How to Travel Lightly
One of the biggest questions I get from other nature lovers who travel is, “How do you justify traveling to beautiful natural locations, when the very act of getting there may contribute to their destruction?” That, unfortunately, is a fair question. I mean, I wish I could dismiss this question with a simple answer, however, the answer, as with many things in our world is truly complex.
First of all, there are many modes of transportation that can be used to get to a particular beautiful location ranging from highly polluting air-travel to more ecologically sound electric and bio-diesel transportation. Also, one of the major goals of showing these beautiful sites to people is the idea that showing them to people shows them the importance of preserving them and doing things that will ultimately be better to our planet.
Here are a few things I do to travel more lightly:
1) I offset the carbon for my travel methods. There are many places to do this online, but one of the best is SustainableTravel.com which actually allows you to get an exact dollar amount right on some airline websites based on your itinerary.
2) I only use one towel, washcloth, etc. for my entire stay in a hotel
3) I take only pictures and leave only footprints, which means packing out all trash and recyclables and not picking up natural souvenirs.
Do you have any tips to travel more lightly?
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One of the biggest questions I get from other nature lovers who travel is, “How do you justify traveling to beautiful natural locations, when the very act of getting there may contribute to their destruction?” That, unfortunately, is a fair question. I mean, I wish I could dismiss this question with a simple answer, however, the answer, as with many things in our world is truly complex.
First of all, there are many modes of transportation that can be used to get to a particular beautiful location ranging from highly polluting air-travel to more ecologically sound electric and bio-diesel transportation. Also, one of the major goals of showing these beautiful sites to people is the idea that showing them to people shows them the importance of preserving them and doing things that will ultimately be better to our planet.
Here are a few things I do to travel more lightly:
1) I offset the carbon for my travel methods. There are many places to do this online, but one of the best is SustainableTravel.com which actually allows you to get an exact dollar amount right on some airline websites based on your itinerary.
2) I only use one towel, washcloth, etc. for my entire stay in a hotel
3) I take only pictures and leave only footprints, which means packing out all trash and recyclables and not picking up natural souvenirs.
Do you have any tips to travel more lightly?
HD Videographer Video Cinematography Travel Relaxation+Media Color Light Video+Camera HVX200 HD+Shooter
