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Eco-friendly water bottles improve health, save the planet and save money
One Green Bottle Ltd, an eco-friendly company based in England, is launching a range of stainless steel sports bottles - practical, stylish and safe, the BPA-free bottle is designed to reduce the use of plastic bottles, which have been linked to serious health risks as well as filling landfill sites with tons of non-biodegradable debris.
Green Start to VisitBritain’s Sustainable Tourism program
In an effort to further adoption of sustainable tourism principles, VisitBritain is enabling the first 500 U.K. businesses to register for their new Green Start program for free.
EcoStreet
EcoStreet is an independent, pioneering blog, directory and forum dedicated to raising green consciousness, founded in 2002 by sisters Nikki Algar and Tracy Stokes.
New Guide Outlines Best-Practices for Tropical Forest-Based Tours
Conservation International (CI) is pleased to announce its latest publication, A Practical Guide to Good Practice for Tropical Forest-Based Tours, incorporating input from biologists and travel experts from Australia, Belize, Ecuador, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Launch of the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2008
Nominations are now open for the Responsible Tourism Awards 2008 sponsored by Virgin Holidays. The Awards celebrate tourism ventures around the world that make a positive contribution to conservation and the economies of local communities.
World’s Largest Butterfly Attraction to be Built in UK
Endangered butterflies will get the spotlight treatment at the new Butterfly World attraction in London, allowing millions of visitors per year to learn about the 10,000+ butterflies that can be found throughout the planet. The project will also feature educational and research facilities, a restaurant, café and shop.
British Airways Launches New Green Initiative, Focuses on Offsets and Deforestation
British Airways is taking fresh steps to intensify its work in limiting the airline’s impact on climate change, including a new carbon offset scheme, backing for deforestation prevention in Brazil and research into the effects of aircraft’s non-carbon emissions.
Sustainable Tourism gets Focus Group Study in England
A study group of international designers recently investigated the idea of having various we had more examples of sustainable tourism on which to build future endeavors.
Happy Trails: Cycling Holidays Take Off
by Jasmin Malik Chua
More Brits are coming home tanned, toned, and saddle-sore, according to a report indicating a surge in cycling holidays. Biking-mad Brits ponied up some £120m on 450,000 dedicated cycling holidays in 2006, with some operators experiencing as much as a 30 percent increase in bookings, compared with 2005 figures, revealed research by [...]
Almost Half UK Want Green Tax on Air Travel
Published by Andy Rowell
There may be a war of words at the moment between protestors and the airline industry at the climate camp outside Heathrow over the damage caused to the climate by aviation, but there is more bad news for the aviation industry.
What Turning Down the Heat Means for Travelers
by Bill McKibben
As hotels think green, and airlines and businesses quest for technologies to help halt the rise of the earth’s temperature, Bill McKibben examines what it may take to turn down the heat.
