Travel to your favourite places
We would like to wish all of our members a good return to travel!
We know how had these times have been on so many, so you deserve those trips to your favourite places after such a long period where both travellers and hosts where so disconnected.
We are delighted to see that many so hosts have taken this time of inactivity to upgrade their properties, and we were glad to guide many of you to switch to more sustainable means of hosting and to improve on systems both in and outside your properties.
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CityTrees Using Moss as Air Purifiers in Cities
These are alarming times, and solutions like these are exactly what we need to start looking at. CityTrees and a marvelous invention designed to reduce pollution and bring temperatures down in our ever-increasingly hot cities.
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A Decade in Review
Over the last decade, we have made some serious environmental gains. This last decade proves that we can move forward as a race in a more sustainable manner. It is a testament to the fact that individual actions do have an impact, and it is a reminder that collectively our existence has the potential to light up the globe.
To end the decade, and get inspired for the new one, we wanted to make a list of environmental gains that show we can make a positive impact.
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Rising Strike Activism Gaining Momentum
The Global Climate Strike is picking up a full head of steam, and Greta finds herself at the centre of the storm that may just save our planet from mass extinction.
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10 Essential Eco-Friendly Travel Products & Accessories for your next trip
There are many ways to leave less of a footprint when you travel. Choosing an eco-friendly hotel, using the least damaging form of transportation, and taking the kinds of products and accessories that will not harm the environment on your travels. We look at 10 of these that can significantly reduce that footprint, while protecting the local areas you visit.
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Sustainable Travel - The Future of Tourism
Every time we decide to explore a new destination anywhere in the world, we use up resources and affect the planet in a negative way.
We take a look at what sustainable travel is and what part we can play in reducing our footprint wherever we go.
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Could Ecotourism Squelch The Scorching of The Amazon
In a time when the Amazon Rainforest fires rage on, we need to be looking at ways to show our support. It’s not easy, but one way is to do exactly that. Support the need to maintain the rainforest through eco-tourism by being an eco-tourist. Travel, stay, support, and learn about the marvel that is the largest and most wonderful rainforest we have. The “lungs of our planet” need to be saved, need to supported, and need to be maintained at all costs. We must do what we can to make sure we don’t lose this.
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5 Awesome Eco Friendly Lodgings You Must Visit
We’ve got some of the best eco friendly lodgings on the planet. What makes a green hotel? For a hotel to be a ‘green hotel’, Five-Leaf System requires a number of different factors to be considered and actioned by the lodging, such as Energy-saving lights installed throughout the accommodation and that the building is fitted with energy-efficient technology & appliances.
For more information, please visit our Green Hotels page.
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The Bite-Size Eco-Tourist.
Too much eco tourism to digest? Try bite-sized chuncks instead.
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Changing your eco travel ways
Change the way you travel - find the best way to minimise your impact on the planet by tweaking your travel habits.
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