The Best of Affordable Eco-Vacations
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 01.28.06
" Traditional tourism, with its exotification and exploitation of the foreign, its strain on delicate ecosystems, and its tendency to exacerbate wealth and power disparities, requires a suspension of social consciousness that more and more people are unwilling to make. In recent years, eco-tourism became the hot guilt-free alternative, growing rapidly as an industry by offering tourists a chance to see wildlife and habitats up close while minimizing the environmental impact." Read this article, full of useful links and sources, by Holly Beck at ::Alternet
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