Ecotourism Green Gear
New Florame Organic Range for Eco Travellers
Since the whole travel security scare people like to moan about having to carry their liquids in amounts of 100mls or less. Personally, I love it; it means I get to buy little dinky packs of travel goodies almost every time I travel.
I’ve never been one for carting around family-pack sized cartons of shampoo and conditioner. Many moons ago I used camera film containers for shampoo, conditioner and shower gel (one of the best travel tips I ever learned) which would always last for a few days but never much longer, so when 100ml bottles came out I was like a kid in a candy store. And now, because travel is becoming more environmentally-friendly so too are our toileteries.
Florame, one of France’s leading organic skin care companies have introduced the Organic Travel Kit for eco-savvy travellers. The see-through pack is perfect for security checks and consists of three 50ml bottles of organic skin and hair-care products – Organic Sweet & Mild Shampoo, Rosewood Organic Body Lotion and Citrus Fruits Organic Shower Gel – so you’ll be sure to look and smell as fresh as a daisy no matter where you go.
Date: March 26th, 2008 |
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Sustainability is the New Black
Eco Fashion label Livity Outernational has collaborated with Californian-based lifestyle brand Boosted to present a fab new range of limited-edition, sustainable accessories.
Using organic materials like natural raffia straw, organic cotton, recycled plastics and hemp, designers have created something different for today’s eco-conscious traveller.
The two companies recognise youth culture is changing and that there is a big demand for environmentally friendly products, even in fashion. Livity Outernational have been committed to spreading the awareness of sustainability since their inception and use the fashion/streetwear markets to achieve their goal.
Date: January 24th, 2008 |
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Best Eco Travel Guidebooks for 2008
If you want to travel responsibly but aren’t quite sure how to go about it or where to go, check out Eco Travel’s choice of guidebooks for the coming year.
Green Places to Stay, Alastair Sawday
This holiday handbook lists ‘inspiring places striving to be environmentally and socially responsible’. Including tree houses in rainforests, Fairtrade tented camps, eco chic hotels and down-to-earth B&Bs, the illustrated guide covers 160 places in 50 countries making it a great guide for planning trips at home and abroad.
$21.95, Globe Pequot Press; £13.99, Alastair Sawday Publishing
100 Animals to See Before They Die, Nick Garbutt
Bradt Travel publishes some stonker books and this one is no exception; 100 Animals to See Before They Die should be on everyone’s bookshelf. No, stroke that, it should be in everyone’s backpack in preparation for their next big animal adventure abroad, before it’s too late.
£16.99, Bradt Travel
Green Travel: The World’s Best Eco-Lodges & Earth-Friendly Hotels, Fodor’s
Oh, to have been a researcher on this book. This eco guide features 100 green getaways around the world that work to support local communities. It discusses some of the ethics behind eco travel and everything from budget beds to sumptuous stopovers are listed, along with their green credentials, so it’s a great all-round guide.
$25.00, Random House (Not available until April 2008)
Date: December 30th, 2007 |
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10 Green Gift Ideas for Travellers 2007
Need last minute Christmas gift ideas for the vagabond in your life? Or do you just fancy treating yourself this festive season? Take a gander at Eco Travel’s green gift list for travellers to get some ideas.
Steel Water Carrier
Eco-conscious travellers would prefer not to contribute to the growing mountains of plastic water bottles erupting across the planet so why not treat them to a refillable stainless steel water bottle? The ultra-lightweight and toxin free, non-leaching container comes with a choice of loop, flat, or sports drinking caps and is small enough to fit into any backpack.
$17.95, Kleankanteen.com
Hydro-Photon’s SteriPEN
One of Eco Travel’s favourite travel tools is the handy Steripen. It’s light, easy-to-use and will help avoid unwanted bouts of Delhi Belly, which on the road can be a right pain in the butt, quite literally. This portable water purifier uses ultraviolet light to destroy waterborne microbes from all sources of water. When the pen’s liquid sensor detects water the UV light comes on, purifying the liquid within seconds. So it doesn’t matter if you’re hiking the Himalayas or camping in the Amazon you can get safe drinking water anywhere you go.
