EcoEscape is an online green trip planner for travels in the UK.The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) offers training and resources for sustainable travel
and so does the Nature Conservancy.
Now, I tend to shy away from these things. Maybe it's growing up in Colorado, but I have never had the drive to travel to far away places and look at a mountain or something. Maybe it's a lack of adventurous spirit. Or maybe it's the 1990 trip to Cave of the Winds, where a well-meaning tourguide sternly told our group that we shouldn't touch anything, that our very breathing destroyed the caves a little bit. Sensitive five year old that I was, I tried to hold my breath most of the tour... aaaaaand suddenly you have a very unhappy five year old.
I still remember a guide in the Sahara desert complaining about the Czech tourists throwing water bottles straight into the sand. Cool to see the desert, but even careful me probably had a huge impact on the environment just by living there. Still, I'm happy I'll die having seen the Sahara. It's all a balance I guess.
On another note, the Lapa Rios Ecolodge in Costa Rica is powered by pig feces.
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