The DC Traveler

In its 5th year, the Washington DC Green Festival this weekend will showcase a schedule of 150 inspirational green-focused speakers and over 350 green products manufacturers and vendors including renewable energy, eco-fashion, technology, green building, organic body care products, and Fair Trade goods.
There’s lots of activities, including hands-on recycling, pavilions on how to make your home greener, a yoga room, an organic beer and wine garden and even a vegetarian food court.
And get the children involved with saving the planet in the rain barrel Kid’s Zone and the tropical rain forest.
And if you are into green travel, please check …read more

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I’m amazed at how reliant I’ve become on portable electronic devices.  I can no longer leave the house without my cell phone and digital camera.  I won’t get into my car without my GPS device. And I never travel without my laptop.
Yet some of my more tech-savvy friends, think I’m a tech dinosaur, as I don’t carry an iPhone or have a neon-glowing Bluetooth device implanted in my ear 24/7.
But even admitting to being a generation (or perhaps two) behind in the tech curve, doesn’t mean I don’t get frustrated when my device’s batteries die, especially when I’m not …read more

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