Dec 31, 2010
Dec 26, 2010
Dec 25, 2010
Sleeping Giant reawakens to thrill snowboarders and skiers
Check out this Worth the Trip feature first published in print and online editions of the Washington Examiner on Sunday, Dec. 26. Click here.
Dec 19, 2010
Cookie's First Video After She was Burned Inside an Abandoned House Fire...
So thankful for the good people helping the innocents. Please act with kindness and support kindness in the year ahead.
Dec 18, 2010
Georgia's Snow Mountain
Robin's Worth the Trip feature about Stone Mountain, reinvented as Georgia's Snow Mountain in the winter. Appearing first in the Washington Examiner newspapers Sunday Dec. 19. One edition here.
Dec 16, 2010
Orphaned elephants rescued at wildlife trust - NBC report
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Dec 11, 2010
Portland handcrafted spirits: every day a holiday
See the "Worth the Trip" feature on Portland Ore. handcrafted beverages starting in the Dec. 12 editions of the Washington Examiner newspaper. One edition here.Dec 8, 2010
Vegan CEOs include food ethics in biz strategy
Good article here in Business Week, but the writer is wrong to suggest plant-based eating is more expensive. Veganized meals cost less than comparable-quality carne meals (and note that meat production is heavily subsidized by our tax dollars).
Dec 5, 2010
Paris winter fun
Robin's Dec. 5 Worth the Trip feature, appearing first in the Washington Examiner newspapers. Click here for one edition.
Nov 27, 2010
Triple Waterfalls, SculptureWalk in Sioux Falls
In the Nov. 28 edition of the Washington Examiner newspapers. Note: the photos are by Robin Tierney. Click here.
Nov 20, 2010
Spruce Pine NC sparkles
Spruce Pine, N.C. - Sparkling holiday or anyday trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Robin's Worth the Trip feature, first appearing Sunday Nov 21 in the Washington Examiner newspaper. One edition here.
Nov 19, 2010
Nov 17, 2010
Nov 13, 2010
Ghent: Norfolk's cosmopolitan seaside village
Robin's Nov. 14 "Worth the Trip" feature first appearing in the Washington Examiner newspapers. Click here.
Nov 10, 2010
Forks Over Knives - Movie Trailer
Examines undeniable evidence that degenerative diseases can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting "traditional" diet of animal-based and processed foods. Features Dr. Colin T. Campbell (The China Study) and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, who both grew up on dairy and cattle farms but now advocate for a plant-based vegan diet.
Nov 8, 2010
Nov 6, 2010
Free thrills in Beverly Hills
Robin's Nov. 7 Worth the Trip feature, first published in the Washington Examiner newspapers. One edition here. .jpg)
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Nov 4, 2010
Oct 28, 2010
Oct 23, 2010
Gleaming, walkable Dallas Arts District
Robin's latest Worth the Trip feature, first appearing in the Oct. 24 editions of the Washington Examiner Newspapers. One edition here.
Oct 16, 2010
Get a Yale education tuition-free
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Robin's latest Worth the Trip feature, appearing first in all editions of the Washington Examiner newspaper - in print and online. One edition here.
Oct 9, 2010
Orange County Wild and On the Rocks
Robin's latest Worth the Trip feature, which first appeared in the Examiner Newspapers on Oct. 10...here's one edition.
Oct 2, 2010
Sep 27, 2010
Open your mind, get facts during World Farm Animal Day
You'll help yourself and your family, in addition to helping reduce animal suffering.
Sep 18, 2010
Playing in Aruba
Robin's latest Worth the Trip feature, first appearing in the print and online editions of the Washington Examiner newspaper on Sept. 19. Click here.
Sep 14, 2010
Sep 4, 2010
Hike Hovenweep's mystery mountain towers
Robin's Sept 5 "Worth the Trip" column appearing in the Washington, MD and VA Examiner newspapers and elsewere online.
Aug 28, 2010
Hang glide and lodge on the air field
Hang glide and lodge right on the air field atop Lookout Mountain in Georgia...close to Chattanooga Tenn. Robin's Worth the Trip feature in the Aug. 29 editions of the DC Examiner.
Aug 25, 2010
Aug 21, 2010
Eat Pray Love in the USA - Tibetan center in B-town
Robin's latest Worth the Trip in the Aug. 22 editions of the Washington (and other) Examiner newspapers. One edition here.
Aug 18, 2010
Aug 14, 2010
Peak performers, head to Park City
Robin's latest "Worth the Trip" in the Aug. 15 print and online editions of the Washington Examiner newspapers. Here's one edition.
Aug 7, 2010
Mark Twain 2010 fests & helicopter tours in Elmira NY
Robin's "Worth the Trip" feature in the Aug. 8 editions of the Washington Examiner newspaper. One edition is here.
