Smokey Bear has been teaching kids about preventing wildfires for over 65 years, and now there’s a campaign to introduce a new generation to Smokey Bear and his message. Please share the video below with your kids and teach them about fire safety when you take them camping and hiking. Follow Smokey Bear on [...]
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
July 14th, 2010
Smokey Bear is Back
Posted in Environment, hiking with kids 
Tags: camping, fire safety, forest fires, hiking, smokey bear 
No Comments »May 26th, 2010
Boycott BP
I’m boycotting BP gas stations and products. These include: BP Castrol Oil products Arco AM/PM Amoco Safeway Gas I understand that most BP gas stations are privately owned, but there is no other way to hit BP hard in the pocket. I have this list in my car and will do all I can to [...]
Posted in Environment Tags: am/pm, amoco, aral, arco, boycott bp, bp gas, gas, oil, oil spill, wild bean cafe No Comments »April 22nd, 2010
Earth Day as a Hiker
What Earth Day means to me as a hiker and why it’s becoming more and more important.
April 5th, 2010
Do Something for the Environment & Enter to Win a Trip
Pledge to do something simple to help the environment this Earth Day and enter to win a trip to Hawaii from the Sierra Club. Visit Green Pledge page and what you will do and then enter to win. You can see how green each state is on the featured visual and get your local friends [...]
Posted in Environment Tags: earth day contest, how green is your state, Sierra Club, sweepstakes No Comments »December 22nd, 2009
Obama signs bill providing funds for Georgia to protect land, parks
ATLANTA — President Obama signed a bill that will bring funding to Georgia to purchase land that will help protect rivers and streams, provide more recreational opportunities, and keep development at bay. The $32.24 billion package signed into law on Oct. 31 funds the Department of Interior for 2010 and will give Georgia a green [...]
November 5th, 2009
Eco Village Tour
Video with Albert Bates from The Farm in Tennessee. Bates offers some great ideas in this video and on his Website. I find his words valuable not just because they offer solutions but because they make you think about how to be creative with less.
June 27th, 2008
Sequoia Task Force Responds : Battle to Save the Giant Sequoia
Below is a response to the post about the fight over saving the giant sequoia. Please read this response and visit the Sequoia Website at the end of Mr. Ara Marderosian’s rebutal. Carl Pope claims that “after years of fighting to keep our towering Sequoia trees safe from the timber industry’s saws, we have finally won.” For Mr. Pope [...]
June 23rd, 2008
Victory for Giant Sequoias
It’s nice to see when something you care about is protected. In a world where we destroy and waste to extremes little victories are the most we can usually hope for. Today I’m happy to share this letter with you from Carl Pope of the Sierra Club about a huge victory. This is a victory [...]
Posted in Environment Tags: Environment, Giant Sequoia National Monument, logging, sequoia trees, Sierra Club 1 Comment »March 28th, 2008
Giant Sequoias to be Cut Down
Below is a sad message I received today from the Sierra Club. Please contact the Abigail Kimbell of the U.S. Forest Service and ask her to stop this action and to protect the trees we need and love: “More than half of the remaining groves — located in Giant Sequoia National Monument— are in jeopardy [...]
November 15th, 2007
Rails to Trails
I just read where another community is buying an old railroad and turning it into a hiking trial. This is happening all over North America and I think it’s a great idea. The old railroad paths are mostly flat, travel through a variety of interesting landscapes, and cut straight paths that would be impossible to [...]