Teresa Bergen, Author at Bluedot Living https://bluedotliving.com/author/teresabergen/ At Home on Earth Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:37:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://bluedotliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Bluedot_site-icon-32x32.png Teresa Bergen, Author at Bluedot Living https://bluedotliving.com/author/teresabergen/ 32 32 Championing Cats in the Maldives https://bluedotliving.com/championing-cats-in-the-maldives/ https://bluedotliving.com/championing-cats-in-the-maldives/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:12:24 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=17098 You’ve probably heard that rising oceans are threatening the Maldives, but you may not know that the Indian Ocean archipelago of 1,192 islands also has a cat problem.  The capital city, Malé, with a population of more than half a million people living in just over eight square kilometers (a bit more than three square […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/stepping-into-rural-japan/feed/ 0 Mount Tabor Park Gets Quiet Parks Designation https://bluedotliving.com/mount-tabor-park-becomes-first-urban-u-s-park-to-get-quiet-parks-designation/ https://bluedotliving.com/mount-tabor-park-becomes-first-urban-u-s-park-to-get-quiet-parks-designation/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:56:52 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=11124 Mount Tabor Park is only two miles from my home in Portland, Oregon. I’ve spent countless hours crisscrossing trails leading over this extinct volcano and admiring reflections off the historic reservoirs encircled by wrought iron fencing. The park was even the site of my first date with my husband. So I was excited to hear […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/mount-tabor-park-becomes-first-urban-u-s-park-to-get-quiet-parks-designation/feed/ 0 Tending to Mitlenatch Island https://bluedotliving.com/tending-to-mitlenatch-island/ https://bluedotliving.com/tending-to-mitlenatch-island/#respond Mon, 22 May 2023 15:14:16 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=9601 Heidi Tonn awaits our group as we disembark and walk up the shore of Mitlenatch Island. She’s greeted countless boaters and kayakers in the 30 years she’s volunteered on this anomalous island in the Strait of Georgia, off British Columbia’s Vancouver Island. What makes Mitlenatch special? Being in a rain shadow, it gets only about […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/tending-to-mitlenatch-island/feed/ 0 Galapagos Aims High with the World’s First Ecologically Friendly Airport https://bluedotliving.com/galapagos-aims-high-with-the-worlds-first-ecologically-friendly-airport/ https://bluedotliving.com/galapagos-aims-high-with-the-worlds-first-ecologically-friendly-airport/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:35:28 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=7782 As I wait for my flight from the Galapagos back to mainland Ecuador, a huge land iguana comes trundling through the lounge. Minutes later, I’m swarmed by sparrows trying to eat my crackers. Welcome to the world’s first ecologically friendly airport. You won’t find frigid air conditioning and sealed walls here. Instead, you’ll enjoy outside […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/galapagos-aims-high-with-the-worlds-first-ecologically-friendly-airport/feed/ 0 This Luxury Ecolodge in Ecuador is Also a Science Research Station https://bluedotliving.com/this-luxury-ecolodge-in-ecuador-is-also-a-science-research-station/ https://bluedotliving.com/this-luxury-ecolodge-in-ecuador-is-also-a-science-research-station/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:15:42 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=6951 One night while walking through the Ecuadorian cloud forest, biologist Carlos Morochz heard what sounded like a cricket. But because crickets aren’t typically out at midnight, Morochz suspected he was hearing the call of a new-to-science species. “He knew it was a frog,” Mateo Roldan, head of research and biology at Mashpi Lodge, tells our […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/this-luxury-ecolodge-in-ecuador-is-also-a-science-research-station/feed/ 0 Experiencing a Turtle Arrival in Playa Ostional, Costa Rica https://bluedotliving.com/experiencing-a-turtle-arrival-in-playa-ostional-costa-rica/ https://bluedotliving.com/experiencing-a-turtle-arrival-in-playa-ostional-costa-rica/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:06:35 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=5400 It’s 5 a.m. and the sun is rising over thousands of sea turtles on the beach at Playa Ostional in Costa Rica. We crouch behind one of turtles — a giant olive ridley sea turtle — as Maria Aviles quietly digs a small hole, revealing the interior of the turtle’s nest. While we watch, the […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/experiencing-a-turtle-arrival-in-playa-ostional-costa-rica/feed/ 0 Wisconsin’s First Land Trust Ensures a Species’ Survival https://bluedotliving.com/wisconsins-first-land-trust-ensures-a-species-survival/ https://bluedotliving.com/wisconsins-first-land-trust-ensures-a-species-survival/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:13:56 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=4224 In the 1930s, Albert Fuller frequently made the 175-mile trek from his post as curator of botany at the Milwaukee Public Museum to Door County, Wisconsin. A rare ecosystem that supported 26 different orchid species was the draw. When a developer wanted to build a trailer park on the beloved orchid habitat that Fuller loved, […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/wisconsins-first-land-trust-ensures-a-species-survival/feed/ 0 Get Up Close and Personal with Animals in “Big” https://bluedotliving.com/get-up-close-and-personal-with-animals-in-big/ https://bluedotliving.com/get-up-close-and-personal-with-animals-in-big/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:08:31 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=3552 Judging from the typical pet-packed social media feed, most of us aspire to capture the personality, majesty, and foibles of cats and dogs. But some intrepid and highly skilled photographers up their animal photo game by getting close to subjects that are a little trickier to shoot. In their new book “BIG: A Photographic Album […]

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]]> https://bluedotliving.com/get-up-close-and-personal-with-animals-in-big/feed/ 0 3D Printed Tortoises Offer Threatened Species Protection from Predators https://bluedotliving.com/3d-printed-tortoises-offer-threatened-species-protection-from-predators/ https://bluedotliving.com/3d-printed-tortoises-offer-threatened-species-protection-from-predators/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:02:50 +0000 https://bluedotliving.com/?p=3549 Driving through Southern California’s Mojave Desert on a recent road trip, we stopped when we saw a sign for a desert tortoise environment, hoping we’d encounter some reptilian wildlife. Instead, old fire pits and lots of broken glass from people doing target practice on bottles. Not a tortoise in sight. This area used to be […]

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