archives: Green Travel
22 Years Of Walking, 17 Years Of Silence
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In 1971, after witnessing devastating environmental damage, John Francis decided to walk the earth in silence. More »
Best Job in the World? Maybe, But at What Cost to the Environment?
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Let's get past all the hype. More »
Nature For Sale: The Growing Trend Of Wilderness Consumption
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Has hiking becomes just another consumer activity? More »
Will Religion Prevent Us From Saving The Planet?
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It just might, with nearly half the American population anticipating the end of the world. More »
Planet Love: How Will You Celebrate Earth Day?
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Join the party with 1 billion others around the world. More »
The Inconvenient Truth About Green Travel
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Jennifer Bernstein says green travel is more complex than you think. More »
Why The Road To Climate Catastrophe Is Paved With Cheap Flights
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The years I’ve spent traveling and living abroad have made a radical impact on my world-view and shaped me into who I am today: someone who str More »
Interview: ‘The Man In Seat 61′ On The Joys Of Green Travel
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If you happen to be traveling from London on Eurostar and poke your head into first class, you’ll probably see Mark Smith in Seat 61.
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5 Green Travel Destinations For 2008
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As the world gets wise to warming and brave new travelers embrace low impact lifestyles, green travel has become one of the fastest growing segments o More »
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Hitchhiking
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My mother always said she had only two rules for me in life: “Never ride a motorcycle and never hitchhike. That’s all I ask. Everythin More »
The Ultimate Vegan’s Guide To Finding Food On The Road
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Finding vegan food on the road can be a challenge. But it’s not impossible…with these tips.
“You’re vegan? What do you eat? More »
What Henry David Thoreau Taught Me About Travel
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Thoreau understood something that many of us modern day nomads would do well to recognize: travel is a matter of perspective, not location.
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The Lazy Environmentalist’s Guide to Reducing Your Tourism Footprint
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You have a copy of An Inconvenient Truth on your nightstand that you-at some point-intend on reading. You carry the plastic Nalgene water bottle to r More »
A Manifesto From A Young American
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Today I ended my hypocrisy. Today I sold my stock in multinational corporations.
Today I made a step towards moral and existential sanity. Today I More »
5 Reasons Why Slow Travel Beats Going On Vacation
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Let me start by offering the disclaimer that I have no particular use for what is commonly called a “vacation.”
“Vacation” is More »
An Argument For Action On Global Warming
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These days, everyone seems to agree the planet is warming up. What we don’t agree on are the reasons why: human caused or natural?
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The Crisis Of Too Much Energy
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You may have heard of the recently announced collaboration between the University of California and BP in a big-money deal to research biofuels and th More »
Calculating The Real Cost Of Travel
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Travelistic recently sat down with Michael Mandiberg, creator of Real Costs, a web plug-in that hopes to raise traveler consciousness by defining car More »
The Future Of Mass Transit – Part I
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More people, more vehicles, more of everything means new ways of navigating our cities.
In the six years I’ve lived in Los Angeles, four of t More »
Can We Buy A Better Future?
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Considering the impact constant growth has inflicted on the planet in the last few decades, can consumerism be harnessed to save the planet?
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Can International Travel Ever Be Sustainable?
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What Manhattan might look like if sea levels continue to rise. Photo illustration by John Blackford; original photograph by Cameron Davidson (feature More »
The Truth About Carbon Offsets
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First do no harm. It’s a maxim I try and live by, especially when I travel. I keep my ecological footprint to a minimum-at home by cycling ins More »
What Cuba Taught Us About Peak Oil
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What can Cuba teach the rest of the world of sustainability?
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, the impact on the Cuban economy was devastating More »
Interview with Derek Wallace from OrganicReform.org
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As previously mentioned, Derek Wallace is a guy on a mission.
He’s embarking on a world-wide tour working on organic farms to write a book abo More »
The First Casualties of Climate Change
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My friend has a sense of humour.
For Christmas, he gifted me a darkly hilarious “Global Warming Mug” – a mug featuring the world& More »
Sustainable Organic Farming and You
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Derek Wallace is a guy on a mission. He’s embarking on a world-wide tour working on organic farms and in exchange for room/board through a net More »
Conserve Water, Not Irony
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In Bangkok, it’s common knowledge that you don’t drink the tap water. Everyone carries around their plastic water bottles instead. And More »
How To Make Your Flights Carbon Neutral
Some distressing news recently surfaced with the publication of a new report measuring the ecological footprint of the human species. It was decided More »
