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Should You Bring Your Cell Phone on My Nature Trip?

Candice Gaukel Andrews by Candice Gaukel Andrews | November 18th, 2009 | Comments (13)
topic: Eco Travel, Green Living | tags: cell phone, Eco Travel, facebook, Internet, iPod, laptop, nature, nature travel, Out There in the Wild in a Wired Age, solitude, technology, Ted Kerosote, travel, unplugged, vacation, wilderness, wired world

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I won’t have a computer, an iPod or even a cell phone on my nature trip. So don’t e-mail, voicemail, Facebook or even try to call me. Don’t even phone me on a landline. I can’t be reached. When I travel, I purposely sever all lines of communication with my everyday life. I think you should, too. Because when you don’t, I get annoyed.

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Unplugged: How to Justify a Totally Offline Vacation

Wendy Worrall Redal by Wendy Worrall Redal | August 24th, 2009 | Comments (5)
topic: Eco Travel, Green Living | tags: cell phones, e-mail, Eco Travel, facebook, Internet, iPods, leave your technology behind, live in the moment, natural beauty, natural world, technology, vacation

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I knew I had a problem with my Facebook addiction when I kept thinking of last weekend’s camping trip as a series of status reports:

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… swore she would not camp in a tent in the rain again, and here she is.

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Gaiam Fans Share Fave Yoga Poses to Win Our “Dream Yoga Mat” Contest

Joe Rogel by Joe Rogel | July 24th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Gaiam Happenings, Yoga | tags: contest, facebook, giveaway, social-media, twitter, Yoga, yoga mats

Inspired by Kate Hanley’s blog post on finding her “Dream Yoga Mat,” yesterday we decided to give six lucky Facebook fans and Twitter followers the chance to win a dream yoga mat of their own. We simply asked them to answer the question, “What is your favorite yoga pose, and why?” We expected great answers, and our friends surprised us with so much more.

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