Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10

Sierra Club

(Encyclopedia) Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California…

Mather, Stephen Tyng

(Encyclopedia) Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867–1930, American industrialist and environmentalist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1887. He began working for the Pacific Coast Borax…

Top Ten Greenest Colleges in the U.S., 2009

The Sierra Club selected the top ten most environmentally friendly colleges and universities in the country. Results are based on clean-energy purchases, green-building policies,…

Top Ten Greenest Colleges in the U.S., 2010

The Sierra Club selected the top ten most environmentally friendly colleges and universities in the country. Results are based on clean-energy purchases, green-building policies,…

Top Ten Greenest Colleges in the U.S., 2011

The Sierra Club selected the top ten most environmentally friendly colleges and universities in the country. Results are based on clean-energy purchases, green-building policies,…

Top Ten Greenest Colleges in the U.S., 2008

The Sierra Club selected the top ten most environmentally friendly colleges and universities in the country. Results are based on clean-energy purchases, green-building policies,…

Alternative Vacations

Tired of going on the same vacation every year? Check out these alternatives. Related Links Extreme Vacations Destination Bizarre Vocation Vacations…

Antonin Scalia, 2004 News

Supreme Court justice, refused in March to recuse himself from a case involving Vice President Dick Cheney, a close friend with whom he went duck hunting just weeks after the court agreed to…

John Muir

John Muir was an early American conservationist who has been called "The Father of the National Parks System." Muir came to the United States from Scotland in 1849 and studied at the University of…

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams's stark, detailed photographs of Yosemite National Park are among the most recognizable images in the world. Adams was a piano player who turned his attention to photography in the 1920s…