Women's Adventure

Dear EarthTalk: Can you enlighten on the environmental impact of the fashion industry? As I understand it, the industry overall is no friend to the environment. — Tan Cheng Li, Malaysia The U.S. ...

From David Wanczyk’s Blog ~ Sarah Kaufmann staggered into her pit-stop and sat down gingerly. She’d been sick to her stomach for the last three laps and, because of that, she’d had to stop twice out in the desert to steady herself. Thou...

A bit off topic for Women’s Adventure, but most of us have to spend some of our time in the kitchen and I usually find some sort of adventure there, even if it’s just slicing my finger with a knife. So...

It’s the classic horror-movie sequence. A girl, the one with the toe-curling scream and big boobs, remains the sole survivor at the abandoned cabin in the woods. Her friends have all disappeared, one by one. She knows they’re dead. T...

Dear EarthTalk: I’m a travel agent and our firm has several clients wanting to go with green vendors, including for travel (airline or rental car) and lodging. Our company is supportive so would like to know which airlines, hotels and car rental agencies are going affordably green? ...

Submitted by Kara Kroes ~ Kara “You can do it; you don’t have to have any experience at all.” Those were the last words my friend Brie said to me before I signed on the dotted line and committed myself to climbing the Grand Teton without ever having climbed a rock in my life. I ha...

Submitted by Karen Kefauver~ Climbing UP the waterfall! My friends and family couldn’t believe I signed up to go on a running vacation in Costa Rica. When I vacation, I travel with my bicycles, and go on either a mountain bike or road bike organized tour. ...

Chrissie Wellington won the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI last month for the third year in a row. Aside from her astonishing athleticism, Chrissie is a passionate champion of development in third-world countries, a promoter of the Blazeman Foundation for ALS, and an all-around swell gal...

Submitted by Emily McCarley I visited Ireland for the first time in June of 2005. Two weeks into my Irish holiday, I found myself near Westport, County Mayo, climbing a little mountain I had never heard of...

Submitted by Dondea Sherer-Lykes On July 28, 2009, I was riding my road bike with my girlfriends. We have a group of ladies that ride every Tuesday...

Submitted by Dina Fine During winters in Fairbanks Alaska, nearly every mountain bike ride is epic. On one such day in February, I decided to ride on the frozen-solid Tanana River...

Dear EarthTalk: I recently had a tissue mineral analysis indicating that my levels of the nutritional element, molybdenum, were off the chart. I believe this may be leaching from my stainless steel cookware. Is this element toxic to my body? – Barbara, Fruitland Park, FL Cast Iron is great! ...

Submitted by Alicia Rusch, Saginaw, MI Forty pounds later and only able to walk and do mild work outs with my pilate ball, Lyme Disease has taught this once athletic outdoor and spontaneous adventure enthusiast a great deal about patience and appreciation for even the smallest blessings...