It was the height of the Cold War, the first Earth Day had just been celebrated and my sister and I were locked in a fierce debate about how the world would end. My sister predicted a nuclear holocaust. (She had been practicing diving under desks at school.) I, on the other hand, thought [...]

June 25, 2010 — The National Defense Resource Council has put together a great video explaining the consequences of the Gulf oil spill. In case my loyal Adventure fans haven’t seen it — here it is.

White House Timeline Missing Early Estimates, Reports of Oil Sheens

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

June, 3, 2010 — Coast Guard officials grasped the potential threat of a catastrophic spill within hours of the explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, estimating that 8,000 barrels a day of crude oil could possibly gush [...]

Over 300 toilets and just as many tires have been found at the reef off California’s Malibu coast. The trash was found by scuba divers working with UC Davis Wildlife Health Center’s SeaDoc Society. I spoke with Kirsten Gilardi, veterinarian and executive director for the SeaDoc Society to find out about the cleanup efforts.

Watch the [...]

May 27, 2010 — I have discovered the most perfect shade of pink lipstick. If you’re a woman, you’re probably thinking — “What’s the name and brand? If you’re a man, you just yawned. Or maybe you’re pondering, “Why should I care about your makeup preferences?”  Stay with me. There’s a reason I mention this [...]

May 18, 2010 — Well, I’m off to New York this weekend.  I’ll be interviewing Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land and Bottlemania.  You may ask what’s garbage and bottled water have to do with climate change? Well, it turns out plenty. As for adventure, Elizabeth definitely went some interesting experiences in pursuit of the [...]

May 11, 2010 — The oil spill which began April 20 and after nearly 4 weeks is still emptying 5,000 barrels (or more) of oil each day into the ocean, has yet to give us the dramatic pictures that tell us the Earth has been harmed. Are we out of the woods on this one [...]

By Wendee Holtcamp Writer and journalist, Wendee Holtcamp, lives on the Gulf Coast and is sending in reports.

April 30, 2010 — How about you come on down to Lews-ee-ana in September to celebrate the state’s 75th annual Shrimp & Petroleum Festival? As their website says, “This is an event that [...]

April 9, 2010 — I got an interesting comment on my blog a few days ago from Lynn Morris bringing to my attention an adventure in climate change that is happening right now. Lynn and two other adventurers — Tim Bromfield and Will Lorimer — are traveling the Atlantic coastline along the 1 meter (3 feet) contour [...]

March 11, 2010 — If you’ve read About Us you know that I love garbage. Let me rephrase that — I’m fascinated by where the stuff comes from, where it goes and how much trash the planet can take. My love affair with trash started when I first became aware of the “garbage patch” an [...]