Kimberly

Our 4th Anniversary: Looking Back and What’s Ahead

January 28, 2012

When we launched Go Green Travel Green four years ago today, our goal was to make sustainable travel and living accessible to everyone. We wrote about our travels to Argentina and Belize, the steps we were taking to reduce our environmental impact, and tips for making travel easier and cheaper. We shared tips about finding [...]

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Top 5 Ways to Eat Local Food: Blog Action Day

October 16, 2011
Eat Local Food

If you live to be 80 years old and eat 3 meals per day, you’ll eat over 87,000 meals in your lifetime. That’s a lot of food. Most of us are vaguely aware of the impact of food on the environment, but it’s not something we think about every day. It should be. For Blog [...]

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Best 4 Noise Cancelling Headphones: Best for Airplane Rides

July 28, 2011
noise-cancelling-headphones

Whether your upcoming vacation includes a family road trip, a long flight to Paris, or just a day at the beach, ensure you are ready to soak up the scenes but not the sounds of the season.  Here are the top 4 noise cancelling headphones to make sure you are dancing to your own beat [...]

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Best Portable DVD Players for Travel

July 21, 2011
portable-dvd-player-for-travel

This summer, families across the country will be piling into their cars or stepping onto planes to set out, see the sights, and participate in that time honored tradition – the family vacation.  One of the most popular diversions for kids on a long trip, either by car or by plane, is a portable DVD [...]

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Belkin Conserve Insight and Socket Review

July 19, 2011
Belkin Conserve Insight Review

I’m always looking for ways to decrease my environmental impact at home. I recycle and compost, use the A/C sparingly, and turn the lights off when I leave a room. I have good intentions, but I am guilty of leaving gadgets plugged in when they don’t need to be. I charge my phone all night [...]

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French Food: Your Guide to Meal Time in France

July 14, 2011
Escargots

The wonderful thing about France is that each region has its own very distinct specialties.  Most produce their own wine, and have cheeses, breads and dishes they call their very own. From bouillabaisse in the South of France, to the wonderful bleu cheeses in Auvergne, to the champagne from—where else?—Champagne, you could very well spend [...]

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8 Ways to Throw a Green Baby Shower: From Invitations to Favors

July 12, 2011
Green Your Baby Shower

You’ve offered to plan your best friend’s (or favorite relative’s) baby shower and one or both of you wants to make the event as low-waste and environmentally friendly as possible. Where to start? 1. Opt for Recycled or Electronic Baby Shower Invitations The greenest way to invite guests to the big event is via the [...]

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Travel in Paris: Top 6 Tips

July 7, 2011
Paris Tips Patisserie

Paris is an enormous city with delicious food and wine, museums for every taste, and thousands of years of history. If you don’t have much time to spend there, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. These tips should help you get where you need to go with the maximum amount of time for soaking up the [...]

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SNCF Train: Guide to Traveling France by Rail

July 5, 2011
SNCF Train France

Using unfamiliar forms of transportation can be incredibly stressful, especially in a foreign country where you don’t know the rules or, worse, the language. As many Americans don’t have experience with train travel, I found myself giving extremely detailed advice to friends who planned to visit France. Armed with this guide and vocabulary, you will [...]

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Paris Museum Scene: An Insider’s Guide

June 30, 2011
Musee Carnavalet

Paris is world-famous for its spectacular art museums, such as the Louvre (everything from pre-historic to Egyptian to Greek and Roman to Renaissance), the Musée D’Orsay (impressionist), and the Centre Pompidou (modern and contemporary). But there are several lesser-known museums that are perfect places to spend a drizzly day when do you don’t think you [...]

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