The latest heat wave here in Media, PA, certainly has us cookin’. So does our recent investment in EcoZoom, makers of cookstoves that require 70% less fuel than most and produce fewer dangerous fumes. Thus far, EcoZoom has sold over 70,000 stoves in 14 developing countries. These smart, simple stoves were developed by the Oregon…
Bill and Eleanor, our UnTourists of the Week, are standouts among the standouts that you normally see profiled here in our UnTourists of the Week feature. Of course they’re enthusiastic UnTourists (Twice to Paris, twice to the Swiss Heartland on UnTours) but what makes them particularly remarkable is their enthusiasm when sharing the word about…
Photo by woodleywonderworks cc While I reuse and recycle paper religiously, I used to happily gather up the catalogs from my mailbox and check out the latest in gardening supplies and fashion. I somehow didn’t see my paper-use disconnect. I’m apparently with the mainstream on this one in liking catalogs. Surveys show that the…
Edythe Salzmann and Jean Weisel take UnTours with us nearly every year. This week they share the spotlight together as UnTourists of the Week. We asked them for one picture. They sent four, and they were all so good, we couldn’t choose! Don’t they just look like the best of friends having the best of…
Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose that particular destination? Our last UnTour experience took us to Atrani on the Amalfi Coast for two weeks and then for another two weeks to Locarno, Switzerland to enjoy the beautiful Ticino Region. Both areas suited our needs to for a…
Our guest blogger is Bob Gough, who among many titles, is the attorney for the Intertribal Council On Utility Policy, which works on energy solutions including developing wind farms and straw bale housing construction on Indian reservations. Bob hosted Hal on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation several years back, and I finally met Bob when he…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Mary and I love Switzerland and UnTours. Our most recent trip was in Aug/Sep 2010 to Hasliberg-Reuti in Switzerland. We spent 2 weeks at the Pollux apartment with its incredible views of the Wetterhorn mountain group, the Eiger, and our local village (Reuti). Shortly…
The UnTours Foundation promotes smart, green, and generous businesses including B Corporations, which use Gandhi’s line: Be the Change. Here’s a song by the same title for your listening and viewing pleasure! Send us your photos that answer the question posed in the video! We’ll post them on our Facebook page. “I’ve always thought people…
Photo by Tom Coppen cc On the eve of World Water Day in March, the UN announced that there are more cell phones on this planet than toilets. Over one third of the world’s people have no toilets. Many of those who do, live where their sanitation “systems” go directly into rivers and oceans. When…
We keep our UnTours Foundation board members busy in an effort to keep them out of trouble! Victor Mallet and Bill Wiedmann are working hard on our behalf selling pickles. The Philadelphia Inquirer found this all quite interesting. Read all about it! And watch a video (after a short ad) that includes a song about…