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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.

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.

Between the overabundance of family togetherness, relatives who overstay their welcome, and delayed flights, the holidays are stressful. But you can make your travels hassle-free by taking a few simple steps. Step back, take a deep breath, and dive into the holidays with these tips.

The theme of this year’s Blog Action Day is climate change — a subject near and dear to our hearts here at Go Green Travel Green. Our philosophy is to focus on easy step you can take to live a greener, healthier lifestyle. So here are 6 things you can do today (or any day) to reduce your environmental impact, just about anywhere in the world.

How to Find a Travel Agent for Your Green Trip is part of our Back to School: Green Travel Basics series.
Every once in awhile you need a travel agent. Travel agents are great for a number of things when it comes to trip planning, especially for complicated trips. Tripology actually offers 101 reasons to use [...]

How to create your green travel plan. A complete roadmap to green travel.

Carbon offsetting is a very common way to make your travels greener. But there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, or carbon offset companies each charging different prices and offering different projects. So, how do you know which carbon offset company to buy from?

What about the difference between eco-friendly travel and responsible travel? If you were looking for a trip that’s only eco-friendly you might take a trip that minimizes your impact on nature. But if you’re going to take a “responsible” trip you would want to make sure that your travels support the local economy and respect the culture.

As the most basic introduction to green traveling, we’ve put together this simple post about how to travel green in four easy steps. We believe that you should travel responsibly because it’s good for the environment, it’s good for local economies, and it’s good for you. Check out these posts for more about why you should travel green:

12 Tips for Green Business Travel. Traveling green for business can be tough, but with these tricks and trips its easy to be a greener business traveler.

Rather than being the one day a year when everyone does something to reduce their impact, then forgets about it until next year, Earth Day should be a time for resolutions and new beginnings…. I’ve been focusing my energies on seeking green ways to furnish and repair our new (to us - it was built in 1925) house and helping nonprofits navigate the world of social media and online marketing by launching a new division of a direct mail company.

Here are 5 ways that traveling with the weather will make your travels more eco-friendly: Packing Less Warm weather means that you need to pack less…. No Air Conditioning/Heat If you time your travel with the weather, you can visit most countries during a season where you won’t need heat or air conditioning.

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not easy to learn a language just by being in a country where it’s spoken. If you want your language skills to grow, you have to make an effort after you arrive. These tips will take you from timid beginner to confident pro.

In preparation for our upcoming travels in Central and South America, I’ve taken up studying Spanish.

…Luckily for me, there are tons of free resources out there to aid me on my mission. Here are 10 of my favorites.

Search for Plane Tickets, Hotels, Rental Cars using Search Green Travel. Search Green Travel is a brand new travel tool, created by Go Green Travel Green, to assist you in your travel planning…. You Don’t Have to Buy, Only Search Using Search Green Travel is an incredibly easy way to give back to the environment– all you have to do is search for cheap travel.

I struggle to be a vegetarian (and often fail) when I travel because I believe that to fully experience a culture or destination, you should try local foods — even foods you might not ever eat at home…. Plus, you can interact with the people — farmers and craftsmen alike — whose goods you’re buying, which is an interaction that can be harder to come by in the U.S. People.

I was skeptical when I first heard about carbon offsets, just as I would be about anything where you merely check a box, cough up a few dollars, and miraculously save the Rain Forest.
As I navigated the world of carbon offsets, I began to think that maybe it would have been easier to [...]

Studying abroad is a life-changing experience. (And, no, I’m not talking about the record amounts of alcohol consumed by students on their semesters abroad.) You meet new people, try new foods, and experience a new culture. Best of all, you’re completely independent.
As a temporary resident of your new country, you have a responsibility to leave [...]

Life is full of choices. Every day we choose when to get out of bed, what we are going to have for lunch, and how to reply to an email. Rarely do go off the beaten path into new territory; most days we stick to the routine. But if we step back from the [...]

Many travelers want to be environmentally-conscious when they travel, but don’t want to go to extremes to be greener. With all of the options out there, how do you determine the extent to which you want to “go green”?
We like to think of being an eco-conscious traveler in “shades of green.” Green, greener, greenest. [...]

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 [...]

As a traveler you have the opportunity to see amazing new things in far-away places, and as a green traveler you have the opportunity to preserve them for future generations. There are hundreds of reasons to be more environmentally-conscious and responsible when you travel.   Here are 15 of our favorites:

It’s Good for the Environment.  No [...]

Green, organic, eco-conscious, eco-friendly, responsible, sustainable, eco-tourism
In the past year, these environmental catchphrases have cropped up everywhere — in newspaper articles, online, in stores. But what do they all mean in the context of travel? Since these concepts are still in their formative stages, defining them is tricky. But we’ve compiled definitions from reputable [...]