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07/07/07 Update

The announcement came a week later than expected, but yesterday Al Gore went public with plans for the “Live Earth” concerts that will happen on July 7

Weekend Travel Section Roundup

Travel headlines for the weekend of 1/21/07

The Human Zoo

If you’ve ever visited a great ape exhibit at the zoo and had the painful awareness that there are very sentient creatures on the other side of glass, well, the Adelaide Zoo hears you.

Location: Australia / Adelaide

Brazil Protects Amazon Region the Size of England

It’s called the Guyana Shield – and you might say it’s protecting us from climate disaster: roughly 10 million acres of the most undisturbed tropical forest in the world.

Location: Brazil / Pará

Travelocity and Expedia to Add Carbon Offset Programs

Good news for green-inclined travelers today, online-travel giants Travelocity and Expedia are adding the option to balance out the greenhouse gases produced by flights, rental cars, even the average hotel stay, to their checkout pages.

Blame the Tourists? Nah.

The snows of Kilimanjaro are melting, Machu Picchu is about to slide into the abyss, and tourists are carting off pieces of the temple at Luxor on a daily basis.

Location: Peru / Machu Picchu

The Life Aquatic

Jacques Cousteau progeny Jean-Michel has a new, glossy, HD series of his own underwater adventures, that debuted on PBS this week.

Videos tagged with 'conservation'

Meaningful Travel in 42seconds!
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Producer: itoi
42second summary of volunteer opportunities and achievements by i-to-i.
location: Thailand
views: 6 / rank: 1828 / uploaded: 08/21/2008
duration: 0 Mins. 42 Sec.

Turtle Time in Southwest Florida
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Producer: LeeCountyVCB
In 1989, Eve Haverfield created Turtle Time to ensure the survival of endangered sea turtles. The group patrols area beaches daily during the loggerhead nesting season. For more information visit www.fortmyers-sanibel.com
views: 3 / rank: 5451 / uploaded: 07/31/2008
duration: 1 Mins. 39 Sec.

Brazil Ecotravel - Brazil for Travelers
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Producer: bbmmbr
Brazil Ecotravel - www.brazil-ecotravel.com - Breathtake landscapes, great climate, megabiodiversity, wonderful people, vibrant culture and a fascinating history.
location: Brazil
views: 226 / rank: 3516 / uploaded: 11/29/2007
duration: 1 Mins. 30 Sec.

Kishkinda trust
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location: India / Karnataka
views: 67 / rank: 3574 / uploaded: 10/18/2007
duration: 13 Mins. 58 Sec.

Marine Conservation And Research Expedition In The Seychelles
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Producer: GVI
GVI has been invited by the Seychelles government and local NGO’s, to assist their priority biological study and conservation programmes including coral reef research, invertebrate surveys, whale shark migration observations, plankton sampling, turtle nesting research and in water turtle surveys, together with additional training and assistance to our partner organisations.
views: 232 / rank: 307 / uploaded: 08/08/2007
duration: 8 Mins. 52 Sec.