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Adrere Amellal An 11th century style mud-brick palace, in Egypt's untouched western desert with excellent eco credentials. more

This two week journey between Tanzania and Mozambique is eco honeymoon heaven. more

Rub shoulders with the film elite from East Africa, Asia and Europe at the 10 day Zanzibar film and arts festival more

New York to New Orleans From the Big Apple to the Big Easy, take a 1,400 mile ride on the 19 Crescent through 12 star-spangled states. more

Greenwash: Time for rail to raise its game and cut emissions

Rail operators get an easy ride over emissions – but they are often worse emitters than their aviation rivals. Travelling by train is the green way to go. In the month when the government seems set on railroading us into a third Heathrow runway, even ministers will agree on that. You can "travel greener" with Arriva to Wales. Or hop aboard Eurostar, which claims to "generate 10 times less CO2 than flying" to Paris. Or emit "78% less" than flying if you take one of Virgin's tilting Pendolino trains to Glasgow. more
Eco Future

Adapting to the impacts of climate change will be a painful process for people around the world. Adapting our homes and habits to the floods droughts, storms, rising sea levels and hotter summers it heralds wil mean giving up things we care about and the places we love. This year's U Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports show that rising globa temperatures will alter the geography of where we live, whether it is in cities, floo plains or the coast. How and where the next generation will move is a major issu for international governments, even if they don't know it yet more

Bragging Rights

While much of the world might have a hard time finding Bulgaria on a map of the world, to native Bulgarians their nation is no less than birthplace of all worthwhile things.* As an American in Bulgaria, I am subject to frequent history and science lessons of questionable accuracy, designed to better inform me of both the former influence and suffering of this nation. more
Foreign Aid: ENGO's or ENJOYS?

Water buffalo drink from a nearby lake. Barefoot children play cricket on the dusty street. Native monkeys roam wildly with goats and chickens, the odd tuk- tuk whizzes by tsunami-damaged huts, burnt out general stores and heart wrenching poverty. And NGO/ foreign aid sign posts. Heaps of them. They line the streets like fence palings.more

Volunteers Begin To Ask Questions

International development charity VSO recently cautioned young people taking a gap year abroad that it may be better to travel rather than to take up spurious voluntary work in developing countries.The escape from structure and routine that travelling provides is such an important breath of fresh air for young people who have just left the education system. more
Package Travelling: A Last Resort

With the summer drawing to a close, a few friends and I traveled to the popular seaside town of Albena, located about 30 kilometers north of Varna. No claim to ignorance can be made regarding the nature of this place, which has been well known over time as the playground of Russians, East Germans, and now simply rich Europeans looking for a patch of sand in a resort catering to them. With a spot in a sports camp staying in cheap bungalows for a week, I managed cheaply; most people can expect to pay close to Western prices, however, for food and accommodation. more

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Chalalan, Bolivia
A pioneering effort in Bolivian eco-tourism – entirely owned and managed by the indigenous Quechua-Tacana people. 100% of the profits stay in the community, demonstrating that economic development is achievable by protecting the forest, not exploiting it. more

Cairo’s Metropolis. more

Walking the Lycian Way. more

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