Slash and Burn Tourism
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in General, Making a difference, Travel industry | 3 Comments »I once had a brilliant idea about doing a serious book about travel called Slash and Burn Tourism. The pitch was, like the traditional but destructive tradition of slash and burn agriculture, there are many destinations in the world that ...
World Traveler? Forget the Bloodmobile
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in General, International living/working, Long-term travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Making a difference | 4 Comments »It’s not just gay heroin addicts from Gabon who get shown the door at the bloodmobile. If you are a world traveler, your blood is probably not wanted, at least by the American Red Cross anyway. My latest Tripso column was ...
Friday Round-up of Good Travel News
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, General, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Making a difference, Travel books | 2 Comments »1) Outside magazine has stopped including any subscription insert cards in all subscription copies, starting with its March "green" issue. This will save an estimated 1,500 trees, according to the magazine. "We've had huge gains online," Paul Rolnick, consumer marketing ...
On Being an Eco-Friendly Traveler
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Long-term travel, Making a difference, Travel gear, Travel industry | 3 Comments »I wrote a piece for Transitions Abroad this past December on being an eco-friendly traveler. Along the lines of this rant about carbon credit offsets, my intention was to get across the idea that easy fixes and single actions are ...
Carbon Offsets are a Joke
Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in Making a difference, Travel industry, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 11 Comments »I have been doing a lot of traveling the past two months and therefore a lot of catching up on stacks of magazines. It seems that everybody and their brother has felt a need to do a "green issue" lately ...
