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  • TALK: Behind the hype of carbon offsets

    The Nature Conservancy recently launched a new carbon offset program and a rather thorough website on the overall subject. A particularly good section discusses some of the questions that should be considered when signing up for...

  • TALK: Looks like a case of videophilia, or millions of cases

     If Senegalese ecologist Baba Dioum was right when he noted that “in the end we will conserve only what we love” and that “we love only what we understand,” the future is looking pretty glum...

  • TALK: Click to save the planet

    There are dozens of websites where clicking a button donates a certain amount of money to charity. This site has multiple buttons for different environment-related charities, including preserving wildlife, nature reserves, and South American rainforest. Obviously,...

  • QUESTIONS: So, have you seen Into the Wild?

      What did you think of it? Is it worth my time to go see it?

  • TALK: Technically this has nothing to do with the outdoors, but I think ...

    I'm not talking about the photo, although I imagine that you'll appreciate that too. I'm talking about a BBC documentary series hosted by the hilariously, endearingly Brit-geeky Louis Theroux. Travel-lit buffs will undoubtedly know of...

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