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 travel is not about collecting entry tickets, it’s about experiences, and I guarantee that you’ll have a more memorable experience if you travel really slowly.

Queercents focuses on the economics of ecology and how (more) eco-conscious transportation saved her money.

Another economy/ecology related post is written at Birds and Bills focusing on green shopping bags and Whole Foods’ recent decision to drop plastic.

I love the title (and the content) of this post at Brave New Traveler: Why the Road to Climate Catastrophe is Paved with Cheap Flights.

Ecofriend reveals the winner of the Australian Design Awards 2007: a foldable bike, the Everglide, that recharges your cellphone, ipod, and other electronics.

Also in biking news, Treehugger writes about large foldable bikes. This post guides you through full sized folding bikes (as opposed to the “clown” folding bikes that have extremely small wheels).

Gridskipper has an “eco-friendly guide” to the District of Columbia. A few of my favorites are listed there– Java Green and Sticky Fingers Bakery. Jobche noodles and vegan cookies, mmm…

Apparently an air powered car will be ready with in a year, according to Intelligent Travel.