Rick Steves believes that travel can make the world a better place, and make us better people – and I agree.

Travel has a way of grounding us in reality. It forces us to step outside our day-to-day routines and into the raw, unfiltered world.

California is leading the charge toward a greener future by planning to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. This policy, spearheaded by California’s Air Resources Board (CARB), aims to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote the…

Earth’s temperature is reaching levels that are critical, yet somehow that’s political. Climate change is not a partisan issue. It’s not about left or right, liberal or conservative. It’s about survival. It’s about every single one of us who call…

For decades, our economy has functioned like a treadmill: we take resources from the Earth, turn them into products, use them, and then toss them aside without a second thought. This “take, make, dispose” system, known as the linear economy,…

Over the past 15 years, sustainability has evolved through a series of focal points: deforestation, the ozone layer’s recovery, melting ice caps. Each issue has commanded global attention at one time or another, reflecting the dynamic challenges of environmental stewardship….

If we don’t make time for the planet’s wellness, we’ll be forced to make time for its illness.  You may have heard the phrase, “If we don’t make time for our wellness, we’ll be forced to make time for our…