archives: Green Travel

As the conference ends without much to show for it, Christine Garvin wonders what this outcome means for the future of travel.  More »

In 1971, after witnessing devastating environmental damage, John Francis decided to walk the earth in silence.  More »

Let's get past all the hype.  More »

Has hiking becomes just another consumer activity?  More »

It just might, with nearly half the American population anticipating the end of the world.   More »

Join the party with 1 billion others around the world.  More »

Jennifer Bernstein says green travel is more complex than you think.  More »

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 »

Mark Smith – the man in seat 61 If you happen to be traveling from London on Eurostar and poke your head into first class, you’ll probab  More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Thoreau understood something that many of us modern day nomads would do well to recognize: travel is a matter of perspective, not location. Henry D  More »

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 »

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 »

Let me start by offering the disclaimer that I have no particular use for what is commonly called a “vacation.” “Vacation” is  More »

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? Personally  More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Considering the impact constant growth has inflicted on the planet in the last few decades, can consumerism be harnessed to save the planet? This que  More »

What Manhattan might look like if sea levels continue to rise. Photo illustration by John Blackford; original photograph by Cameron Davidson (feature  More »

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 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 »

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 »

My friend has a sense of humour. For Christmas, he gifted me a darkly hilarious “Global Warming Mug” – a mug featuring the world&  More »

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 »

In Bangkok, it’s common knowledge that you don’t drink the tap water. Everyone carries around their plastic water bottles instead. And   More »

Some distressing news recently surfaced with the publication of a new report measuring the ecological footprint of the human species. It was decided   More »