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General Resources for Green Travel
In addition t o the r esources for Los Angeles list ed above, the f ollowing web-
sites provide valuable wide-ranging information on sustainable travel. For a list
of even more sustainable resources, as well as tips and explanations on how to
travel greener, visit www.frommers.com/planning.
• Responsible Travel
(www.responsibletravel.com) is a g reat source of sustain-
able travel ideas; the sit e is run b y a spokesperson f or ethical t ourism in the
travel industr y.
Sustainable Travel In ternational
(www.sustainabletravel
international.org) promotes ethical t ourism practices, and manages an ex ten-
sive directory of sustainable pr operties and t our operators around the w orld.
• In the U.K.,
Tourism Concern
(www.tourismconcern.org.uk) works to reduce
social and environmental problems connected to tourism. The
Association
of Independen t Tour Oper ators ( AITO)
(w ww.aito.co.uk) is a g roup of
specialist operators leading the field in mak ing holidays sustainable.
• I n Canada,
www.greenlivingonline.com
offers extensive content on ho w
to travel sustainably, including a tra vel and transpor t section and pr ofiles
of the best g reen shops and ser vices in Toronto, Vancouver, and C algary.
• In A ustralia, the national body which sets guidelines and standar ds f or
ecotourism is
Ecotourism Australia
(www.ecotourism.org.au).
The Green
Directory
(w ww.thegreendirectory.com.au),
Green Pages
(w ww.thegreen
pages.com.au), and
Eco Directory
(www.ecodirectory.com.au) offer sustain-
able travel tips and dir ectories of g reen businesses.
•
Carbonfund
(www.carbonfund.org),
TerraPass
(w ww.terrapass.org), and
Carbon Neutral
(w ww.carbonneutral.org) pr ovide inf o on “carbon off set-
ting,” or off setting the g reenhouse gas emitt ed during flights .
•
Greenhotels
(www.greenhotels.com) r ecommends g reen-rated member
hotels around the world that fulfill the c ompany's stringent environmental
requirements.
Environmentally F riendly Hotels
(w ww.environmentally
friendlyhotels.com) offers mor e g reen ac commodation ratings. The
Hotel
Association of C anada
(w ww.hacgreenhotels.com) has a Gr een Key Ec o-
Rating Program, which audits the en vironmental performance of Canadian
hotels, motels, and r esorts.
•
Sustain Lane
(www.sustainlane.com) lists sustainable eating and drink ing
choices around the U.S.; also visit
www.eatwellguide.org
for tips on eating
sustainably in the U .S. and C anada.
• For information on animal-friendly issues throughout the world, visit
Tread
Lightly
(w ww.treadlightly.org). For information about the ethics of swim-
ming with dolphins , visit the
Whale and Dolphin C onservation Society
(www.wdcs.org).
•
Volunteer In ternational
(www.volunteerinternational.org) has a list of
questions to help you determine the intentions and the natur e of a v olun-
teer pr ogram. F or general inf o on v olunteer tra vel, visit
www.volunteer
abroad.org
and
www.idealist.org
.
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