There are a million new resources catering to the eco-tourism market. Think tree house hotels, volunteer vacations, or WOOFING (That’s working on Organic Farms.FYI) all of which are great options to wander outside the resort walls and into local culture. The Green age of traveling has opened wonderful possibilities which allow travelers to positively impact the communities and ecosystems that they are so blessed to visit. More on these options later.
For now….mayhaps it is frigid cold winter, you have been saving up your vacation time since last year, and you are simply off to sit on the beach whilst sipping cool drinks and reading trashies. Put that lime in the coconut!
Or, perhaps it is Spring Break, you are tired from mid-terms, and your sorority sisters have dragged your pale behind to Cabo. Do I smell a bar crawl?
Perchance are we off to Disney World? Having intrigued your children with tales of a Magic Kingdom and mouse shaped ice cream on a stick.
Yes, it’s true, not every vacation is the model of Eco – chic. Sometimes Splash Mountain is the only waterfall you see, Epcot will be your only dose of international culture (it is a small world after all), and volunteering overseas involves raising your hand for a body shot contest. Kermit said it best…..”it’s not easy being green…”
FEAR NOT, you don't have to sacrifice creature comforts, alienate yourself from travelling companions, or go off into the jungle to be a green traveler. One of the easiest, most beneficial, and least time consuming ways to reduce your impact is to offset the carbon used by our flights. It is estimated that air travel produces almost as much CO2 emissions per passenger per mile as one passenger driving the same distance alone in a car
To view your carbon footprint for a given trip visit:http://www.carbonfund.org/
You can calculate the impact of that weekend hop to Vegas or that flight across the world. You can donate to several different charities aimed at CO2 reduction - you can even plant the number of trees needed to offset the mileage of your trip. Green's a good color for you....
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