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Tips for Travelling Green

Green travel allows the eco-conscious to reduce their impact on the place they’re visiting:

  • usually by patronizing environmentally friendly hotels
  • purchasing carbon-offset vouchers for flights or lodging. (Vacation is considered a time to splurge, but the A/C, jet fuel, and fresh towels add up!)

In the past few years, thousands of green lodging choices have materialized:

  • eco-camps on a wilderness preserve
  • hotels that recycle and save water
  • a resort with solar panels
  • countries with unspoiled natural beauty (New Zealand, Costa Rica, and Belize) offer green travel and sustainable eco-tourism in pristine jungles and rain forests.

When planning green travel:

  • Check out green lodging from outdoorsy to upscale.
  • Explore green camping and hiking near your home.
  • Choose an area that fascinates you, and learn about preserving its biodiversity.

Ways to offset your carbon footprint when traveling:

  • Choose not to have towels and sheets washed every day.
  • Eat food grown by local farmers.
  • Use trains over planes, public transport instead of a car.
  • Plant an indigenous tree.

They say, “Take only pictures, and leave only footprints.” When you travel green, you tread much more lightly.