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Major Companies Come Together in Unprecedented Step 
Toward Transparency on Global Plastic Waste Crisis

“In its first year, ReSource: Plastic has begun to tap into the massive potential that companies have to become key levers that can actually help change the course of this global problem – but also their willingness and ability to act together,” said Sheila Bonini of the OPLN Advisory Board Member company, World Wildlife Fund. […]

Major Companies Come Together in Unprecedented Step 
Toward Transparency on Global Plastic Waste Crisis

“In its first year, ReSource: Plastic has begun to tap into the massive potential that companies have to become key levers that can actually help change the course of this global problem – but also their willingness and ability to act together,” said Sheila Bonini of the OPLN Advisory Board Member company, World Wildlife Fund. […]

India

Millions of years ago, the Indian Subcontinent was an island, surrounded by the ancient ocean that would eventually bear its name. As the eons passed, the geological forces smoldering under the Earth’s crust propelled India northward, sending it crashing into the coast of what is now Tibet. The island struck the Asian continent with a […]

Antarctica

There are many places you can visit on Earth, but few hold as much mystery and ethereal beauty as Antarctica. With its otherworldly landscapes, storied history, and exotic wildlife, Antarctica dazzles and captivates those rare travelers determined and resourceful enough to reach her shores. From the early cartographers of the Southern Ocean to the whalers […]

Mongolia

About 800 years ago, a loose confederation of tribes began to stream out of the Altai Mountains in what is today western Mongolia. Combining their unparalleled expertise in archery with superb horsemanship, these peoples left their homeland of high plateaus and forlorn crags to sweep across the Asian steppe, conquering territory as far afield as […]

Greenland

Greenland, the world’s largest island, rests atop the northern reaches of our planet like a diamond crown. Administered by Denmark as an autonomous territory since 1985, travelers have largely avoided Greenland, believing the island to be rather ironically named. In some areas, however, that is not the case. Along the coasts of Greenland’s southern fjords, […]

Madagascar

Madagascar is far and away the largest island in the Indian Ocean. Of the animal and plant species that populate it, more than 11,000 are found nowhere else. As scientists explore the depths of Madagascar’s forests and hinterlands, they continue to encounter new species: well over 600 such discoveries have been documented in the last […]

Komodo Dragon Extension

Nestled between Sumbawa and Flores in Indonesia, the islands of Komodo and Rinca are the main attractions of Komodo National Park. What makes these parched, majestic islands of particular interest is that they’re home to the Komodo dragon, the huge legendary lizard found nowhere else on earth. The Komodo dragon can reach over three meters (nearly 10 feet) in length, […]