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Wednesday 22 April 2015

News and Tips #31 - Earth Day - April 22, 2015

In this issue:


-7 Eco-Travel Tips for Earth Day and Every Day! | Budget Travel
-Best Ecotourism Destinations - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
-How to go green when you travel - Lonely Planet
-10 Amazing Green Cities - HowStuffWorks
-Global Good: Your Ultimate Guide to Responsible Voluntourism - Jessie on a Journey
-Carbon Neutral Airports On The Rise Thanks to Airport Carbon Accreditation - EcoWanderlust

7 Eco-Travel Tips for Earth Day and Every Day

Smart travelers, rejoice! You already know that the best vacations aren't just about you, right? That seeing the world brings a new appreciation for that world, and a natural desire to leave it a better place? Well, it's never been easier to be good to yourself...
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Best Ecotourism Destinations - National Geographic Adventure Magazine

One afternoon in 1978 I found myself standing on the roof of a Land Rover in Kenya, watching the Samburu National Reserve - an arid stretch of the northern frontier roamed by rare wildlife and camera-wielding tourists - go up in flames. This was the heyday of mass safari resorts, and while large operators raked in millions, the Samburu people, the ones the park weren't...
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How to go green when you travel - Lonely Planet

Traveling green takes a little extra effort at first, but is soon becomes second nature and those extra steps can enhance every trip you take. Not only will you feel better about your travels, but you'll also leave a more positive impression on the place you visited and often have more meaningful experiences along the way...
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10 Amazing Green Cities - HowStuffWorks

Reykjavik is the smallest amazing green city on our list, with only about 115,000 people living in the city and roughly 300,000 people in the entire country of Iceland. But its impact on the world has been impressive.

Iceland plans to unplug itself from all dependence on fossil fuels by 2050 to become a hydrogen...
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Global Good: Your Ultimate Guide to Responsible Voluntourism - Jessie on a Journey

Dear Potential Volunteers,

Do you want a great volunteer travel experience and truly want to help? But you don't want to get involved with unethical practices or bad "volunteerism?" You want to "volunteer abroad" and that's different, right?
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Off The Beaten Track Hikes around the World - THE CROWDED PLANET

There are so many amazing off the beaten track hikes around the world, two articles weren't enough to list them all! After our African and the Americas piece and the Asia/Pacific instalment, welcome to Off the Beaten Track Hikes around the world - the final instalment of this series, with trails from Asia, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand.
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2015's Top Travel Destinations via 5 Ecotourism Experts

The New  Year bring with it an annual rite of passage as reliable as the swallows returning to Capistrano or the Great Migration of Kenya and Tanzania. Every travel magazine under the sun feel it their moral obligation to predict the top travel destinations for the coming year, while every travel blogger (including us) waxes rhapsodic about the wanderlust adventures that dance like so many sugarplums in their heads.
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Carbon Neutral Airports On The Rise Thanks to Airport Carbon Accreditation - EcoWanderlust

Today, the Airport Carbon Accreditation program provided an update on its progress since it went global in November 2014.

Seven years ago, the international airport sector committed to the reduction of carbon emissions, and has been since seen as an increase in the number of airports applying for Airport Carbon Accreditation.
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