All things told, New Orleans made it through Hurricane Ida far, far better than other regions of Louisiana, but we certainly didn’t emerge unscathed. Upon returning late last week, my girlfriend and I ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Nearing 10 p.m. and the campfire just hitting its stride, my phone died — along with our tunes. The worse news was that my battery bank hadn’t made it into ...

Trying to illuminate your campsite at night without wearing a dorky flashlight-headband and without blinding (and irritating) your neighbors with what, in the blackness of a peaceful campground, seems ...

In West Africa, where three-quarters of the population lives without electricity, households spend as much as 20 percent of their budget on kerosene, a combustible fuel burned for lighting. Not only ...