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A Week Without the Car: A Case Study
Could you live without your car for a week? You might be surprised at how much better you'd feel for adopting a fitter and more eco-friendly lifestyle....
A Week Working from Home: A Case Study
Could you work from home every day, week in week out? Keen to be green, one office worker gives it a try....
Airports and the Environment
An overview of the sorts of environmental problems faced by airports and the positive contributions they can make to reducing the overall impact of air travel....
Algae: The Future of Biofuels?
Work to produce biofuel from algae – one of the planet’s oldest types of plant – may hold the key to meeting our transport needs in the future....
Alternative Fuels
An overview of some of the more common alternative fuels – principally for road transport – their advantages and uses in a UK context....
Alternative Transport
Introducing a few ideas for alternative ways to get around on holiday, to suit both the adventurous and not-so adventurous traveller looking for a bit of a change....
An Eco Travelling Fact Sheet
Find out the basics of eco travel with our great factsheet, and see what you can do to support a responsible approach to travelling....
Are Biofuels Really the Way Ahead?
Despite general agreement over the benefits of biofuels, a range of concerns have recently emerged from some surprising sources. What are the worries – and what does the future hold?...
Are Car Clubs Better For The Environment?
Just because you sometimes need to drive somewhere, you don’t necessarily have to have your own car to do it; car clubs can offer an eco-friendly alternative for essential trips....
Back Packing and Gap Years
Planning an eco-friendly back packing trip which allows the experience without the environmental cost, looking at practical alternatives for the traditional teenage travel-fest....
Bicycle Safety Equipment
Knowing how to choose and use safety equipment to its best is essential to keep eco-conscious cyclists safe on the increasingly busy roads of Britain....
Bus or Train?
A few of the pros and cons of road and rail public transport from the perspective of the green commuter seeking a “horses for courses” travel solution....
Buses Fuelled by Waste
Fuelling buses with waste sounds rather too good to be true, but between bio-diesel, biogas and hydrogen fuel cells, the idea is fast becoming a reality....
Buying Eco-friendly Souvenirs
How to ensure that your souvenirs are as eco-friendly as you want them to be and avoid some of the common offerings made from protected or endangered species....
Canal and Boating Holidays
An overview of holidays afloat in Britain and further a-field, the variety of options available and why boating and the environment make very comfortable bedfellows....
Car Pooling
An introduction to the idea of car pooling, looking at the benefits to the environment, the individual and the employer of encouraging the use of multiple-occupancy vehicles....
Carbon Offsetting
An introduction to carbon offsetting, the underlying concept, typical schemes, common criticisms, the difficulties of verification in an unregulated market and the current UK moves to counter these pr...
Choose the Best Method for Your Journey
Some of the factors involved in selecting the most eco-friendly transport for a journey, including energy efficiency, vehicle occupancy and using a mix of different methods to maximum benefit....
Choosing the Right Bicycles
The main types of bicycles currently available, their features and uses as a guide to selecting the best one to meet your eco-friendly transport needs....
Community Transport Schemes
Community schemes complement existing public services and can provide the solution to an area’s green transport needs where otherwise local demand is simply not met....
Conservation Volunteers
Conservation volunteering, the rise of the working holidays, the variety of opportunities available and their role in helping to offset the impact of travel....
Cutting Pollution to Waterways
Looking at some of the areas for potential waterway pollution and the sorts of measures available to boaters and other waterway users to minimise the environmental risk....
Cycling Tours
With the popularity of cycling holidays growing, from Taunton to Timbuktu, there’s never been a better time to see the world from the saddle....
Does Air Travel Pollute?
A discussion of some of the pollution issues in aviation, centred on carbon and its place in the wider emissions context, with some suggestions regarding effective offsetting criteria....
Does the Type of Aircraft Matter?
Examining some of the issues surrounding comparisons of fuel usage and carbon emissions between aircraft, the difficulties involved and the implications for achieving accurate carbon offsetting....
Does Working From Home Really Work?
Looking at the environmental benefits of working from home, together with some of the practical and social implications of successful teleworking for employer and employee....
Eco Friendly Camping Holidays
Find out how you could make an eco-frindly camping trip even greener....
Eco Hotels Around the World
Make a break for it and get back to nature with our guide to some of the best eco hotels around the world....
Eco-Commuting
An overview of the options available to commuters in urban and rural areas to reduce the environmental impact of their necessary daily journey to work....
Eco-Friendly Driving
How to reduce the impact of car ownership, including examples of eco-friendly vehicles, less polluting fuels and suggestions for improving conventional fuel economy....
Eco-Friendly Holiday Health
Some of the precautions and natural solutions available to deal with possible holiday health problems in a natural and environmentally friendly way....
Eco-Friendly Holidays
Selected examples of some of the best eco-friendly holidays from Britain and around the world, including walking, cycling, horse-riding, active project participation, safaris, whale-watching and more ...
Eco-Friendly Packing
How considering what we pack in – and leave out of – our suitcases can make a contribution to offsetting the overall environmental impact of any trip....
Eco-Photography
Examining some of the issues involved in eco-friendly photography, including the digital –v- developing debate and the relevance of this approach to mainstream and niche holidays....
