Easy to Be Green (Excellent Tips and Links)

From msnbc.com Newsweek, USA

By Joan Raymond, Newsweek

You don’t have to ditch leather or sell your car to help the environment. We’ve gathered 10 simple tips for living greener in 2007. Hey, it’s a lot easier than losing those 15 pounds.

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Kayaking in the Galapagos Islands

From canoekayak.com, USA:

The Galapagos Islands have long been recognized as a sanctuary for rare and extraordinary wildlife. Now, they are becoming more accessible to nature-loving sea kayakers as well.

by Tim Farmer

Our kayaks cruised quietly over the clear water, just yards away from swirling, foamy waves that crashed against a sheer black cliff. Soaring hundreds of feet into the turquoise sky, Punta Vicente Roca is a place where sea and earth meet dramatically. Almost exactly on the equator, it seemed an unlikely place for us to see penguins. But there they were—perched on the rocky, volcanic shoreline—a pair of the small, flightless creatures looking like tuxedo-clad waiters. We paddled closer, and the two Galapagos penguins stood their ground, oblivious to our bright yellow kayaks and orange PFDs. The Galapagos Islands are the only place on the planet where these evolutionary oddities exist.

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