Candice Gaukel Andrews

10 Reasons Why Adventure Travel Is Good for You

For the past several years, I have been writing about adventure topics for the Good Nature Travel blog, on everything from the merits of bumpy roads to...

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Derek Ward

Obama's New Plan May Save Monarchs and the U.S. Food Supply

Monarch butterfly populations have decreased so drastically over the past decade that a successful recovery is only hopeful. President Obama’s newly released...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wind Power: Must the Choice Be Clean Energy or Wildlife?

To help meet our growing energy needs, in recent years we have increasingly turned to wind power. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Ecotourism: Here’s the Story on Sustainable Travel

This is a guest post by Anne-Marie Pritchett, a freelance writer, storyteller and idea girl who has lived in six states and two countries. She has a great...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Summer Beaches and Turtle Treks to the Sea

With the official start of summer arriving in just a little over a week, our thoughts are naturally turning to the world’s beaches. We won’t be the only ones,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

One Bear’s Bad, Last Human Encounter

Almost a year ago, in July 2014, Washington state experienced the worst string of wildfires ever in its history. The first fire began on July 8 near the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: BP’s Oil Spill—Lost Islands and Relocated Birds

The many news reports regarding the consequences of rapid climate change have made us all familiar with the fact that some islands may soon disappear due to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Years after Deepwater Horizon, Arctic Drilling Okayed

Just over five years ago, on the evening of April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, rupturing the Macondo...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Declining Wildebeests: Why Conserve Nonthreatened Species?

The classical elemental forces of nature are air, earth, fire and water. But there are other great environmental powers that have a beating heart, such as...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Water’s Staying Power

Water has been in the news this week: especially regarding how we’ll deal with insufficient quantities of it where we need it most—water is heavy and costly...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Moving Water: Solution for Climate-Change-Caused Droughts?

It’s been raining for the better part of two weeks where I live in Wisconsin. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the grass so decked out in neon green. It’s a sharp...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Community Based Tourism in Action at Napo Wildlife Center in the Amazon

This guest post is brought to us by Mandy Scott, Office Manager at Natural Habitat Adventures. Nat Hab’s Amazon Lodge extension is offered to our guests...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: How Whales Help Sequester CO2

We know that the world’s forests—boreal, temperate and tropical—play a large role in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2)—as long as drought, harvesting, insect...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Linking Climate Change to Personal Health: Game Changer?

Suppose we meet for a cup of coffee, and in the course of our conversation, I tell you that 2014 was officially the hottest year on record. I mention that...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Research Shows Plants Are Sentient. Will We Act Accordingly?

Animal advocates and wildlife enthusiasts like you and me are always excited when new research comes out demonstrating the intelligence of the “others” among...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Importance of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Almost 10 years ago, in the summer of 2005, I attended an outdoor-writing conference that included a silent auction as part of its activities. I had never...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Recent Gains for Endangered Wildlife Species

There has been a lot of good news for endangered and “missing” wildlife lately, which seems like a breath of fresh air amid all the dire headlines about rapid...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fearing Climate Change: the Fact and the Phrase

Words are my business; I’m intrigued by them and the power they have. As an environmental writer, I am particularly interested in the terms we have to...

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