national parks

John Lennon and the Pace of Change

Posted by Abigail Lewis on August 20, 2009 - 5:45pm.

Interviewed by Rolling Stone nearly 40 years ago, John Lennon lamented that other than lots more people having long hair, nothing had really changed. Has it yet?


Beating the Oil Spill Blues

Posted by Paul Freibott on November 22, 2007 - 2:10pm.

With beaches around San Francisco closed from a nasty oil spill, can Paul still enjoy being outdoors without getting bummed out?


Enjoying Nature - At A Price

Posted by Su Avasthi on July 17, 2007 - 6:57pm.

Most of us face a terrible paradox: We love to spend to time in the great outdoors, but we have to drive to get there.



Business Students Develop Strategies for National Parks

17:28 minutes (4 MB)
In this Good Company podcast, Michael Conner talks to Reginald “Flip” Hagood, the Student Conservation Association's (The SCA) Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives about the S.C.A.’s unique MBA internship program with the US National Parks. The SCA Business Plan Initiative brings together student interns from the nation's top business schools and the US National Parks for an intense summer internship program focusing on environmental business management.


Go West, Young Man. Now, Before It's Too Late

Go West, Young Man. Now, Before It's Too LatePosted by Hillary Rosner on July 27, 2006 - 6:21am.

Twelve national parks in the West are under serious threat from climate change. That’s the message of a new report from the NRDC and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, “Losing Ground.” According to the report, the parks in 11 western states are “endangered” as a result of climate change-related phenomena including drought, decreased snowfall, and wildfire. The report says landscapes in these national parks could be “drastically altered” if nothing is done to stave off the potential impacts of global warming. (An RMCO report released last summer showed western temperatures on the rise and snowflakes in decline.)




On the Trail of Winter Wonderland

On the Trail of Winter WonderlandPosted by vreiss on February 21, 2006 - 12:22pm.

If you're missing the bracing, beautiful, snowier winters of yore, check out Gorp.com's guide to national parks that are almost guaranteed to be snowy right now.



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