Tourism

Costa Rica Adventure Race 2010

Standing on the narrow edge of the Costa Rican highway watching the bob of tiny red and white lights sway, we held our breath as the semi-truck barreled past the Wenger team fading into the dark night. The last thing Helene Compignie, their female cyclist had said to us just moments before: “The hardest [...]

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Development Threatens to Destroy Tuscany

Here, in one of the last Tuscan valleys to have remained entirely unspoilt since medieval times, the local comune has received an application to build a “well-being centre” 500 metres from a national monument, the Castello di Potentino, along with other residential structures, [...]

Ron Cunningham celebrates the Blue Path:
“And here’s the bottom line message of Blue Path:
“Florida’s springs are degrading at an alarming rate as a direct result of our collective over-pumping of the ground water and adding too many nutrients to the groundwater,” says Annie Pais, director of Florida’s Eden, the organization that assembled the exhibit. “Simply [...]

NATIONAL “PUBLIC LANDS” DAY, September 25, 2010

September 25, 9am-noon – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park, Alachua Co, FL – Farm Day
Help clean up along the trails, paths and around the historic buildings at the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings historic farm, a National Historic Landmark. The work includes weeding and hoeing paths to the farmyard and [...]

August 12 through December 12, 2010

The Blue Path provides visitors a view of Florida’s water through the window of North Florida’s freshwater springs. This region is home to more springs–over 700 discovered so far–than any other place on Earth. The Exhibit examines how rapid degradation of Florida springs signals much bigger [...]

Ocean Diving: Stepping into Another World
Freelance writer Trish Riley steps into the adventuresome waters of ocean diving, giving us a newcomer’s perspective on the sport.
via Subaru Drive Magazine.

More than two months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Pensacola awoke Wednesday to the largest onslaught of black crude on Florida’s coast, as more than nine miles of white shoreline and beaches were soaked with syrupy oil.
A health advisory has been issued by Escambia County for parts of Pensacola Beach and Fort Pickens.
“It’s pretty ugly. [...]

We were thrilled with the response and excitement generated by the 2010 festival and we are beginning to plan on next year’s festival. Our 2011 festival will continue to bring informative and inspiring environmental films to Gainesville and we look forward to expanding our reach to the community at large, helping [...]

Kate’s Fish Camp | Full Moon Paddle

Here’s something that sounds wonderful – $5 for a Full Moon Paddle:

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm

Location: Kate’s Fish Camp

Street: 6518 SE Hawthorne rd.

City/Town: Gainesville, FL

via Facebook | Full Moon Paddle.

“Ecotourism, in my opinion, is any tourism in nature-based locations tht practices the three main principles of protection of nature; benefits to local people and offering of interpretative programs.”
Pioneering and world-renowned landscape architect, environmental planner and architect, Hitesh S Mehta, President of HM Design based in Florida spent the last 30 months travelling [...]

FREE: National Parks, April 17-25

Salazar Announces National Park Service Will Waive Entrance Fees During National Park Week

Annual Celebration takes place April 17- 25

WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that all 392 national parks will have free admission during National Park Week, April 17 to 25. Parks will also offer [...]

We’re streaming forward with our plans for the first annual Gainesville Environmental Film Festival – and we invite you to get involved if you’d like to help! Please join our meeting for all volunteers and those who’d like to volunteer, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at Boca Fiesta, 232 SE 1st St in [...]

River Class at Blue Spring Park with Herb and Magda Hiller

EVENT CANCELLED

Wednesday March 10: Magda Hiller Performs
River Classroom

River Classroom – 5:30pm
Blue Spring State Park
Orange City Florida 32763
USA 386/467-8223
Acclaimed equally for its serious content, for its lively camaraderie, and for its exceptional setting and meals, the St. Johns River Classroom returns in spring 2010 to Blue Spring State Park in Orange City.

Dates for [...]

RALLY FOR THE RIVERS

The Putnam County Environmental Council invites you to come show your love for Florida’s rivers, lakes, and springs at the 4th RALLY FOR THE RIVERS Valentine’s Day weekend, Feb. 12-14, 2010.

Friday, Feb. 12 will be devoted to a workshop designed to bring citizens up to date on water policy, science, and plans for diverting water [...]

(Top) Hitesh Mehta (2nd L), director of HM Design, in a gorilla suit poses with Brunei’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Dato Paduka Hj Hamdillah Hj Abdul Wahab (L) and tourism executives. (Above) A file picture of orangutan found in a sanctuary in Balikpapan, Indonesia’s Kalimantan. Pictures: BT/Rudolf Portillo & BT File
“Over 50-60 [...]

“Before Interstate 95, Starbucks and Sbarro, roadside citrus stands like Al’s lined nearly every major thoroughfare in Florida. They made buying local fun before the locavore food movement made it fashionable, but increasingly they are a dying breed.
Hundreds if not thousands of family citrus farms and their roadside stands have disappeared since the 1960s — [...]

Join Paddle Florida , January 15-18, 2010, for a three-day paddle along the Peace River Canoe Trail, part of Florida’s statewide trail system managed by the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection Office of Greenways and Trails.

For details: Paddle Florida.

Tourism is one of our biggest economic drivers, but there are times when the influx of out-of-towners can take a terrible toll on local communities. The best way to ensure that travelers can make the most of their desire for exploring while enhancing the places they visit is by creating sustainable tourism opportunities. Hitesh Mehta [...]