Great White Shark Cage Diving – Fins Up In South Africa
Day breaks over a cloudless sky - we couldn’t have asked for better weather. We had seen Southern Right Whales breaching in Hermanus, and are hoping to see another one [...]
Swimming Upstream – Threats To Wild Salmon Of British Columbia And Fraser River
Starting in the Rocky Mountains and winding its way to Vancouver, the Fraser River is the largest producer of Sockeye salmon in the world. It passes through the entire southern [...]
Hold Your Breath – Top Ten La Paz Snorkeling Sites
A quick internet search for La Paz snorkeling will produce pages of excursions offered by local tour operators. But, if you want to hang out at a beach and snorkel [...]
Shark Fishing, Shark Finning, Shark Finished – Saving Jaws
The threats to the planet’s shark populations are many and varied. They remained at the pinnacle of evolution – unchanged for millions of years – until superstitious and wasteful humans [...]
Something In The Water – Healthy Hydration
Many of us who are privileged enough to live in the developed world take some basic services for granted. Immediate access to clean drinking water is perhaps the most useful [...]
Free And Easy – The Fallacy Of The Free Market
Unicorns, like free markets, don’t exist. In high-school, we learn about Adam Smith’s free-market economy - an “invisible hand” guiding the “reasonable man”. However, upon closer inspection it becomes evident [...]
Gypsies In The Palace – How To Start House Sitting In Ten Easy Steps
We are homebodies who love to travel, and have found that house sitting is a great way to get the best of both worlds. It offers opportunities to explore a [...]
Rethinking Plastic – Life In The Polymer Age
We wouldn’t get far in our day without it. Although it has only been around for less than a hundred years, its ubiquity compels our dependency on it. The vast [...]
Veganism and Vegetarians – Let Your Conscience Be Your Food Guide
We are not vegans, but we have been eating a plant-based diet for nearly twenty years. Our reasons for this have been based on health and moral concerns. Study after [...]
Stewards and Ambassadors – 10 Rules For Respecting Local Culture
Most of us travel to make ourselves better or browner, and our time and effort are used to learn, see and experience as much as we can. We travel to [...]