Madagascar is an island in the Indian ocean, one that became infamous with the release of the movie by the same name, featuring a bunch of zoo animals who wash up on the shore. Well, you will not find a bunch of talking animals in Madagascar, but you will find a whole other fantastic world that is tempting people to travel form far and wide to visit this wonderful destination. Pic: Handluggageonly There are over 12,000 species of plants on this island, and more than three-qua

Madagascar is an island in the Indian ocean, one that became infamous with the release of the movie by the same name, featuring a bunch of zoo animals who wash up on the shore. Well, you will not find a bunch of talking animals in Madagascar, but you will find a whole other fantastic world that is tempting people to travel form far and wide to visit this wonderful destination. Pic: Handluggageonly There are over 12,000 species of plants on this island, and more than three-qua

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a new series of ads entitled “Stop One. Stop Them All” which has stopped many in their tracks to sit up and pay attention. I like them. Men with erectile dysfunction have been turning to remedies made from shark fins, tigers and also the recently extinct Western Black Rhino. In the past it’s been easy for us to blame the poachers and make them targets of aggressive campaign to stop their cruel acts, but here’s the harsh reality peopl

Consider these facts for moment and try to grasp the urgency of this problem. More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in the developing world. That’s almost the entire city of Los Angeles. Further more, over 780 million people lack access from clean water. That’s more than 2.5 times the entire population of the United States. [The water and sanitation] crisis claims more lives through

There are those who dream about innovation and those who foster it through definitive action. When MIT discovered a young Sierra Leone teenager inventing simple things to support his community from things he found in the trash – they brought him to campus. Here, 15 year old Kevin blew them away with his desire and skills to do better for not only his family, but his community. Could this be a start of an uprising,.. a movement of youth innovators who come together to make Afr

By Amanda Dyer Meet Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré. She’s the daughter of French wildlife photographers and filmmakers Sylvie Robert and Alain Degré Named after Tippi Hedren, the actress who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, this little girl has grown up in the African wilderness and calls the animals of the wild her closest friends. Cady-née-Tippi was born in Namibia in 1990, and traveled with her parents through countries like Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. While

OK so there are people out there who love the great outdoors and are keen campers. Nothing but a back pack, a tent and some fire wood to get things going. Being one with nature, toasting some marsh mellows and singing Kumbaya! Then there’s the Living 360° crew… As much as we love the concept of camping and being under the big sky, there are certain mod cons we simply cannot go without. So for those of you who are not familiar with integrating the concept of conventional campi