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The Essential Guide to Eco-Friendly Travel

The Essential Guide to Eco-Friendly Travel

By Meredith Rosenberg Between gas-guzzling flights, high-pollution cruise ships and energy-consuming hotels, travel takes a huge toll on the environment. Whether for business or vacation, for many people it’s not realistic to simply stop traveling. So what’s the solution? There are actually numerous ways to become more eco-conscious while traveling, which can be implemented with […]

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    September Astronomical Highlights: Andromeda Galaxy and a Comet

    September Astronomical Highlights: Andromeda Galaxy and a Comet

    By Kelly Kizer Whitt Relief from the heat of summer and long days baking in the sun is on its way. The Northern Hemisphere’s fall equinox occurs on Sept. 22 at 6:54 P.M. PDT. The harvest moon—the full moon that comes closest to the equinox—is just two nights later, on Sept. 24 at 7:53 P.M. […]

    California Moves to Ban Fishing Nets Blamed for Killing Numerous Species

    California Moves to Ban Fishing Nets Blamed for Killing Numerous Species

    The California State Assembly unanimously approved a bill on Thursday that phases out the use drift gillnets in the state by January 2023. The controversial fishing gear, which can stretch a mile long and suspend 100 feet underwater, is used by fishers to target sharks and swordfish, but the nets inadvertently entangle and kill scores […]

    August Astronomical Highlights: Summer’s Best Meteor Shower

    August Astronomical Highlights: Summer’s Best Meteor Shower

    By Kelly Kizer Whitt August is the time to sit back, relax and enjoy the free show overhead. The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific annual meteor showers and the only one that occurs in the summer. The Perseids can produce up to 100 meteors an hour at their peak, which is […]

    Henry Coe State Park Is the Bay Area’s Best-Kept Backpacking Secret

    Henry Coe State Park Is the Bay Area’s Best-Kept Backpacking Secret

    By Jason Mark Normally, a writer writes to reach an audience. But what I’m about to tell you, I want you to keep just between us, OK? Whatever you do, don’t email this article to your friends, don’t share it on Facebook, and please don’t post it on Twitter. Because I’m going to let you […]

    Night-Hiking With the San Luis Valley’s Bachelor Bats

    Night-Hiking With the San Luis Valley’s Bachelor Bats

    By Stacey McKenna I’m sitting on a ridge at 9,000 feet, overlooking the world’s largest alpine valley. The mid-June sun drops behind a nearby cliff band and the clouds shift, leaving errant rays of light shimmering in the passing agricultural vehicles’ dust trails. Behind me, a fence blocks access to a yawning hole—the entrance to […]

    Culture Clash: Nature and Civilization Face Off in the Art of Michael Wang

    Culture Clash: Nature and Civilization Face Off in the Art of Michael Wang

    By Patrick Rogers The rooftop garden of the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art gallery in New York looks much like you’d expect of a newly renovated former bank building in lower Manhattan. Rows of simple aluminum planters line the small rectangular space, sprouting leafy greenery that frames views of the busy streets below. Yet this ordinary-looking […]

    If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try a Walk in the Woods

    If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try a Walk in the Woods

    By Karin Klein There are times when I don’t know what to do with myself. I feel at odds with the world, irritated by the people in it, in a funk about myself and what I’m achieving or, rather, not achieving, overwhelmed by the obstacles and complications of life. Happiness seems like an entirely elusive […]