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Which cities are in the greatest danger from rising sea levels?

According to measurements by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), rising sea levels will be a huge threat to even the most advanced cities – not to mention small, island nations – with predicted levels twice as high as originally thought.

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Traveling green for 2010

The new year’s top ten travel and vacation destinations show how travelers want to go green, get active and find adventure.

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Bike tours through New Orleans go green and motorless in the Crescent City

The Maison St. Charles Quality Inn & Suites, located in the city’s historic Garden District, has just unveiled the new bike tour package that lets travelers tour the city in fun, eco-friendly way.

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New Twitter iPhone app lets you spend less time in the car

The new TrafficTweet iPhone App uses real-time Twitter streaming to deliver driving conditions and traffic alert coverage straight to your iPhone, letting travelers and commuters alike spend less time in the car and mor time at their actual destination.

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Traveling for Peace in Iran

A new tourism offering to Iran aims to to build bridges of peace, culture and understanding between Iran and the Western World.

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New iPhone travel app lets travelers explore destinations based on their mood

San Francisco-based travel software company thumbble has just released “Super twiddler” – a new iPhone app that lets intrepid travelers toss out (and recycle) their old paper travel guides and experience cities “beneath the surface – finding out what to do based on the traveler’s mood, timeframe and location.

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Sustainable cities: the next big thing in travel?

Some encouraging ideas are sprouting out on the other side of the pond this week, with two major green-city projects underfoot in both England and Dubai.

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Lonely Planet travel guides go high-tech

Popular travel content provider Lonely Planet has partnered with NAVTEQ to provide a new, interactive travel guide for both Australia and New Zealand, with additional Asian cities to follow.

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New educational tour promotes sustainable consumerism

The launch of the coast-to coast 2009 National Clean Air Green Tour is aiming to educate consumers on the latest advances in sustainability, giving participants hands-on experience with well-known brands that support environmental awareness.

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Travel socially with your iPhone and Facebook

TourSpot is making travel social by combining an iPhone travel and city guide with Facebook, combining rich content and live mapping with location-based search capabilities updating features, making it the ultimate e-travel guide.

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AAA Travel Blog – Roadtripping made easy

The AAATravelViews blog features eight select auto travel experiences for on-the-road, affordable summer getaways, including travel stories, photos, tips and information from AAA insiders.

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GO Group recognizes major cities for being green

In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, The GO Group, LLC, the world’s largest airport ground transportation provider, is paying tribute to the earth-friendly efforts of some of the largest cities it serves, including Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and San Francisco.

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Got an iPhone? Get this travel app

A new travel application for the iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the Apple iPhone App Store. The app, Discovery Guide Map, provides city guides for major U.S. cities, including Washington D.C., Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Manhattan, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

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Am I an Earth Hour critic? I hope not, but I may be

About 2,800 cities in 83 countries – including 250 in the United States – participated in Earth Hour 2009, the world’s 3rd annual middle finger to global warming. So the question remains: now what?

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Starwood goes dark for Earth Hour

On March 28, hundreds of Starwood hotels spanning all of the chain’s brands will turn off their lights and take other energy-saving measures for one full hour, underscoring the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability.

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Timberland sponsors Green Apple Festival in 10 U.S. cities for Earth Day 2009

The popular apparel company will be a presenting sponsor of the nationwide “Green Apple Festival” and Earth Day Network events over Earth Day Weekend, April 17 – 19, in an effort to encourage volunteerism and community service.

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Earth Hour spreads the word: Go dark to save the planet

The eco-internet is all a-buzz with this month’s upcoming Earth Hour 2009 occurring in major cities across the globe. The “event”, scheduled for 8:30pm on March 28th, calls for people and business everywhere to “turn out the lights” in a show of global solidarity in support of the battle against climate change.

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Urban luxury hotel chain aims to end homelessness

Affinia Hotels in New York, Chicago and D.C. is partnering with international non-profit Common Ground to help the homeless with monetary donations and support. The organization is a pioneer in the development of supportive housing and other research-based practices.

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Eco-friendly Asheville. N.C. gets a new website

AshevilleNow.com explores the wonders of Asheville, North Carolina; the Southeast’s premier travel and retirement destination. The site breaks the travel site mold by being the most comprehensive informational resource that Asheville and Western North Carolina has ever seen.

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Windy City bids on 2016 Olympic Games

The Olympic Games consistently boost travel in the cities in which they are hosted. That is why Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games is placing a huge focus on enviromentalism in order to attract supporters.

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