green living, smart spending
In era where sustainable travel is not just a trend but a necessity, two countries offer unique pathways for eco-conscious individuals to become global citizens. Portugal’s Golden Visa and Dominica’s Citizenship By Investment programs are two such pathways. How do they fare when viewed through the lens of eco-travel and sustainability? Portugal’s Golden Visa: Eco-Friendly
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Where were you on September 11, 2001? I was in Bermuda, ticketed to fly home to New York on Sunday, September 9th. My plans were changed by a hurricane, which was supposed to rip through the island on Sunday. Bermuda’s airport was closed down, hotels removed beach chairs from the beach and taped up glass
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Choose one of these charities to support with a donation to help Morocco earthquake victims with life-saving food, water, shelter, warm clothing and medical services, and start the rebuilding, including roads and power lines. Each one of these charities has a top four-star rating for financial performance and effectiveness from Charity Navigator, my go-to charity rating
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The tourists have gone home, the kids have gone back to school, sweltering temperatures have tamed to tolerable levels, and hotels have reduced their peak summer rates. It’s an ideal time to enjoy the crisp autumn air and the technicolor palette that Mother Nature serves up each autumn. Here are my favorite places in the USA and Canada and for a fall getaway.
Puerto Rico Sunshine is a brilliant red/orange created by color gurus Pantone and an eco-friendly paint company, and ecoXplorer is taking bets that it becomes the island’s official color. Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s destination marketing organization, developed the color in partnership with the Pantone Color Institute. It’s something you can bring home, in more
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One of the largest solar panel installations in the US has just gone into operation – to power electric vehicle charging stations. The solar farm is one square mile with more than 200,000 solar panels, in the desert near San Bernadino, California. It produces enough energy to charge 500 EVs at 150kW stations simultaneously. It’s a
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Got the wanderlust and an active passport? Then take advantage of these super cheap flights to Europe as low at $99 each way. Book your flight by Sept. 13 to London, Rome, Paris, Oslo and Berlin and enjoy a fall, winter or spring holiday in Europe for less, from gateways including New York City, Boston,
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September is National Preparedness Month, a good time to think about those affected by disasters such as fire, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes, and a good time to have your own emergency preparedness plan for the unexpected. Less than half of U.S. families have a family emergency plan. It is crucial you have a plan of
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Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes, their jobs, their businesses, and farmers have lost their crops in devastation caused by Hurricane Idalia in Florida and South Carolina. Choose one of these charities to support with a donation to help victims in Florida and the Carolinas with life-saving food, water, clothing and medical
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The automobile was born on August 26, 1885. That is the day Gottlieb Daimler filed a patent for his ‘riding car’, the world’s first vehicle with an internal combustion engine. The world would never be the same, and more than 100 years later, engineers and designers are still tinkering with the size, power and performance
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