odysseus the traveller: The Story of Bottled Water (2010)
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9 Ways You Can Make a Difference as a Sustainable Traveler
1) Walk
It’s not only good for the environment and your budget, it’s good for you. Traveling is often disastrous to exercise routines; the opportunity to walk to meetings, attractions, restaurants and activities is almost universal in major cities. It saves money, spares pollution, helps you live longer, and is by far the best way to experience any locale.
2) Ride public transportation
When walking isn’t practical public transit is the next best option. Buses, trams, trains and the like are available and convenient in hundreds of the world’s major cities. Often they are an intrinsic part of the experience: If you haven’t ridden the Tube, you haven’t been to
3) Recreate
Recreation is a broad term ranging from simple strolling to activities that burn more fossil fuel than Army tanks. Use your own two hands and feet—pedal, paddle, hike, glide, ski, skate and swing your way around the world’s playgrounds.
4) Don’t fly your food
The old axiom that you are what you eat is better expressed as, we are what we eat. Virtually everyone dines three times a day; making sure that your menu selections favor local ingredients spares the environment, supports local producers, yields better and more healthy food, and exposes you to another crucial part of local culture. Having lobster in
5) Don’t buy flying souvenirs
Chotchkes are often made in
6) Reuse your towels
Seems like most of the world’s hotel rooms now offer guests the choice of reusing towels and linens. Take this option. There are more than 4.5 million hotel rooms in the
7) Take short showers
Not only does hot water use energy, a large portion of the world’s resorts are in areas where water is scarce, such as
8) Use glass, not plastic
Oh, those plastic bottles—6 percent of earth’s hydrocarbon consumption is for beverage bottles. It’s millions of bottles per hour in North America and
9) Recycle, reuse, reduce
The three linchpins of environmental sustainability are just as valid on the road as at home. If there isn’t a recycle bin in your hotel room, ask the staff. Look for them in the airport. Pass your morning paper on to another traveler. I carry my own shopping bags, which add a whopping 2 percent to the weight and volume in my luggage. I carry my own coffee cup, too, which is not only sustainable, it keeps my coffee warm longer than a paper cup.
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