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Have you always wanted a bamboo bike, but just didn’t know where to get one? Probably not, but if you have you’re in luck - a new line will be on the market soon. I’d never even heard of a bamboo bike until someone mentioned one on my bike co-op listserv last week.
My research brought [...]

Looking for cheap and simple ways to travel greener? Check out our guest post over at Vagabondish: 20 Cheap and Simple Ways to Travel Greener

Nausea, headaches, memory loss, neurological illness, paralysis… from flying?
Indeed. When you’re on a plane, you’re likely breathing in toxic fumes from the cabin air.
According to the Daily Mail, half of the air in your plane “comes from the blisteringly hot heart of its engines… [and] once it has been cooled down, that air, together with [...]

Hotel amenities (soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc.) can be extremely wasteful and one of the biggest wastes comes from packaging.
For instance, at a recent Sheraton stay I found this Bliss Shine “Vanity Kit” waiting for me in the bathroom along with the usual soaps and shampoo. Check out the contents:

So as you can see, the [...]

This week’s links in green travel news brings us:
Vagabondish posts about Walking Around the World. I love this line from the post:
The most common counter-argument I hear is that you don’t have time to do this on your precious few vacation days. I’d argue that you don’t have time not to. Remember that [...]

It’d been a month since I’d been to DCA Reagan National Airport, the most centrally located airport in Washington, DC. In this last month they’ve gotten rid of my favorite gourmet snack shop with healthy fruit, nuts, organic chocolate, and Honest Tea. Now my eating options are much slimmer - greasy pizza and greasier [...]

We’re of the mindset that there’s only one way to pack, and that’s to pack light. Packing light saves time (e.g. waiting for baggage to be unloaded), money (no overweight fees), stress (no worrying about lost luggage) and the environment (less luggage means less fuel used to carry it).In our quest to bring you [...]

Meeting fellow travelers can be intimidating, especially when you first start traveling. But it doesn’t have to be. These tips and tricks will help you find fellow green travelers to join you on the next leg of your journey - whether it be a day in a nearby village or a month in Costa Rica.
Become [...]

A vegan strip club opened in Portland, Ore according to Vagabonish and Treehugger. With the motto of “meat on the pole, not on the plate” the strip club will serve vegan dishes and ban fur or leather outfits for their strippers.
The Perrin Post wrote about Enterprise’s new “We Car” car sharing program. They [...]

The locavore movement, defined as trying to eat only food grown or harvested within a 100-mile radius of your home, started in San Francisco in 2005 as a challenge for people in the Bay Area. The movement grew quickly and in November of last year, Oxford University Press named “locavore” its word of the year.
I’ve [...]

How does one go about finding an eco friendly hotel? How do you know if a hotels efforts to “go green” are actually paying off?
As I began researching standards for green hotels, I became increasingly interested in the newly created “green” accreditation programs and standards that exist. What I found, as you [...]

Nothing says romance like a corporate-created holiday about love. But I have to admit, I enjoy getting gifts and eating nice meals and part of me appreciates this mid-February excuse to do it. This year, rebel against the commercialism of Valentine’s Day by getting one of these sustainable (and practical, mostly) green travel gifts.
ecoSNEAKS [...]

Have you ever been so spontaneous that you literally just left? No planning, no packing. Just leaving. Have you ever done that?
I have. By accident. We were in Russia and wanted to take a weekend trip to Estonia, but upon arriving at the bus station learned that there was [...]

Bringing your furry friend along on a camping trip can be a great experience, but traveling with a pet means thinking your pet’s environmental impacts, too. Before you head for the woods, make sure you’re prepared for green travel with your dog.

photo by Laertes

Plan ahead. Camping is one of the most environmentally-friend ways to [...]

You heard me correctly, according to Environmental Graffiti eco-tourists have brought a deadly virus to Great Apes in the Ivory Coast.  This just shows that there really is no such thing as “leave no trace.”
Gadling reports about a greener Mardi Gras:
The Sierra Club and Arc of Greater New Orleans have a joint effort going to [...]

Even in the city with an reputation for being obsessed with politics and more than a bit uptight, you can find quality organic food in eco-conscious restaurants. You just have to know where to look.
Here are our top picks for green restaurants in the U.S. capital.
Coppi’s Organic Restaurant (U Street)
How it’s green: The Green [...]