Green Travel

We've Come a Long Way Ladies, but There Are Many More Places to Go

Kim Mance | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living


Kim Mance

Travel changes people. It widens worldviews and lays a lot of misconceptions and stereotypes to rest. So why is travel writing, especially so much of the kind marketed to women still perceived as shallow? Probably because it is.

Green Travel: Top 7 U.S. Eco-Travel Destinations

The Green Guide | Paul McRandle | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green


Green travel isn't only about the journey--it's about the destination too. Here are seven great picks, recently surveyed by National Geographic Travel...

Will America Wake Up to Rail Travel?

Jim Robbins | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living


Jim Robbins

I had forgotten what travel by rail was like, and after decades of flying around the country and the world, I found it an immense pleasure even though our passenger trains lag behind those of much of the world.

Eco-Touring in the Middle East: How About Jordan, Iran and Lebanon?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

ISA issues aside, eco-touring is no longer a concept found only in the West. More Middle Eastern organizations are starting to cater to the ecologically minded and are marketing eco-tours.

Eco-Travel Options Are Abundant

Los Angeles Times | Kimi Yoshino | Posted 06.30.2008 | Green


Santa Barbara's air pollution district has a little challenge for you: Leave the car at home. The district, in cooperation with the city's tourism of...

Europe Requires Airlines To Pay For Their Pollution

The New York Times | James Kanter | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green


The European Union reached a landmark agreement Thursday to cap emissions from aircraft, raising the stakes in an increasingly ferocious battle with t...

Westchester's Green Castle: Sustainably-Powered Hotel Runs Mostly On Wind

Bloomberg.com | Mike Di Paola | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green


June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Perched in the hills of Tarrytown, 25 miles north of New York City in Westchester County, the Castle on the Hudson hotel is a ...

Green Globetrotting With Ecofabulous

Ecofabulous | Posted 05.31.2008 | Green


With summer is just around the corner and school letting out and you may be planning your next vacation getaway.... From minimalist local campsites to...

Paper, Plastic, Stainless Steel, or Corn?

Lisa Selin Davis | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living


Lisa Selin Davis

Here's the real problem with corn plastic: it's nearly impossible for the little lone consumer to find.

The Sky's The Limit for Eco-Tourism

Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger | Posted 04.02.2008 | Living


Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger

As the tourism industry booms and fewer destinations remain off-limits to travelers, greater numbers of local people are finding their homes and cultures threatened by an influx of visitors.

Trips That Keep On Giving

ODE Magazine | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living


Ecotourism comes in many guises--green travel, sustainable travel, responsible travel, pro-poor tourism. At its essence, though, it's about giving mor...

How To Island Hop Without Hurting The Islands

Times | Brian Schofield | Posted 12.10.2007 | Living


The very characteristics that make islands so easy to love also make them far too easy to love to death. Unique, isolated cultures are far from resili...


 

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