Destination: Washington, D.C.
The Names
by Michael Murphy | 11.11.02 | 9:53 PM ET
Photo by Jason Bryce. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. was just another stop on Michael Murphy's road trip. Then he found a name on the wall: Michael Murphy
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Yahoo! BuzzWhat is “Eco-Tourism” Anyway?
by Michael Yessis | 02.15.02 | 2:37 PM ET
That question and related issues were discussed recently in an engaging online chat hosted by Worldwatch Institute, a Washington D.C.-based research organization that focuses on global environmental and resource issues. Lisa Mastny, who has written about tourism and sustainable development, weighed in: “The real problem is that the phrase ‘eco-tourism’ has essentially become meaningless….It’s become little more than a marketing tool, and is increasingly deceptive for tourists who may think they are ‘doing the right thing’ when they may not be. This is why I am very encouraged by ongoing efforts to create an universal standard for eco-tourism and to certify those operators and hotels that meet it.”
Born to Be, Among Other Things, Wild
by Michael Yessis | 12.13.01 | 12:21 AM ET
In the Wake of September 11
by Michael Yessis | 09.19.01 | 9:01 PM ET
Several readers have passed along links to stories regarding the tragedy in the U.S. We’d like to share:
>> Dave McKenna writes in the Washington CityPaper about attending a soccer game in Rome just after the World Trade Towers were toppled.
>> New York Times writers Jane Fritsch and David Rohde follow the paper trail from the offices, tracking down the owners of resumes, bank records and cell phone statements that floated across the city and as far away as Brooklyn.
>> Sonya Ross of the Associated Press takes readers aboard Air Force One for U.S. President George W. Bush’s post-attack journey from Florida to Louisiana to Nebraska to Washington D.C.
>> In the International Herald Tribune, Roger Collis examines travel in the coming weeks, months and years.
>> In the New York Times, Anthony DePalma writes of his cross-country odyssey from San Diego to Newark in a rental car.
>> CNN’s Nic Robertson fled Afghanistan September 19. He writes about his last week there.
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