Tag: nature
member name: Marc Ethier
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October 07, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
The days became weeks and the weeks months and suddenly we were staring down the departure date for our return to The States. We wanted to end with something spectacular. . . .
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July 03, 2007 08:18 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
If you’ve never heard the sound of a pair of male rhinoceroses in rut in the jungle 100 meters away, have no fear – you’ll recognize it instantly. . . .
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December 13, 2006 07:43 PM EST --
“Go away, possum!” Lisa clapped her hands emphatically. “Go ‘way!”
It was late – I don’t know how late. The birds were silent. We were alone in the campground. . . .
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November 18, 2006 11:22 PM EST --
Day Three, October 29
Today the real test: Mackinnon Pass, named for its founder, 1,154 meters, more than 550 meters in elevation up from Mintaro. Two miles by the twisting path.
Heavy downpour in the . . .
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November 24, 2006 12:00 AM EST --
“The only stakeholders I recognize are our grandchildren – the rest of us are users,” says noted marine scientist Bill Ballantine
By Marc Ethier and Lisa Archer
Kamo . . .
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February 01, 2007 10:02 AM EST --
There are travelers who return to the same place year after year, and there are many who cannot take leave of a beautiful sight without resolving to come back soon again. These may be good people, but . . .
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October 09, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
Every day, we are bombarded with dystopic images of an ecologically and socially ravaged future, one in which there is no hope for a sustainable society. And to be sure, there are urgent and devastating . . .
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March 01, 2007 02:33 PM EST --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
On our right, deep in the bush, somewhere near the river, we heard the sounds.
Or maybe we imagined them: a scuffling. Scratches. Heavy steps. Some large mammal rooting . . .
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November 18, 2006 11:00 PM EST --
Long before we left the States on our yearlong round-the-world journey we made reservations to hike the Milford Track. Of New Zealand's several "Great Walks" Milford is the most renowned . . .
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January 25, 2007 10:26 PM EST --
"The only stakeholders I recognize are our grandchildren – the rest of us are users,” says noted marine scientist Bill Ballantine
By Marc Ethier and Lisa Archer
Kamo . . .
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October 09, 2006 04:23 PM EDT --
Harmony with the land and the sea has never eluded the people of the central Pacific's largest island -- when they haven't been used and swindled by the world's industrial colonizers
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