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Adventure and Activism For Free: That's Wend Magazine
Before we launch into a review of the latest issue of Wend Magazine, we should allude to two events they are covering for the month of April. The first is Arbor Day on 30 April 2010. To promote this event
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Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award
Nominations have closed and the list of candidates for the 2010 Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award is set. All that is left is the voting. Fifteen tourism services owned and operated by indigenous or local communities, and
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10 Breathtaking Waterfront Campgrounds Around the World
From the jungles of Colombia to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, camping is even better when you have a breathtaking waterfront view.
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RockResorts Now Recycles Barely-Used Hotel Soap and Shampoo
Finally, someone has found a way to close the loop on all of that barely-used soap and shampoo that goes to waste after hotel patrons depart one hotel for new hotels and new showers full of sample-sized soaps and
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Top 10 Green Tourist Destinations for 2009 (slideshow)
In need of somewhere to travel for New Years? Want to start planning your summer vacation? Now in it's fifth year, National Geographic Traveler magazine has choosing the top green destinations in the world to a
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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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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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So What's Wrong With Carbon Offsets As Indulgences?
As I prepare to move back to the City on Labour Day after a summer in my sinful second home, I am thinking about carbon offsets for my 2-1/2 hour drive. But offsets are out of fashion, considered akin to the purchase of indulgences
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Are the Galapagos Being "Regreened?"
Wired does a little tidbit in their latest issue titled Ecuador Regreens the Galápagos. After touring Ecuador with the Rainforest Alliance, I felt that I was so close that I had to see the Galapagos and popped over for a short visit. I wasn't going to
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Does the Benefit of Community Based Tourism Trump the Carbon Footprint?
We know flying is dying, that the carbon footprint of air travel is huge. Many say we shouldn't fly at all. Then you visit places like the Chimborazo region of Ecuador, where community based tourism is a force for keeping people in their homes and
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The Wildlife of Ecuadorian Amazonia (Slideshow)
There are all kinds of threats to Ecuadorian Amazonia; the oil companies are nipping at the fringes. They build roads and the illegal loggers come in. It gets cleared for palm oil and other agricultural products.
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More Measures to Limit Tourism to Antarctica Proposed by IMO
The raise of tourism in Antarctica has been subject of discussion during the past years, and travel to the region was finally restricted by the Antarctic Treaty in April this year.
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Eco-Tourism or Oil? The Sani People Choose. (slideshow)
When I wrote about the Napo Wildlife Center and wondered what options the local native peoples had to hold off the oil companies, one commenter pointed out that I could take the price of my plane ticket and do the right thing by sending them
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Is Eco-Tourism a Contradiction in Terms? Not When You Consider the Alternatives
TreeHugger readers know flying is dying, and that the carbon footprint of travel is a problem. But is the answer to stop travelling? Don't tell that to the Añangu Kichwa of the Napo River in Amazonian Ecuador, who built and run the Napo Wildlife Center
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Is This Really an Eco-Resort? If You're Asking Questions, Maybe Not
I know that eco-resorts are growing in popularity, and that's a great thing. According to Sustainable Travel, 58.5 million Americans say they would pay more to use a travel company that strives to protect and preserve the environment.
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5 Super Cheap, Green Beach Resorts
Although going green doesn't have to mean spending a bundle, it's much easier to find a luxury eco-friendly resort than it is to find a cheap one. But we found five beach-centered resorts in areas all
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Galapagos Island Travel-Specific Carbon Offsets From CanopyCo
While traveling in South America this spring with Green Living Project, I browsed through a local paper while I was waiting for another flight and came across an interesting carbon offset option, geared specifically for
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Maquipucuna Lodge and Reserve: This Ecuadorian Amazon Spot is Alive and Growing
Traveling with Green Living Project, I visited the Maquipucuna Lodge and Reserve, another woman-owned eco-resort, this time in the Ecuadorian Amazon. You're probably
