Tag: Tourism - Page 12
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Photo Safaris Potentially More Environmentally Damaging Than Hunting
An expert on this subject recently addressed the Kalahari Conservation Society (KCS), saying, as reported in All Africa, "Properly administered hunting is not detrimental to wildlife
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Green Holiday Gift Guide: The Outdoors Enthusiast (Slideshow)
We can all appreciate the importance of choosing sustainable items to keep the environment pristine--but that thought will count double when you're wrapping up gifts for the outdoor weekend warrior on your list. Shoes made with minimal waste,
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Do You Approve of Space Tourism?
Jessica writes about a space hotel where a three night stay costs $4.4 million, and wonders, at what cost to the environment? This comes on top of Richard Branson's spaceship that burns rubber and nitrous oxide to fire people into space for seven
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Green Gift Guide: The Outdoors Enthusiast
While a true outdoors enthusiast doesn't need much to enjoy the great outdoors--just a sturdy pair of shoes and a taste for adventure--this individual is even more likely to appreciate gifts that are as eco-friendly as they are functional. Take the time t
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Space Tourism Lifts Off: 2012 Space Resort Launch
You think you'd find the Galactic Suite Space Resort in a cartoon, comic strip or kitschy hotel in Disney World, right? Wrong. Whether you like it or not, it's real,
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The Ups and Downs of the World's Most Isolated Sea
With its watershed covering almost one-third of continental Europe, an area home to some 160 million people, there are plenty of
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One Man, One Mission, And 12,000km On a Bike
What started out as a four month mission on a bicycle to raise awareness about climate change, has turned into a lucrative fundraising endeavor as well as a visual documentary about the environment in South America. Ryan Stotland,
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10 of TreeHugger's Most Powerful--and Potentially Depressing--Slideshows
Our lineup of slideshows highlights everything from wear-anywhere hemp fashion to attention-getting environmental ad campaigns. But they're not all so lighthearted: others tackle the effects of global warming, the dangers of
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10 of TreeHugger's Most Powerful--and Potentially Depressing--Slideshows
7 Terrifying Global Warming Photos Feeling a little complacent about the idea of global warming? These seven photos--some genuine, some Photoshopped--will remind you of the very real dangers caused by climate change, from a polar bear hanging on desperate
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Underwater Museum to Protect Coral Reefs in Mexico
Mexico has announced plans to build the largest underwater museum in the world, with around 400 figures made of concrete submerged in the Caribbean sea, near Cancun. The goal? Protecting the regions
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Six Super-Tips for National Park Visitors
Those of us who have been exploring national parks all our lives know the tricks for organizing a great stay: how to bypass that heinously long line of RVs at the
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7 Best Green Vacations in Canada
From British Columbia to the Maritime Islands and across the Yukon tundra, Canada's landscape of glacial expanses, Boreal forest, and spooky badlands cover vast protected wilderness. National parks are home to endangered caribou,
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Green Guide Network Launches New Cities and Job Board
The Green Guide Network, an online city-specific guide to green in your area has just added a few more cities to the loop. Not in one of those cities? No problem, you can use the guide for travel tips if you happen to be
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Wild and Wacky Places to Stay in the Countryside
With autumn days coming soon, what a lovely place to stay and watch the leaves: an original shepherd's hut in the heart of the Dorset Downs. It's not exactly rough and ready any more and the shepherd wouldn't know what to do
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6 Ways to See Endangered Species Without Endangering Them More
Some do it with photo trips, others on nature Safari. Cool types do it on scientific missions to the Antarctic. Teachers do it with turtles. Not greening their sex lives, but seeing the earth's rarest critters
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20 Wild Spaces For Getting Back-To-Nature (Slideshow)
Tireless advocate for the creation of Yosemite National Park, John Muir is credited with espousing; "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a
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Segs in the City
On a recent trip to Baltimore, my family decided to try something a little touristy and a little different: let's not just take a tour of the city, let's take a tour of the city while riding (balancing) on Segways!! The
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.
