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Eco-Travel Log: Local is the way to go

Eco-traveling is not just going to destinations that look like versions of a tropical paradise. Eco-traveling is the way you experience a destination. You can visit the adjacent state and still claim to eco-travel, especially when you are burning less fuel than you normally do in a day. Instead of driving the car to move [...]

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Eco-Travel Log: The Snorkeling Tragedy

As the Group of Eight economic powers meet in Japan to seriously discuss climate change, many of the ordinary citizens seize the opportunity to travel and enjoy the summer. As the present administration and the emerging economies of China and India resisted the call for tough emissions reductions, hopeful snorkelers release their flotation devices, don [...]

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Eco-Travel Log: The Scoop on Sunscreens

If Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an environmentalist, she could have created an ode dedicated to the sun. “How do I love thee, let me count the ways …” We love the sun. We want to harness its power. We appreciate the way it allows many organisms to survive on this planet. But we don’t really [...]

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Eco-Travel Log: Avoid Hotel Room Isolation

Everyone understands the one compelling reason why people take vacations. We take a vacation to unwind and to relax. Unfortunately, the concept of “relaxing” is often mistaken as “retreating from the world.” Some people on vacation stay inside their hotel rooms, isolated from others who are enjoying the sun, sand, and sea outside. But the [...]

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