$69, Amazon.com
Code Green Book
It’s difficult to know what to choose for vagabonding friends; they’ve been everywhere and have all the travel accoutrements you can think of so if you’re at a loss as what to get them this year, look no further. Lonely Planet has recently published The Code Green Book which lists 100 eco-wise travel ideas to encourage responsible travel, from budget backpacking to lavish luxury. If their favourite website is Eco Travel Logue, they need one of these.
$10.00, LonelyPlanet.com
Date: December 17th, 2007 |
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Eco Balls save money and the environment
When you’re backpacking, it’s a right pain to have to carry washing powder half way around the world; more often than not it spills out into clothes. Now you don’t have to with these handy Eco Balls.
These nifty numbers exploded onto the market recently and are proving a big hit with the penny-scrimping traveller. Just pop the Eco Balls into the washing machine instead of detergent et voila. They’re easy to carry and will last up to 1,000 washes – that must be at least a few years on the road, well, unless you’re into daily mud wrestling or rodeo.
And now for the science bit…
Date: December 5th, 2007 |
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Camp in Comfort with New Eco-Thermo Sleeping Pad
Camping is the ultimate in environmentally-friendly travel, well, that’s if you take all your rubbish with you and don’t make a mess of the site you’ve parked your house in.
To pander to the whims of eco travellers, more and more green gear is being made available in camping and outdoor adventure shops and companies are attempting to come up with better equipment year after year.
Recently, Pacific Outdoor Equipment produced a winner. The company decided to see how eco-friendly they could make their camping products and what started out as an experiment was so successful that it became immediately commercially viable.
Their …
Date: February 28th, 2008 |
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ECO Travel Trailer, Eco Friendly RV
If you prefer caravanning over hostels and hotels check out the Skamper Eco Travel Trailer. Weighing only 3000lbs, the latest light-weight mobile home is a great idea if you plan to cover large distances on vacation. All you have to do is lock the trailer on to the tow bar and sashay off to the sunshine.
Eco-RV are marketing it as a more ecologically-friendly mode of transport saying the seven-foot wide trailer is aerodynamically designed to reduce wind drag, thus increasing fuel economy but that’s pretty much where …
Date: January 24th, 2008 |
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Smartshield’s Eco-Friendly, Once-a-Day Sunscreen
Smartshield - Serious sun protection that’s kind to your skin and the environment.
Buy here: $10.99
Sunbathing, for many, goes hand-in-hand with travelling but with gaping holes in the ozone it’s all too easy to get frazzled in a short space of time resulting in scorched butts and unsightly tan lines.
Of course, staying out of the sun altogether is the best protection but when adventure calls using a high sun protection factor (SPF) is essential, especially for those with fair skin. And with numerous lotions and potions flooding the market it’s difficult to know which cream to go for; people usually go with what suits their skin.
Date: December 29th, 2007 |
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Offset your carbon emissions while travelling, with GO-SIM.
GO-SIM, an international pre-paid mobile service, has joined forces with Climate Care to offer mobile phone users a simple and easy way to offset their emissions while they’re off gallivanting around the world.
Climate Care, one of the world’s best known carbon offsetting companies, funds renewable energy projects world-wide with the money raised from eco-conscious traveller’s contributions. Now, with GO-SIM, each time a customer buys something online, they will be asked if they want to make a contribution directly to Climate Care making it easier to give something back.
Date: December 9th, 2007 |
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Reusable Bag for Travellers
Check out this handy reusable bag, made by flip&tumble. The tiny 24-7 bag is easy to use and handy to store so you don’t have to contribute to the growing number of discarded plastic bags. Chuck it in your backpack or luggage when you’re on the move so you can recycle wherever you go. And if you’re partial to the odd game of hacky sack, hey presto, your flip&tumble bag doubles as a …
Date: November 19th, 2007 |
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