Articles tagged ‘Daily Dose’
Eco-Libris Provides Great Green Travel Books
By Linda | June 14th, 2008 |
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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 [...]
Green Travel, Green Gadgets, Eco Travel News and Links
By Linda | June 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Hands Up Holidays Win Travelmole Responsible Tourism Award
By Linda | May 20th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Orbitz and Expedia Offer Eco-Friendly Hotels
By Linda | April 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
The Times’ Green Spaces Travel Awards, 2008
By Linda | April 17th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
The Blue Planet Goes On Tour
By Linda | April 6th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
How Green a Traveller Are You?
By Linda | April 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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: [...]
Barcelona’s First Eco-friendly Hostel To Open in June 2008
By Linda | April 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Earth Hour – Be Part of It
By Linda | March 20th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Canvas Chic Luxury Yurt Campsite - Volunteers Needed
By Linda | March 18th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
