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Haste Makes Waste: Learning to Travel

by P.W. McRandle

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Paul McRandle is National Geograhic Green Guide's Deputy Editor.

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5 Questions to ask Hotels and Tour Operators (from The Rainforest Alliance):

1) What is your environmental policy?

2) Do you employ local citizens and support any projects to benefit the local community?

3) Do you have eco-label ratings or have you won eco-awards?

4) What sorts of policies have you implemented to reduce water consumption, conserve energy or recycle waste?

5) How do you educate visitors about local natural areas, wildlife, energy conservation, and local culture?

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•Think about how you get there: Jets produce an average of almost .4 tons of C02 per passenger per flight, so when possible take trains or fly non-stop. Zoe Chafe of Worldwatch Institute recommends offsetting C02 emissions by supporting alternative energy projects at atmosfair.de (which has a CO2 calculator for individual flights) betterworldclub.com, and nativeenergy.com.

Resources

See GG#97 and www.thegreenguide.com

Rainforest Alliance's eco-tour list www.eco-indextourism.org

VISIT: www.visit21.net

TIES: www.ecotourism.org

www.Greenglobe21.com

www.iso.org

For a directory of ecotours: www.ecotourdirectory.com

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Filed under: Coral reefs, Eco-tourism, Green Hotels, Ocean pollution

For Sports and Travel | posted May 12, 2006