Eco-Travel
Carbon Footprints Of Top 100 Metro Areas Researched By Brookings May 30th, 2008
Large metro areas offer greater energy and carbon efficiency than nonmetropolitan areas, and metro areas have development patterns that show promise for reducing carbon emissions, according to a new report (PDF) from The Brookings Institution....more
NY Botanic Gardens To Benefit From $25million Gift May 29th, 2008
New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, announced this week that two New York gardens are set to receive a $25million donation - the largest private donation in city history for the "greening" of New York. $10million will...more
Bicycle Film Festival Kicks off in NY May 28th, 2008
The eighth annual Bicycle Film Festival begins in New York tonight, before touring around the US and across the world. The Festival celebrates all styles of bikes and biking, from Tall Bike Jousting through to Recumbents,...more
Florida Launches Green Travel Site May 28th, 2008
Florida’s state park system is one of the largest in the country, with 161 parks spanning nearly 700,000 acres and 100 miles of beach, and all offering much more than Disneyworld ever can. The parks,...more
World's Ten Best Biking Trails May 28th, 2008
National Geographic compiles a list of ten best bike trails
This list comes from a travel guide that National Geographic released, called, Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips. For you world travelers out there, you better get started...! 1. Route Verte (Canada) 2....more
Seattle Incentivizes Residents To Ditch Their Cars May 27th, 2008
While John McCain and Hillary Clinton are looking to a summer gas tax holiday to ease the pain Americans are feeling at the pump, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, a leader in the push to get...more
Our Radical Gas-Saving Tip: Drive 55 (or whatever the speed limit is) May 23rd, 2008
Memorial Day Weekend is coming and -- in spite of crazy high gas prices -- more Americans than ever are planning to get away by car. But hey, it doesn't have to cost as much...more
Pedal-Powered Ecocabs Reach Streets Of Stockholm May 22nd, 2008
The Ecocab, that jazzy three-wheeled improvement on the older pedicab/rickshaw idea, debuted the first of May in Toronto and has been seen in cities such as Dublin and in Berlin for last year's World Cup....more
34% Of Biz Travelers Seek Out Green Lodgings May 20th, 2008
U.S. business travelers are increasingly making daily choices to reduce their environmental impact, and they have specific expectations about the green practices hotels should be adopting today, according to a recent survey commissioned by Deloitte....more
Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel May 16th, 2008
In partnership with Airbus, JetBlue Airways, and International Aero Engines, UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, and Honeywell Aerospace will study the use of sustainable biofuel in commercial aircraft, Honeywell announced. In response to demands across...more
