The Travel Experience: How to Reduce Your Environmental Impact While Traveling
Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with blue– or purple–colored berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Vaccinium also includes cranberries, bilberries, and huckleberries. Blueberry bushes typically bear fruit in the middle of the growing season. However, evidence suggests that tourism as a global phenomenon shows no signs of substantially abating […]
Hiking Tips: The Ultimate Backpacking Gear List
More and more people undertook walking tours through the 19th-century, of which the most famous is probably Robert Louis Stevenson’s journey through the Cévennes in France with a donkey, recorded in his Travels with a Donkey (1879). Stevenson also published in 1876 his famous essay “Walking Tours”. The subgenre of travel writing produced many classics […]
Nicole Wilson: Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Blog
Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. The emergence and growth of blogs in the late 1990s coincided with the advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by non-technical users who did not have much […]
Ashley Diaz: What My Daily Makeup Routine Looks Like Right Now and Cosmetics Tips
Cosmetics are substances or products used to enhance or alter the appearance of the face or fragrance and texture of the body. Many cosmetics are designed for use of applying to the face, hair, and body. Common make-up items include: lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, foundation, blush, and contour.
Important Things You Can Do to Save the Environment
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or universe. “Nature” can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood […]
Our Blog Goals, Plans and Dreams for the Next Year
Eugen Tarnow suggests that dreams are ever-present excitations of long-term memory, even during waking life. The strangeness of dreams is due to the format of long-term memory, reminiscent of Penfield & Rasmussen’s findings that electrical excitations of the cortex give rise to experiences similar to dreams.
Hikes & Trails: Best Places to go Hiking with Friends in North America
Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word “walking” is acceptable to describe all […]
Surprising Health Benefits of Kayaking & Exercise Facts
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back […]
Things You Didn’t Know About Zebras
They occur in a variety of habitats, such as grasslands, savannas, woodlands, thorny scrublands, mountains, and coastal hills. However, various anthropogenic factors have had a severe impact on zebra populations, in particular hunting for skins and habitat destruction. Grévy’s zebra and the mountain zebra are endangered. The unique stripes of zebras make them one of […]
Mika Doe: The Ultimate Guide to Traveling When You Have No Money
Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, and showers. Wild beaches can be valued for their untouched beauty and preserved nature. Where wind is the force distributing the grains inland, the deposit behind the beach becomes a dune.