Green Travel 101

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Happy Earth Day 2011!  If you’re looking for a way to help the environment while traveling – you’re in the right place.  If you’re looking for things to do today specifically, check out Kimberly’s post about 10 Things to Do on Earth Day. In celebration of Earth Day we’d like to offer what continue to [...]

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Three years ago, in celebration of Earth Month – we ran a 25 Days to Green Travel Series. All of the posts are included below, but they included: Green Travel Pictures, Non-Stop Flight Search Engines, and Volunteering Abroad – 10 Things to Know.  Not much has changed in three years – all of this content [...]

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Janine Pollack and luke Ellison collect trash for earth day clean up in the woods next to building 33 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for Earth Day 2010.  Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo

This Friday is Earth Day 2011. Looking for something to do? Here are 10 things to do on Earth Day: Pick Up Trash in Your Community Every neighborhood has that one street where plastic bags, bottles, and fast food trash piles up. It’s an eyesore and it’s bad for the environment. Be proactive and get [...]

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I think every April we should make eco-focused resolutions for making the world a greener place. I’m happy to say I have fulfilled all of last year’s 5 Earth Day Resolutions — except for part of one. Here’s an update on where I stand.

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With going green on the rise, cities across the world are attempting to become more sustainable. That’s great news for the green traveler because it means your options are constantly expanding. But it’s not always easy to tell if a city is really going green, or if it’s just for show.

Here are 7 things to consider when choosing a green travel destination.

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As we celebrate the two year anniversary of Go Green Travel Green, we look back on how we’ve gotten where we are today. From packing light and hypermiling to travel photos and water bottles, here are some of our most popular posts from 2008 and 2009.

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