| During the last decade or so, there has been a lot of | | | | exploring the country through less harmful means of |
| talk about climate change and the adverse effects of | | | | travel. Take trains, buses or a car instead of taking |
| rapid technological development. For about a year or | | | | domestic flights. Bicycles and own two feet are also |
| so now, climate change has taken the forefront in | | | | a great way to explore, get an up, close and |
| the political arenas as well and more leaders are | | | | personal feel of the culture and meet the locals. - |
| talking freely about taking care of our planet. What | | | | There are organizations, businesses as well as |
| we all do need to realize is that action needs to be | | | | charities, which help off-set the emissions caused by |
| taken starting right from the individual level. During | | | | your journey for a contribution to their cause. |
| the last few years, economy airlines have opened a | | | | Normally a one way flight from New york to Miami |
| new door for people to venture out and travel to all | | | | will result in 0.39 tonnes of CO2 emission and the |
| the different parts of the world. This has resulted in | | | | cost to offset this CO2 will be around 6 dollars. |
| a windfall for many developing countries but has a | | | | These organizations can also help you become |
| serious draw back attached to it. According to a | | | | carbon neutral in other areas of your life like |
| report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate | | | | household and car etc. For more info visit sites like |
| Change, commercial aircrafts contribute between 3 to | | | | Mostly, these organizations either arrange for tree |
| 4 percent to the overall human impact on climate | | | | plantation or invest in sustainable energy and energy |
| change Tourism is a great industry, not only for the | | | | saving projects. With close to one billion tourists |
| economies of countries but also for the traveler. | | | | traveling around the globe each year, the need is to |
| Climate change is real too and is already showing | | | | find ways to bring our vacations in line with |
| itself in the melting glaciers, shorter snow seasons | | | | ecotourism. Plan your trip thoroughly and try to find |
| and unpredictable weather changes. There are ways | | | | locations that offer green travel opportunities, look |
| in which we can minimize our contribution towards | | | | for hotels that follow the basic rules of environment |
| global warming. Here are a few tips for | | | | friendliness. Use public transport for sightseeing trips |
| environmentally travelers. - It's nice to see far off | | | | etc, or hire a hybrid car if you have to. Choosing a |
| lands and different culture but its worth considering | | | | green destination would only make sense if it comes |
| the idea of exploring your own continent or county | | | | without the tag of heavy carbon emissions, not only |
| first. May be by the time you are done venturing | | | | from our trip there, but also in the way we choose |
| your close by destinations, they would have come up | | | | to stay there and venture about. Travel and enjoy |
| with a 'green' source to take you farther away. - If | | | | your travels as well, but make sure you leave only |
| you do need to travel to a destination by plane; try | | | | your footprints behind and not a long carbon trail. |