Aug 3, 2010
Aug 2, 2010
Hyperactivity-junk link: more evidence
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/junk-food-link-to-adhd-in-children-20100729-10xjc.html
Aug 1, 2010
Antibiotics used to fatten farmed animals
One reason antibiotics are losing effectiveness - factory farmers using them to boost profits by fattening up farmed animals http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100801/BUSINESS01/8010346/Livestock-drugs-threaten-human-health-FDA-says
Jul 31, 2010
Denver Beer Festivals - yes, that's plural
Robin's piece on Denver travel – and the city's multiple Beer Festivals in Sept. - in the Aug 1 editions of the Examiner newspapers. One edition is here.
Gasland commentary from a small house/living small maven
Recently I watched, for the second time, "There Will Be Blood." Great film providing a chilling look at greed. Next on my list is Gasland. Small living maven Michael Janzen gave me permission to repost some of his recent cogent comments in reference to the film:
"...the family farm' in northern California, where I'm building my Tiny Free House, is surrounded by new
gas wells now. They just begun fracking up there so the water wells seem fine still. But they 're-frack' gas wells multiple times so the toxins they'll be pouring into the ground could eventually become a major problem.
My larger fear is that this Haliburton process, fracking, may eventually contaminate the Sacramento river which runs right past the farms in the area. If that were to happen thousands of acres of farm land will be toast. .... My mother inlaw says they dump the toxic stuff in waste wells nearby... wells that produced no gas....
If you read my blogs you know I'm an incredibly level-headed person...[but] Major environmental damage is being made to our ground water to squeeze huge profits in natural gas out of the ground. It must be stopped.
As far as our dependence on fossil fuels... yeah we are in some serious trouble. Foreign or domestic we must kick the habit or it's going to kick us to the curb.
Watch the movie, make up your own mind. I have and I will never buy land or move to an area with fossil fuel reserves. I don't want my family anywhere near these greedy bastards.
...Switching from one fossil fuel to another just prolongs the inevitable (the need to switch to renewables) and pollutes the world we live in while we're avoiding dealing with our addiction. I'm voting for getting off gradually now instead of going cold turkey sooner than later.
"...the family farm' in northern California, where I'm building my Tiny Free House, is surrounded by new
gas wells now. They just begun fracking up there so the water wells seem fine still. But they 're-frack' gas wells multiple times so the toxins they'll be pouring into the ground could eventually become a major problem.
My larger fear is that this Haliburton process, fracking, may eventually contaminate the Sacramento river which runs right past the farms in the area. If that were to happen thousands of acres of farm land will be toast. .... My mother inlaw says they dump the toxic stuff in waste wells nearby... wells that produced no gas....
If you read my blogs you know I'm an incredibly level-headed person...[but] Major environmental damage is being made to our ground water to squeeze huge profits in natural gas out of the ground. It must be stopped.
As far as our dependence on fossil fuels... yeah we are in some serious trouble. Foreign or domestic we must kick the habit or it's going to kick us to the curb.
Watch the movie, make up your own mind. I have and I will never buy land or move to an area with fossil fuel reserves. I don't want my family anywhere near these greedy bastards.
...Switching from one fossil fuel to another just prolongs the inevitable (the need to switch to renewables) and pollutes the world we live in while we're avoiding dealing with our addiction. I'm voting for getting off gradually now instead of going cold turkey sooner than later.
Jul 30, 2010
Mindful pleasure in Bloomington
Great article on Bloomington IN: enlightening mind and palate. In the Sunday Aug 1 Washington Post here.
Jul 27, 2010
Polar bears suffer heat and mental anguish in zoos
Free our polar bears - Winnipeg Free Press As for educational value, the only substantive thing a polar bear in captivity teaches kids is that it's okay to ruin an animal's life for our viewing pleasure.
Jul 24, 2010
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Jul 14, 2010
Great thinkers of conscience: George Bernard Shaw
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indifferent to them. That’s the essence of inhumanity.”
“Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.” Those words were written by super playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw, whose birthday was July 7, 1856. Yes, 1856.
As noted in a post from the nonprofit, In Defense of Animals, Shaw opposed animal experimentation (done back then, and even more unhumanely) and was a strict vegetarian. The Ireland native considered the bodies of meat-eaters "the living graves of murdered beasts." He became a vegetarian after hearing a lecture at the age of 25 and considered his meat-eating diet before that as one of a “cannibal.” From then on he frequently and passionately advocated for vegetarianism in his lectures and interviews, irritating journalists who wanted to hear more about his plays. Shaw attributed great health benefits to vegetarianism, as well as a more spiritual and moral mindset consistent with his activism in support of social issues. Shaw wrote 49 plays, including Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Caesar and Cleopatra, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion, Pygmalion (later set to music as My Fair Lady), Heartbreak House and Saint Joan.
“Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.” Those words were written by super playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw, whose birthday was July 7, 1856. Yes, 1856.
As noted in a post from the nonprofit, In Defense of Animals, Shaw opposed animal experimentation (done back then, and even more unhumanely) and was a strict vegetarian. The Ireland native considered the bodies of meat-eaters "the living graves of murdered beasts." He became a vegetarian after hearing a lecture at the age of 25 and considered his meat-eating diet before that as one of a “cannibal.” From then on he frequently and passionately advocated for vegetarianism in his lectures and interviews, irritating journalists who wanted to hear more about his plays. Shaw attributed great health benefits to vegetarianism, as well as a more spiritual and moral mindset consistent with his activism in support of social issues. Shaw wrote 49 plays, including Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Caesar and Cleopatra, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion, Pygmalion (later set to music as My Fair Lady), Heartbreak House and Saint Joan.
