I know you responsible travelers are on-board with the very eco-friendly concept of treating your own drinking water when traveling. When water-bourne viruses are not a risk, I personally like to use good old iodine tablets as a quick and easy way to make my own drinking water and …
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Last weekend I took the train from Seattle to Portland to visit my family. My rationale was simple – gas is too pricey and I wanted to get some work done while in-transit. As always, the trip was a delight. Besides logging several hours of productive time …
photo by Rev. Santino/Creative Commons
Not to be left in the dust of the 1970’s, the San Francisco-based Green Tortoise company has recently adopted some forward-thinking eco-initiatives to reflect the conscientious nature of their travelers.
Not familiar with the Tortoise? Sometimes referred to as a “counter-culture” bus line, ...
Want to travel to some of the world’s greenest cities?
No, we’re not talking about the cities with the most roadside foliage. The cities highlighted on this list (from the fabulous environmental news site, Grist.org) are being recognized for their marked efforts towards more sustainable and ecologically …
My holiday gift list this year poses quite a challenge.
It includes:
-travelers constantly on the move and living out of their backpacks
-urban friends who live in studio apartments the size of a toll booth
green thinkers who are painfully aware that gift giving creates about a 25% ...
As recycling programs are developing in more and more countries around the world, we’re seeing different takes on recycling iconography. Here are a few of the symbols used around the world to signal the soon-to-be universal concept of recycling.
The Mobius Loop
This internationally-recognized symbol indicates that the product …
photo by mercybell/creative commons
Transportation ranks high among the excesses that seem to mark the winter holiday season, as highways and flyways clog like turkey-stuffed arteries with holiday travelers. Will you be traveling to celebrate with family and friends this year? AAA bets you are: they estimate …
Here’s a new perspective to consider when booking a hotel room – walkability!
Thanks to a fabulous new website called Walk Score (http://www.walkscore.com) you can now calculate the optimal use of what they call your “zero pollution transportation machines.”
Here’s how it works: simply type in …
Here’s a story that hits on both the major tenets of sustainable travel—cultural preservation and environmental stewardship.
The Sydney Morning Herald ran a story last month about Jeffery Lee, the sole remaining member of the Djok Clan and senior custodian of his ancestral lands at Koongarra, adjacent to …
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