Young German engineers on the road to solar enlightenment.
Following the Sun – Part 1
The recent 30th Anniversary World Solar Challenge held in Outback Australia proved a 3,022km journey of enlightenment for German Team Sonnenwagen.
Bali: Plastic Purgatory or Green Dream? – Part 2
Bali, with a population of 4.2 million people, has long been a jewel in the crown of Indonesian tourism. But suffering from the impact of burgeoning tourist numbers, a throw-away culture and poor waste management, that crown is slipping.
Bali: Plastic Purgatory or Green Dream? – Part 1
Expressive, passionate, and just a little nervous, Melati, 16, and Isabel, 14, spoke for six minutes about a massive worldwide problem which has been apparent on Balinese beaches and in its surrounding oceans for decades, plastic pollution. Students of Green School Bali, the sisters have grown up on the island, experiencing first-hand how its environment has been progressively trashed.
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Having visited the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland, walking and talking under its leafy green canopy with Venture Deeper guide Chris O’Dowd, listening to Chris’s unquenchable enthusiasm for his subject has changed the way I look at trees.
Wilpena Dreaming
To their horror, the light didn’t scare the giant snakes. It only served to illuminate the people’s fate. The Akurra surrounded the Aborigines in their giant coils and set about swallowing every human they could.
Elephants Can Surf
We were told that if we wanted to see elephants, we would have to head south of Phuket Town about an hours’ drive by car, to Siam Safari’s award-winning Sea View Elephant Camp.
Makes sense, I thought. The elephants had set up camp where they could see the sea, just in case the surf came up.
Crossing the Nullarbor
If you want to expand your mental horizons by being made to feel really small, there’s no better place to do it than on the 1,100km Nullarbor Plain, on a roadtrip between Perth and Adelaide.
Paws to Reflect in Victoria
There is no doubt that owning a pet, particularly a dog, can be good for our health. They not only provide us with companionship and unconditional love, it is widely accepted that people who own a dog are more likely to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol and suffer less from depression.
Pedaling to Pedlars in Hanoi
If you want to place yourself at arms length from the street sellers and enjoy the ebb and flow of Hanoi’s city traffic while you are hunting for bargains, a three-wheeled cyclo, or pedi-cab, is the way to go.
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