With new studies touting biking as a new fountain of youth and community involvement, 2012 might be the perfect year to take it back to two wheels. I made the jump in August, and I’ve been thrilled with it. Commutes that were once frustrating and boring...

Many people get sick after being at the airports and taking long flights. Traveling can be a real challenge to our immune system: stress, breaking the routine, not-so-great food, exposure to sick people, environmental toxins, and a ton of bacteria circling...

Image courtesy of jcookfisher (Flickr) The greatest gift I’ve received yet this season was the opportunity to perform The Rucksack Cabaret at the Blue Owl. I wrote the songs while I was travelling to write The Rucksack Letters, but it wasn’t...

  Image courtesy of nauver (sxc.hu) What are the scariest attractions at Disneyland? It may not be the roller-coasters, if an environmental group’s accusations are well-founded. The Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation filed an injunction...

Ten years ago I was faced with a neurological condition that made living in contemporary society a bit of a challenge – and a crisis of faith that caused me to expand the borders of my belief. So I took up the mantle of Jack Kerouac and travelled...

I’m just back from another whirlwind trip (though unfortunately not to Positano – this time), which has me thinking about how restorative travel can be. A change of scenery has always been one of the most powerful tools I have to influence and...