Six things to consider for your Eco–Friendly vacation
Are you planning an Eco-Friendly trip?
Eco-Friendly is a green travel. Green travelers consider themselves responsible travelers who look for business, tour operators, and transportation methods that preserve the local environment and give to the local community. Here’s a helpful checklist to use as you plan your Eco-Friendly trip.
Checklist
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1. Types of Transportation: Walk and cycle during your trip Take public transportation Rent hybrid vehicles Take train travel when possible |
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2. Offsets an environmental policy: Calculate and offset the carbon dioxide caused by your travel. Buy your trip from companies with policies that consider environmental, economic, and socio-cultural impacts. |
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3. Spend locally: Buy from locally owned business Use tours and lodges that use local people |
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4. Environmental conservation: Choose trips that increase conservation efforts that enhance the natural integrity of the places your visit |
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5. Respect the local culture: Accept difference in other cultures Learn their customs and social norms before you visit Speak their language when possible |
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6. Natural Resource Use: Reduce, reuse, and recycle What else to consider with potential tour operators and lodging establishments: it’s efficient use of water, energy, and building materials and it’s method of waste disposal |
Resources:
Here’s a short list of resources that you may find helpful as you embark on your planning.
sustaintripdirectory of Rainforest Alliance approve sustainable destinations.
independenttravelergreensources provides an extensive resource of green travel and lodging resources.
greenloons.com101carbonoffset provides an explanation of carbon offsets.
