TOPIC: GREEN TRAVEL (23)
Green Travel Choice
http://www.greentravelchoice.comWhether it is your next trip overseas or just a ride downtown: Green Travel Choice gives responsible travelers a simple and effective way to make informed travel choices. Green Travel Choice on your iPhone provides you with transparency to make an informed travel choice while on the road taking CO2 emissions into consideration.
Green Hotels Association
http://greenhotels.com"Green" Hotels Association's® purpose is to bring together hotels interested in environmental issues. From adding "Drinking water served on request only" to the menu to installing new HVAC systems, and with every measure in between, "Green" Hotels Association® encourages, promotes and supports the "greening" of the lodging industry.
Starfish Volunteers
http://www.starfishvolunteers.comAt Starfish Volunteers we believe in enriching lives through responsible travel. As soon as you begin your travel adventure with us you will be assisting in developing the local community through your chosen project. All of the experiences that we offer have been carefully selected to not only ensure that they benefit the community, but also to give you a lasting lifetime experience and memories. We operate at a grassroots level, in-country, so that we can continue to offer you the best travel adventures out there.
Meaningful Trip
http://www.meaningfultrip.comMeaningful travel is experiential, socially-responsible travel allowing travelers to make a difference and give back. Tours address and lend financial support to global development issues (women’s empowerment, youth, education, health, poverty-alleviation and social justice) in the countries we operate. Sometimes meaningful travel may include volunteer travel; however, the majority of times it does not.
GOOD Travel
http://good-travel.orgGOOD Travel inspires travelers and tourism businesses to transform one of the world’s largest industries into a force for GOOD. We believe in giving back to the places we visit, connecting with the communities we meet, and learning from the journey. We're currently focused on two key projects: An online GOOD business directory and GOOD Travel tours.
Green Traveler Guides
http://greentravelerguides.comWelcome to GTG, an award-winning green travel website and e-guide publisher. We invite you to follow us to the world’s very best eco-friendly travel—best eating, sleeping, seeing & doing. Trust us, we don’t guide you anywhere we haven’t been.
Responsibletravel.com
http://www.responsibletravel.comWe're committed to spreading the word about responsible travel, because we know that it makes a real difference to local people and the environment. Not only that, you can be sure that your own experience will be all the more enjoyable for it!
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
http://www.ecotourism.orgTIES is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting ecotourism. Founded in 1990, TIES has been in the forefront of the development of ecotourism, providing guidelines and standards, training, technical assistance, research and publications. TIES' global network of ecotourism professionals and travelers is leading the efforts to make tourism a viable tool for conservation, protection of bio-cultural diversity, and sustainable community development.
