ECO VILLAGES

A guide to buying gifts that are fair-trade and eco-friendly. These gifts contribute to financial stability in impoverished areas and are good for the planet.

Back in the sixties there were a lot of communes where the idea was that everyone shared in all of the benefits as well as the work. Today's eco-village is also a co-op, but it's nothing like the communes of old.

Eco-friendly, spa-quality products make great gifts for Mother's Day. You can give your mom a gift that is good for her and the environment without doing irreparable harm to your pocketbook.

Green Christmas decoration ideas are easy to find if you know what to look for. Recycle past Christmases cards to make a card village that can be used year after year.

Olivia Luca is a company based in Portland, Oregon that allows environmentally conscious brides to design their own wedding dresses.

With the corporate boom in Romania over the last few years, which doesn't look to be letting up anytime soon, will the country be able to jump from the dark ages into state-of-the-art and ecologically-friendly in a tenth of the time it took the rest of Europe?

Global climate is not just about the weather. We need to look at how the anticipated climate changes are going to affect our societies, and then plan to accommodate them.

If there is a concrete beginning to the modern sustainable living movement it is the publishing of The Good Life in 1954.

Eco tours are all over the Mexican landscape from beaches to mountains.

South America is replete with great eco tours.

Buying green jewelry is good for the planet. Excessive gold and diamond mining does much damage to the environment. Reuse, recycle and renew for eco-friendly jewelry!

With all the commercial hooplah and business buzz surrounding our favorite wintry holiday, it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christmas: Christ.

Electronic waste or used electronics are a hazard to the environment. Learn the ecologically friendly way to get rid of your old computer without harming the environment.

Good News! Those pesky glaciers are finally melting off. At first, news of devastating global climate change might seem a bit of a bummer. Relax. Your faith is about to be restored.

Although Kodiak, Alaska is a fairly remote island, its residents are energetic and creative when it comes to entertainment. Below you'll find a complete list of annual events you can use as a guide when planning your vacation.

The slums proliferating in all Indian cities are in themselves huge garbage dumps, with people packed together in unhygienic and claustrophobically small spaces.

"Life is One Big Adventure", while informing about the popularity of adventure travel packages, profiles three esteemed travel companies, Abercrombie & Kent, Travcoa and G.A.P. and the variety of excursions they have available.

Luminescent waters, baby powder sand, and sun that shines eternal; you are in paradise, you are in the Caribbean�but with so many islands and literally thousands of accommodations, which one is right for you?