa, Burkina Faso, Europe, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, North America, Photos, Sudan, Uganda

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Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa, nilotica) is one of few trees that can withstand the harsh, semi-arid climate of the Sudan and Guinean savannas and the Sahel. Hardy, drought-resistant, and with fireproof bark, the uses of the...

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A Love/Hate Relationship With Peru’s Máncora

By Lainie Liberti on December 17, 2011 in Featured, Peru, Photos, South America

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  One of my favorite Máncora residents, the famous Peruvian hairless Máncora is Peru’s most popular northern beach resort, boasting year round summer. The turquoise ocean attracts surfers and windsurfers alike and, as any sandy beach, there...

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From Cajun to Curry, Adam’s Morgan Has Something For Every Palate

By Megan McDonough on December 16, 2011 in District of Columbia, North America, Photos, USA, Washington DC

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Earlier this summer I was intent on releasing my inner foodie and discovering exactly where I should be eating in DC. Anyone who’s ever visited our nation’s capital will know that Adams Morgan during the...

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Launch flix & LA Museum of the Holocaust Team Up for Launch of Bashert

By Renee Blodgett on December 16, 2011 in California, Featured, Israel, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, North America, Photos, Tel Aviv, USA

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Launch flix, a production and digital media company, today announced that the oldest Holocaust museum in the states, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, has become their new fiscal sponsor for a special Holocaust...

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Switzerland’s Boring Reputation Gets Shattered With Fine Dining & Great Nightlife

By Robert Schrader on December 13, 2011 in Europe, Events, Featured, Festivals, Geneva, Lodging, Photos, Switzerland, Zurich

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  Switzerland is infamous for world-class engineering, cutting-edge urban planning and infrastructure and impeccable social decorum. In spite of how successful these qualities have proven for the Alpine wonderland, they have nonetheless garnered Switzerland a reputation...

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India: Ibis Flying Towards the Lakes of the City…

By Deborah Crooks on December 12, 2011 in Asia, India, Photos

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The beauty of waking up inordinately early is that you see things you would otherwise miss: I routinely scare bats from trees putting my mat out to dry after practice and one morning, walking home,...

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Five Ski Resorts To Consider When Planning A Trip To Austria This Winter

By Megan McDonough on December 12, 2011 in Austria, Europe, Innsbruck, Photos, Salzburg

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Here are five resorts to consider when planning ski holidays in Austria: all via Inghams Alpbach: Located in the small but beautiful village in the Austrian Tryol, Alpbach combines tradition, culture and outdoor adventure. Whether you...

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A Parched India Receives Water From The WORT Program To Help Nourish Its Land

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 12, 2011 in Africa, India, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Wankute, a tiny village located high in the Sahyadri mountain range of the Maharashtra state of India, was dry and near-barren in the 1990s. Agriculture was limited to crops that could withstand hot temperate and...

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