Tagged With: Environment
“Gratitude” – video by Louie Schwartzberg
Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer – presented at TedX-San Francisco in June, 2011.
A LEED green hotel for every budget in New Delhi
My eco-hotelier friend Ravi smirked when I asked him for ‘green’ hotel recommendations in Delhi. So I was pleasantly surprised to find not one, but two newly-opened hotels designed from the ground-up using LEED green building standards. And that’s pretty much where the similarities ended. Both were pretty cool, but for entirely different reasons. Whereas … Continue reading
Green Hero: Gili Islands’ Delphine Robbe
Scuba diving near Bali is fantastic, and while researching related environmental issues (coral bleaching, over-fishing, etc), I met many hard-working individuals in NGOs and small businesses doing incredible work. Today, my article about a few of these people was published, and I hope I´ve done justice to their stories, to their efforts. There are actually three … Continue reading
Tale of Two Taj (Mumbai, India)
It’s only been a few weeks, t it feels like I left India a lifetime ago. And there’s no bigger contrast that between Mumbai (Bombay) and Bali – replacing the incessant clamor of car horns with the ever-present crowing of roosters (they apparently didn’t get the memo that crowing is only allowed during the dawn … Continue reading
Bali …
Ubud, Bali (Indonesia) – June 29, 2011 In “Shore Leave” – Star Trek Episode #17, Star Date 3025.3 (original series), Kirk and the Enterprise crew begin to see strange sights – whatever they’re thinking suddenly manifests in reality. Nearly forty years later, the TV series Lost, … Continue reading
CheapFlights.com interview with Michael
After lining up media interviews for my clients for so many years, I was surprised when, several months ago, I received a Cheapflights.com request to interview me. Just published today … Waiting to Board with Michael Straus Michael Straus has worked for 20 years in sustainable food and agriculture, and environmental issues. After successfully launching … Continue reading
The ‘Force’ is Strong … with MALT
There’s a story in our family, dark and unexplored, about how, many, many years ago, around the time I was born, there had been a rift between two men / almost brothers. A horrible battle ensued. There were no hands left clean. Somewhere, in that struggle, was born the kernel of an idea … to build … Continue reading
In the jungle, the mighty jungle …
My latest article has been published — tracking ferocious tigers in the heart of wild India, stranded in the deep, dark jungle – alone, with only a small Swiss Army knife to protect me from savage beasts; no food except the grubs which I extracted from the dead, rotting corpse of the … Right … … Continue reading
A Taste of Tibet – Environment in Exile
Sandwiched between the Reiki Level I training by the sweet if somewhat too-leftover-Hippie-stereotype German ex-pat while overlooking the once-crystal-clear-but-now-muddied-by-upstream reservoir construction along the Ganges in yoga-capital-of-the-world Rishikesh, and paragliding at 10,000 through the snowy Himalayan foothills near Manali, I dropped in for a masala tea with the Deputy Director, Department of Environment, Tibetan Government in Exile. Slide after Power … Continue reading
Pickup Truck and Urban Farming = You?
A couple of years ago, I had the great pleasure of turning loose StrausCom’s PR forces to support Aaron, Curt and Ian – the co-producers and stars of King Corn (and if you haven’t seen it, do … fantastic, insightful film) … subsequently, Curt and Ian (totally rockin’ guys) have been working on a number … Continue reading
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