The Vegan Bug

Entries categorized as ‘tourists’

Playing Catch-Up

July 18, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been gone for the past few day, but this should make up for it.

Categories: China · animal love · endangered species · food · sustainability · tourists

Dead Gopher for my Veggies?

July 10, 2007 · 1 Comment

In and around Swift Current, Sask., gophers are becoming quite a problem. Such a problem in fact that farmers in the southern grainbelt are opening there homes to tourists. These farmers offer free room, board, and even free ammunition. Why? To kill all the gophers, of course. Tourists will come from days away to hunt gopher endlessly. I’ll have to agree with TasteBetter.com, “I smell a new ‘gopher-friendly’ food certification system coming on here…”

Categories: food · tourists

Tourism Hurting the Galapagos

July 10, 2007 · No Comments

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) announced that the amount of tourism through the Galapagos Islands is endangering its delicate ecosystem. Tourism has boomed in the Islands over the past 15 years, making it necessary for Unesco to put the Galapagos on its List of World Heritage in Danger. To learn more about the condition of the Galapagos, visit TreeHugger.com

Categories: legislation · sustainability · tourists