This is the basic premise of Geocaching today. To play, all one has to do is take out their phone or GPS enables device and make a free geocaching account, choose the geocache to look for then start navigating. When the geocache is found, sign the log book and take a nic-nak then post the find online.
Tag: Environment
A Beginners Guide to Sustainable Gardening
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): “Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and wellbeing depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment.” Sustainable farming or gardening makes efficient use of all materials being used including land, water, seeds, and products grown. By practicing sustainable behaviors…
Please Put Your Butts Where They Belong.
If you can lift your hand to smoke your cigarette, you can lift your hand to dispose of it.
Are the Olympics Worth the Environmental Devastation?
As we all know, the Olympics started last week and everyone around the world is thrilled to watch them. Among the not-so-thrilled include environmentalists and the thousands of plant and animal species that live in Sochi National Park. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, promised the International Olympic Committee that these games would be “zero waste” and…
How Does Kosher Relate to Sustainability and the Environment?
By Leiba Estrin What is Kosher? Kosher is a spiritual diet. The laws regarding kosher are outlined in the Torah (Hebrew Bible). The kosher diet operates off the principle that you are what you eat. It is a lifestyle that is supposed to increase sensitivity within the consumer in his or her dealings with others….
Environmental Advertising: The Billboard Side of Life
Environmental Advertising: The Billboard Side of Life A billboard by the World Wildlife Fund that uses an awning that raises throughout the day to show that water levels in the oceans are rising. Environmental advertising is becoming a common aspect of daily life, but research on the effects of green advertising have…
Garbage Neglect
All the different kinds of trash in the wrong cans. Recycling bin outside of the mail room. Is this for paper or plastic? Regular trash can outside of the mail room, next to recycling bin. Mostly paper. Regular trash outside of the dining hall lower entrance. Recycling unit right inside of the dining…
Shmeat: Reducing Animal Cruelty or Defeating the Purpose of a Sustainable Diet?
Non-meat eaters choose to exclude meat from their diets for a variety of reasons, but for many, animal cruelty is the reason behind their meatless decisions. Now, thanks to the newly found production of shmeat, vegans or vegetarians having the itch to dig their teeth into a nice, juicy hamburger can spoil their temptations with…