Photo from Wesleyan University In late June, President Obama gave a speech on climate change, which has received little media attention since. In his speech, the president suggested that citizens and communities consider investing in things that help the planet and divesting in things that don’t. Our guest blogger, Dr. Alan Wright, takes on the…
Subject and portrait. This and all photos below by Glen McClure. If you have been reading the UnTours Blog, you are already acquainted with Glen McClure, a loyal UnTourist and brilliant photographer. You may have seen the images from his spring trip to Vence, France. But what you may not know is that this trip…
Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent UnTour was a three week sampler to Paris, Rome and Florence. We saw many of the highlights in all three places but would have loved to stay three weeks in each location. We enjoy the Impressionists so Paris was a wonderful spot;…
Last time, we introduced you to EcoZoom, makers of efficient cookstoves. Here’s an update from Amanda West, one of the company’s founders. We just opened our second office in Nairobi, Kenya and are introducing a new cookstove there that we designed WITH cooks. Meet the Zoom Jet! It’s a charcoal only cookstove that reduces fuel…
Alan’s picture of Jo, in Amalfi last year Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. In Austria, we stayed in the comfortable Seiwald apartment in Kuchl. The Kuchl location was ideal for visiting Salzburg and numerous nearby small villages. The town evoked memories of the Sound of Music. The lake and mountain…
Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose that particular destination? Our last traditional UnTour was to the Rhine, staying in St. Goar in September 2007. Since then, we have stayed in Beaune, France with The Right Vacation Rental program, and we are booked on a Russian River Cruise…
Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose that particular destination? We enjoyed two UnTours in Spain in 2008. First, we spent two weeks in Fuente Tojar (near Priego de Cordoba), enjoying auto trips to Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla. Then to Malaga, where we turned in the car, and flew…
The latest heat wave here in Media, PA, certainly has us cookin’. So does our recent investment in EcoZoom, makers of cookstoves that require 70% less fuel than most and produce fewer dangerous fumes. Thus far, EcoZoom has sold over 70,000 stoves in 14 developing countries. These smart, simple stoves were developed by the Oregon…
Bill and Eleanor, our UnTourists of the Week, are standouts among the standouts that you normally see profiled here in our UnTourists of the Week feature. Of course they’re enthusiastic UnTourists (Twice to Paris, twice to the Swiss Heartland on UnTours) but what makes them particularly remarkable is their enthusiasm when sharing the word about…
Photo by woodleywonderworks cc While I reuse and recycle paper religiously, I used to happily gather up the catalogs from my mailbox and check out the latest in gardening supplies and fashion. I somehow didn’t see my paper-use disconnect. I’m apparently with the mainstream on this one in liking catalogs. Surveys show that the…