Posts Tagged ‘Summer Vacation’
Go Green Summer Vacation
Are you going green this summer vacation? Think about it and see the Responsible Travel video from the series WhatYouCanDo.com. On traveling greener,
Tips for Keeping Your Summer Family Vacation Green
Family vacations don't need to be eco-travel in order to be eco-friendly. Here are tips on going green on your family vacation.
The Big Idea: Lev Grossman
After a bit of a summer vacation, the Big Idea is back! And to kick things off, author Lev Grossman is here with The Magicians , his new fantasy novel, which aside from starred reviews in Booklist and Library Journal, has prompted no less than George R.R. Martin (who knows from fantasy) to declare that it “is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to weak tea.” Mmmm.. Irish whiskey. But what does such praise actually mean? What about the book makes it a stiff shot of the fanta
Book Review: “It’s a Green Thing” by Melody Carlson
For the first time that she can remember, Maya Stark is beginning to feel like a "normal" teenager. Even with her mother in jail for drug possession and her pop-star father away on his comeback tour, Maya's new life with her uncle Allen and cousin Kim is coming together. Summer vacation's just beginning, and with a new job, a new boyfriend, and a new car (hybrid, of course), things are finally starting to look up. But that doesn't mean life is about to get any easier. Maya's still devoted to