When it comes to taking that holiday of a lifetime, we’d all like to splash out for a bit of extra luxury. But more often than not, these small indulgences can build up and have severe effects on the surrounding environment. This is why many hotels are beginning to place a great amount of emphasis on sustainability and going green…
Rio de Janeiro is a city of dense high rise buildings, of favelas and bustling streets and there is also ‘another’ Rio, the one that sits on its circumference domineeringly peering in on the city dwellers creating awe and amazement from below, its nature. I spent my days in Rio a city dweller peering up […]
Dear EarthTalk: Where are some good “eco-travel” destinations right here in the continental U.S. that I can consider for a family vacation? — Janet Devino, Brooklyn, NY Many of us are looking to green our lifestyles today and this commitment to Mother Earth can also include how and where we travel. And those of us looking […]
You’d never guess when arriving at New Zealand’s Auckland International Airport that the country is in a state of ecological war. The exhaustive questionnaire you are required to fill in before touchdown, the cute but ironically non-endemic Beagle that sniffs your luggage after your arrival and the steely-eyed scrutiny by customs officials if they find […]
Wildlife, life that is wild, in Spanish ‘vida silvestre’, is something Argentina has in abundance. Take the ‘perros de la calle’ (dogs of the street), although not quite feral they are far from their domesticated cousins where I’m from — and definitely more streetwise. Our trip started in Buenos Aires roughly three and a half […]
