Ecotourism Daily Dose
Eco-Libris Provides Great Green Travel Books
If you haven’t already found the website, Eco-Libris is a wonderful eco lovin’ site dedicated to balancing out the harm we do by reading books.
Now, before you click away, I know that sounds a bit hippy and greenie but as an avid book reader I often have the guilts at my own frivolous indulgence and the number of trees it takes to feed my habit, but – and here comes the excuse, or should I say, reason – where would we be without them?
Books provide an …
Date: June 14th, 2008 |
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Hands Up Holidays Win Travelmole Responsible Tourism Award
Eco travel company Hands Up Holidays has won Travelmole’s Best Responsible Tourism Website Award, 2008. Hands Up Holidays, which combine eco-sightseeing with meaningful volunteering experiences, have skyrocketed in popularity since their inception only two years ago.
The recent revamp of the website will no doubt have had some influence on those judging. The site is easy to navigate with new functions introduced such as holiday specific categories like ‘family’ and ‘honeymoon’, making it easier for eco travellers to find what they’re looking for fast.
Date: May 20th, 2008 |
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The Times’ Green Spaces Travel Awards, 2008
Always wanted to have your say about green travel? Well, now’s your chance, and you could win a copy of Alaister Sawday’s Green Places to Stay for your troubles.
Leading UK newspaper, The Times, has launched Green Spaces, a new award for green travel. Travellers are asked to nominate a favourite Green Space that they have encountered on holiday in the UK or abroad and nominations are accepted from anywhere in the world.
Date: April 17th, 2008 |
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How Green a Traveller Are You?
Everybody loves a quiz; well most people do. They’re perfect for those lovely lazy days that seem to be so infrequent, for when you’re procrastinating about starting work/study/home-reno or for people with obsessive-compulsive-online-quiz-disorder; so here’s a quick eco travel quiz I found on the Guardian’s Travel pages for you. I was scouring for news, honest.
Quiz: How Green a Traveller Are You?
To prove that I do indeed practice what I preach, my next break happens to be a four-hour drive away but not to a country cottage as mentioned in the quiz, no, we’re going camping and canoeing in …
Date: April 6th, 2008 |
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Earth Hour – Be Part of It
At 8pm on Saturday 29 March 2008 something huge is going to happen. Are you going to be part of it?
Last year in Sydney, Australia, the lights went out across the city for one hour. Restaurants lit candles, offices turned lights off overnight, all non-essential street lighting was switched off; all in an attempt to save some energy. And the world took note.
Two million people took part in Earth Hour in Sydney last year when, according to Energy Australia, energy consumption fell by about 10% which is thought to have saved 25 tonnes of carbon emissions polluting the atmosphere. This year, following Sydney’s lead, 24 cities around the world will take part in Earth Hour with an expected 28 million people being involved. That’s a helluva lot of carbon cuts.
Date: March 20th, 2008 |
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Green Travel, Green Gadgets, Eco Travel News and Links
Ecotourism Logue is spreadin’ some green lovin’ this week and sharing a sneaky peek into other eco-centric websites.
- The girls at Go Green Travel Green may be off gallivanting around North America for a few weeks but their series of 25 Days to Go Green articles will be sure to keep you busy while they’re away.
- It’s BEACH WEEK over at Green Globetrotter – get the low-down on the latest eco-fashions, lotions and gadgets for your next eco escapade.
- Eco Travel News gathers green news from around the …
Date: June 5th, 2008 |
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Orbitz and Expedia Offer Eco-Friendly Hotels
You know ecotourism has hit the big time if global travel booking giants Orbitz and Expedia have started their own eco travel sections providing green accommodation options. So it was with gusto that I trawled through their new pages to see if they’d fallen into the greenwashing trap or whether they’ve done ecotourism proud. The results of my search were both surprising and disappointing.
Date: April 30th, 2008 |
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The Blue Planet Goes On Tour
Nature documentary sensation, The Blue Planet, brought the underwater world to life for many and attracted millions of viewers world-wide. It was seven years in the making and cost the BBC an absolute fortune, but it was worth it for this remarkable documentary, narrated by legend Sir David Attenborough, succeeded in grabbing the attention of people who had probably never given a second thought to what was going on every day in the oceans of the world.
The countless breath-stopping, jaw-dropping moments throughout the eight episodes produced die-hard fans the world over …
Date: April 6th, 2008 |
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Barcelona’s First Eco-friendly Hostel To Open in June 2008
Hostels are coming up in the world. No longer do you need to dodge the bed bugs and dread ant infested shower rooms because hostels are finally getting fancy, and in some parts of the world they’re going eco.
Barcelona’s Urbany Hostel, set to open in June 08, is one of the handful of hostels world-wide that has been built according to a environmentally-friendly specifications.
Engineers involved in the new design researched the possible impact of the project and came up with their own version of the three Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. With these three modern day practices Barcelona Urbany Hostel (artist’s impression pictured) is set to cause minimal impact to the environment.
Date: April 2nd, 2008 |
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Canvas Chic Luxury Yurt Campsite - Volunteers Needed
UK eco-blog Green Traveller has posted an ad on behalf of the owners of Canvas Chic. They’re looking for people who would like to spend the whole month of April in the South of France setting up a luxury eco-friendly yurt campsite.
Richard Hammond, editor of Green Traveller, says, “The owners [of Canvas Chic] Lodewijk and Ruth are looking for two volunteers who are ‘enthusiastic, hard working and who are willing to learn quickly’. The work includes putting up the yurts, building yurt floors, building and moving furniture, painting the buildings and bar, forest and grounds maintenance.
In return …
Date: March 18th, 2008 |
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