Tag Archives: green adventures

Amazing Biodiversity Hotspots in India

Snow leopard

India is home the three biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayan region, Western Ghats and the Indo-Burma region. Read more about this areas, and watch documentaries about the incredible animals, plants and people who occupy them.

Read More

Best Natural Insect Repellents when you’re Out in the Woods

Insect repellents may be effective, but they contain toxins that could lead to a wealth of adverse health effects. But humans have been battling the bugs since time immemorial and, it turns out, traditional remedies for bugs are safer, cheaper and just as effective as chemical cures.

Read More

Thaw Di Gras Festival in Dawson City, Yukon

Stepping out onto a street in Dawson City in the Yukon Territory feels like you’re on the set of a snowy western movie. This little town comes replete with swing-door saloons, dancing girls and gambling halls populated by men of the wild and woolly variety.

Read More

How to Make a Traditional Snow Quinzee

Quinzee how to

The quinzee is a snow home extraordinaire. Faster to make than an igloo, a surprisingly warm abode for winter camping, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys, the quinzee is the king of natural winter retreats. Our green adventure team has made one for your edification (and of course theirs).

Read More

Greenmoxie on an Adventure with Sled Dogs in the Yukon

On an adventure with sled dogs in the Yukon

Last winter, I traveled up north to the Yukon Territory in Canada. This far north, the air is rarefied indeed and the truly stunning landscape takes your breath every time you step outside or catch a glimpse of it through an open window. The air is frosty, but the people are toasty and so welcoming that it soon warms the cockles and biggest danger isn’t frost bite: it’s that once you set foot in the Yukon, you may never want to leave.

Read More