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30th Street Station, Philadelphia’s Travel Hub

By Christian Carollo on August 22, 2010 in North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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The interior of 30th Street Station, the busiest train station in Philadelphia....

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The Village of Batad in the Philippines

By Judy Razon on August 22, 2010 in Asia, Featured, Lodging, Philippines, Photos, Southeast Asia

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A true off-the-beaten-path experience awaits the traveler in the Cordillera mountain region of Northern Luzon. Batad is a village near Banaue, a major town in the Ifugao province. For millennia, the indigenous Ifugao people here...

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JOIS Yoga Shala Opens in Encinitas

By Deborah Crooks on August 21, 2010 in Asia, California, India, North America, Photos, San Diego, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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I happily made it to Encinitas for opening day of the latest in a series of JOIS Yoga Shalas opening in the US (the first opened in Islamorada, Florida, several years ago, & there's also...

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World Tap Water Week: Tap Water Labels

By Katherine Hui on August 21, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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Sometimes, some of our Green Things go above and beyond the call of duty. One in particular, Olivia, had seen our launch of World Tap Water Week and decided to get some of her students...

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Curb Water Use with National Geographic’s Water Calculator

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 20, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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By Alex Tung In a recent blog post at the National Geographic’s Nat Geo News Watch, Sandra Postel, a Worldwatch Institute Senior Fellow and one of the authors of the upcoming State of the World 2011:...

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The World Mangrove Atlas: Hope Amid Despair

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 20, 2010 in Africa, Asia, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Central America, Fiji, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, North America, Pacific, Philippines, Photos, South America, Southeast Asia, West Africa

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By Daniel Kandy The World Mangrove Atlas revealed some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the loss of mangroves has slowed to 0.7 percent  annually. The bad news is that that...

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The Windmills of Kinderdijk, Netherlands

By Sherry Ott on August 20, 2010 in Europe, Featured, Netherlands, Photos

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As most of you know, I’m currently traveling/housesitting in Europe.  This has sent my photography into overload…so instead of one photo this week – you get a set of photos from my recent trip to...

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Elfreth’s Alley in Old City Philadelphia

By Christian Carollo on August 20, 2010 in North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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Elfreth’s Alley, our nation’s oldest residential street, dates back to the first days of the eighteenth century. What makes the street special is not just that it preserves 32 examples of Georgian and Federal architecture, but...

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