Topic: Caribbean
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - If you like the idea of a luxurious holiday while salving your conscience, you might be enticed by eco-chic getaways, hotels twinned with community projects or those which support shelters for children and animals. Boutique hotels expert Mr ...
Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," a new study shows.The report published in the journal Environmental Pollution argues that the waste contaminates a vast labyrinth of water-filled caves under the ...
The Caribbean Region is comprised primarily of small countries and small islands where resources are scarce and yet there is an abundance of nature. You do that in the Caribbean and then start dumping in large quantities of plastic rubbish and you ...
Going green is the going thing, and that means while on vacation as well! This will make the vehicle run smoother, get better gas mileage and cause less pollution. Head to a cabin in the woods or go hiking and camping. In ...
In most of the Caribbean and other places around the world tourism has become the major source of of jobs and income. Even with the recession, competition for the tourism dollar is continues. For starters, high rises and all glass are out ...
Taiwan charity delivers eco-blankets to disaster victims in Haiti, soon in PakistanA Taiwanese Buddhist charity is helping disaster victims stay warm — and eco-friendly — with fleece blankets made from recycled plastic bottles.The Tzu Chi Foundation, known for performing good works for ...
By Mike Valenti EnviroCitizen.org has been contacted today by the William J. Clinton Foundation for help in getting the word out on an extremely worthy cause. We are excited and encouraged by their efforts and support them completely. We would like to ...
An aggressive reforestation campaign will also bring much needed jobs in the area and if done properly, could solve the riddle of energy Fendi Watches have led Haitians to destroy forests in the first place. Click to view a graphic for the ...
In rubble from Haiti's quake, planners see valuable material for capital's reconstructionThe rubble from Haiti's shattered capital is rising in heaps at the port, dumped for sorting and recycling by a fleet of heavy, exhaust-belching trucks.A tangle of twisted metal and broken ...
The tragedy that happened at Haiti had once again proved that mankind has its own cruelness and kindness. That through natural calamity mankind will reflect to himself on what he did to his environment, neighbors and self and what he will do ...