Jul 11, 2010
Jul 9, 2010
Oil industry ad blitz to preserve billions in tax subsidies
Not a free market...and not a level playing field. Check recent reports such as this one.
"Oil production tax breaks, many resulting from archaic acts to promote oil exploration, save the industry about $4 billion per year, according to government reports. Capital investments such as oil-field leases and drilling equipment see a levy of 9 percent, while other industries see an overall tax of 25 percent."
"Oil production tax breaks, many resulting from archaic acts to promote oil exploration, save the industry about $4 billion per year, according to government reports. Capital investments such as oil-field leases and drilling equipment see a levy of 9 percent, while other industries see an overall tax of 25 percent."
Jul 8, 2010
Walk for better conditions for farm animals
Locations of the upcoming walks all across North Anerica. Check here for details: http://www.walkforfarmanimals.org
Better-looking politicians get more media coverage
The better a politician's looks, the higher the frequency of television news coverage, shows a new study carried out at the University of Haifa's Department of Communication, published in the International Journal of Press/Politics. "Earlier studies have shown that people generally tend to prefer the company of people who are physically attractive and even value them as more worthy people. Our study reveals that journalists probably behave just like the rest," the researchers noted.
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 26, 2010
Jun 24, 2010
Jun 23, 2010
Jun 19, 2010
Carefree and carfree in Rosemary Beach
Robin's latest "Worth the Trip" in various editions of the EXAMINER newspaper in print and online in e-ditions. Subject: Rosemary Beach, a carefree, carfree time in Florida.
Jun 14, 2010
Japan govt bribing small nations to support whale-killing
Japan govt caught bribing small nations to support whale-killing laws.
Jun 12, 2010
Jun 9, 2010
Jun 5, 2010
Real reality show: our oil addiction kills animals
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/05/AR2010060500804.html
May 27, 2010
May 18, 2010
May 16, 2010
BP blocking access to scientists and nonprofit clean-up efforts
“There’s a shocking amount of oil in the deep water, relative to what you see in the surface water,” said Samantha Joye, a researcher at the University of Georgia who is involved in one of the first scientific missions to gather details about what is happening in the gulf. ...en dissolved in the gulf, worrying scientists, who fear that the oxygen level could eventually fall so low as to kill off much of the sea life near the plumes.....
Dr. Joye said the oxygen had already dropped 30 percent near some of the plumes in the month that the broken oil well had been flowing....
BP has resisted entreaties from scientists that they be allowed to use sophisticated instruments at the ocean floor that would give a far more accurate picture of how much oil is really gushing from the well.
A decent non-industry-controlled media report here.
Dr. Joye said the oxygen had already dropped 30 percent near some of the plumes in the month that the broken oil well had been flowing....
BP has resisted entreaties from scientists that they be allowed to use sophisticated instruments at the ocean floor that would give a far more accurate picture of how much oil is really gushing from the well.
A decent non-industry-controlled media report here.
May 15, 2010
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May 5, 2010
May 2, 2010
Apr 25, 2010
Plastic Bag: 18 minutes on immortality
In 18 minutes, Ramin Bahrani and Werner Herzog tell the.story of one plastic bag discarded and heading to the vortex.
Watch This: Werner Herzog Is 'Plastic Bag'
Watch This: Werner Herzog Is 'Plastic Bag'
Apr 24, 2010
Turtle Rehab in Marathon, FL
New travel piece in the Sunday April 25 editions of the Washington Examiner newspaper.
Apr 22, 2010
Second Nature - reality check worth reading
Inner life of nonhuman animals...and plenty of science-based evidence to counter animal-cruelty defenders. Click here for a good book review.
Apr 21, 2010
Apr 15, 2010
Rx drugs poisoning nature
The kind of well-researched, thorough report that mainstream media has been missing here. in a Yale pub.
Apr 14, 2010
Apr 12, 2010
Johns Hopkins goes meatless...
Johns Hopkins Hospital launched its Meatless Monday campaign today to encourage healthier eating - more grains, fruits and vegetables. “I’m looking forward to helping customers learn that they’re not sacrificing taste by eating vegetarian meals,” says Executive Chef Shawn Fields. One of Fields’ specialties is vegetarian chili. A poster quotes Chef Fields, “If you think chili needs meat, you don’t know beans.”
Apr 1, 2010
Mar 27, 2010
Key West: Pursuing passions
Robin's Sunday March 28 "Worth the Trip" feature in the Examiner newspapers. This is from the Washington DC edition.
Mar 18, 2010
Smiley faces and 14-step energy addiction program
Good article about nudging people to reduce waste and energy consumption in Scientific American here.
Mar 15, 2010
Mar 13, 2010
Mar 6, 2010
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