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The annual ritual Earth Day is a beautiful, annual 24-hour window where we all collectively pretend we’ve been composting this whole time. Carbon-footprint math A real hero for the Earth ! The glacier has left the building So much for that trip to the Antarctic we’d been saving for. Climate anxiety is fun Climate anxiety is real and valid, and it usually peaks at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday for no reason in particular. When you need a break, we suggest reading these Earth Day jokes instead. The biodegradable situation Biodegradable is doing a lot of heavy lifting as a word. We should probably ask more follow-up questions about the timeline. Entering my seed-packet era Nobody plans for this, and yet here we are. We’d also be happy to tell you how good discarded eggshells are for those tomato plants. Anyone? Um, anyone? I’m the king of the world! Leo would be proud. This can’t be right Well, this is depressing. Weren’t those animals totally OK when we w...

The ideal getaway for me includes a boat, an exotic locale filled with mystery and intrigue, and a book—also full of mystery and intrigue. So I was in heaven last fall when I found myself aboard an Exodus Adventure Travels cruise, reading Agatha Christie’s iconic whodunit Death on the Nile while watching the scenery of Upper Egypt drift by as I floated down the world’s longest river. Even better than a traditional guidebook, Christie’s classic allowed me to immerse myself in Egypt in a vivid way. I would read a few chapters, then literally step into the same geography that influenced the author. The experience created a 360-degree layering of sounds, sights and smells that brought the book to life while creating new memories that were entirely my own stories to tell. It turns out travel based on books like this is a growing trend. “We have undoubtedly seen a shift away from passive sightseeing toward more meaningful, narrative-led travel,” notes Johnny Prince, co-founder and CEO o...