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Free & Cheap Travel Gadgets

Free & Cheap Travel Gadgets

There’s no reason to spend lots of money on travel gadgets and gear to lighten the load and keep you organized on the road. It’s easy to find free and cheap alternatives in your kitchen, bathroom, hardware store or office supply store.

Get Cash & Shopping Rewards From Recycling Clothing & Other Items

Get Cash & Shopping Rewards From Recycling Clothing & Other Items

Closets and dresser drawers bulging from your recent purchases?  Clear the clutter and get paid for recycling things you no longer want or use. Recycling is a win-win, because is reduces waste and compensates you for your good deed helping the planet.

Best Hotel Gardens in the USA

Best Hotel Gardens in the USA

Some of the most beautiful gardens on the planet are the front yards or back yards of classic and historic US hotels.  They include gardens featured in films such as Citizen Kane and some designed by Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., one of the designers of New York’s Central Park.

Copenhagen Airport Pioneers Green Energy Storage

Copenhagen Airport Pioneers Green Energy Storage

Copenhagen Airport is testing green energy storage with the installation of a large battery to capture wind, solar energy, making it one of the first airports in the world to take this step towards sustainability. It’s a test project to demonstrate how airports of the future can manage and store renewable energy to achieve net-zero emissions requirements.

National Park Week 2024 FREE Admission, Events

National Park Week 2024 FREE Admission, Events

Celebrate National Park Week with FREE admission and FREE events in many of the 424 national parks and historic sites in the USA. National Park Week 2024 is April 20-28, and encourages all of us to discover something new about their national parks and monuments, from the Statue of Liberty in NYC to Yosemite in California. With
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National Park Foundation Program Gets School Kids into Parks

National Park Foundation Program Gets School Kids into Parks

Kids and parks deserve to be together.  That’s why a National Park Foundation program to fund field trips and other educational activities is so important. The Open OutDoors for Kids program is granting $4.4 Million dollars to nearly 100 school districts around the USA during the 2023-2024 school year. The goals are  to deepen young
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Best New EV Sedans: VW ID.7 Luxury Sedan

Best New EV Sedans: VW ID.7 Luxury Sedan

The best new EV sedan is the all-new VW ID.7, a luxurious EV performance sedan with a range of up to 435 miles between charges, some cutting edge technology, and a powerful and efficient 282-horsepower engine capable of launching 0-60 in around 6 seconds. It arrives in North America in mid-2024 as a 2025 model.
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New Eco-Hotels to Consider

New Eco-Hotels to Consider

Consider one of these five eco-hotels for your next travel escape, including one destination with a LEED certified spa and another within a UNESCO World Heritage site. The super green eco-hotels are new members of Beyond Green, a global portfolio of sustainable hotels, located in such popular destinations as Miami Beach, Lake Tahoe, Maine and
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Best 2023 Electric Vehicles

Best 2023 Electric Vehicles

It’s awards season, and that includes awards for the best 2023 electric vehicles, in sizes from compact to full-size, priced from budget to luxury. All these EVs offer at least 200 miles between charges and a full array of safety features. These are the top EV picks for Value, Family, Luxury and Commuter categories from
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Subway Launches an EV Charging Network

Subway Launches an EV Charging Network

Charge your EV while you grab a sandwich.  Restaurant brand Subway is partnering with a top EV charging system to provide hundreds of locations, so you can fill your battery while you fill your stomach. These are no ordinary charging kiosks. The design offers shaded canopies with multiple ports, picnic tables, Wi-Fi, restrooms, green space
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ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is a journalist with 25+ years of experience as a newspaper and magazine writer, radio & TV news producer & reporter and author of guidebooks and smartphone apps – all focusing on travel, automotive, the environment and your rights as a consumer. ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is the Immediate Past President of the International Motor Press Assn. (IMPA) and an active member of the North American Travel Journalists Assn. (NATJA) and the North American Snowsports Journalists Assn. (NASJA). Contact me at evelyn@ecoxplorer.com. Copyright (C) Evelyn Kanter

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