Electric Cars
Whether electric cars will ultimately replace conventional cars remains to be seen, but they certainly do have many advantages to offer the modern city dweller....
Electric Scooters
For short journeys, it’s hard to beat the latest generation of electric scooters; cheap to run, clean to use and down-right good fun, they’re a great way to get about....
Ethical Tourism
How the concept of ethical tourism can help reduce the environmental impact of global travel, while actively benefiting the local economy of the area visited....
Family Holidays
Some of the options available for eco-friendly family holidays, at home and abroad, including traditional seaside and farm breaks together with the slightly more exotic and unusual....
Five of the Best Eco Travel Holiday Ideas
Fancy a green getaway? Our summary of five of the best eco-travel ideas will give you some food for thought....
Fuel Use and Carbon Emissions
The importance of fuel use in carbon emissions, some of the problems in making comparisons between different forms of transport and the use of energy efficiency in reducing environmental impact....
Getting to the Airport
How to make sure that whichever means of transport you use to get to the airport, it remains as green as possible all the way to the gate....
High Speed 1
The new high speed cross channel line offers faster journeys to Europe and improved access from the rest of the UK making rail travel an increasingly convenient alternative to flying....
How Big is Your Carbon Footprint?
The practical implications of the carbon footprint, the factors which contribute to it and how we can mitigate it, as individuals, while still being able to lead full lives....
How Does a Fuel Cell Work?
The clean promise of fuel cells has made them widely tipped as the future of transport; despite their high-tech image, the basic principle is surprisingly simple....
Hybrid Cars
An introduction to hybrid cars, including a simple guide to the main benefits of the technology in terms of fuel economy, energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions....
Ideas for a European Cycling Holiday
Pedal off into the sunset under your own steam on a European cycling holiday. Get inspired with our guide....
Is Public Transport Always Best?
Public transport has well established green credentials, but this does not automatically make it the best solution for all circumstances; looking at how we can play to its strengths....
Is Your Journey Necessary?
The growing problem of unnecessary journeys – typically short and made by car – and some of the ways in which they can be avoided or reduced....
Low Impact Holidays
How to lower the impact of your holiday by careful travel planning and ensuring that where you stay really is as eco-friendly as you think it is....
Plane or Train?
Looking at the economic advantages of aviation and the environmental benefits of rail travel and how issues of cost, convenience and the environment are beginning to favour the train....
Problem With Long Haul Flights
The environmental problems of aviation, why long haul flights have been singled out for particular criticism and how much of it is fair....
Reducing Unnecessary Travel
Making fewer journeys – or travelling less far by harmful modes of transport – as a means of reducing carbon emissions and cutting pollution....
Reducing Your Impact
How taking a few simple measures to improve energy efficiency and make rational use of our waste can help mitigate the inevitable carbon-costs of our travel....
Selecting an Eco-Friendly Vehicle
Examining the benefits of some of the main types of eco-friendly vehicles available in the UK, including those using alternative fuels, efficient conventional models, electric vehicles and hybrid cars...
Selecting the Right Hotel
How to avoid the green-wash and ensure that your hotel is as environmentally friendly as you would want it to be; an eco-conscious-traveller’s guide to avoiding the pitfalls....
Selecting the Right Travel Agent
How to ensure that your travel agency is as eco-friendly as you would like it to be; some of the questions to consider as a responsible traveller....
Selecting the Right Travel Company
Suggestions on selecting the most eco-friendly travel company for your trip, be it mainstream or specialised, including some of the questions to ask and the value of external endorsements....
Selecting Your Airline
How to choose an airline, when we have a choice, which is the least environmentally damaging, given that there are times when flying is the only realistic way to travel....
Staying Safe on Public Transport
Setting out some of the simple, practical precautions which travellers can use to help themselves feel confident about reducing the risk to their safety on public transport....
Ten of the Best Eco Travel Hotels
Get some ideas for your next green getaway with our guide to five of the best eco-hotels....
The Benefits of Boats
Some of the direct and indirect environmental benefits of boats and the important role played by leisure boating in maintaining marine and freshwater habitats....
The Benefits of Rail Travel
Examining the environmental advantages of trains, together with some of their less well-known benefits and why increasing numbers of passengers are returning to rail....
The Hidden Cost of Travel
The debate over travel and tourism has often centred on aviation and global warming. While these issues are clearly important, there are other hidden social and environmental costs too....
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
The lack of immediacy of globally iconic environmental effects has long-been a sticking-point for the green movement; how a local approach can begin to overcome the problem....
Tibet by Train
While the question of travelling to Tibet remains a vexed one, for those who choose to visit, the new Qinghai-Tibet railway provides a trip along the roof of the world....
Travelling for Business
The options currently open to the environmentally aware business traveller and how the continued rise of information technology could help remove the need for businessmen to travel at all....
Try Out a Yurt Holiday
If you like the idea of camping but don't fancy sleeping in a tent, a yurt holiday could be just the thing for you....
Two Wheels or Four?
How motorcycles and scooters fare in the eco-stakes compared with cars, why criticism has been levelled at them and where recent developments in legislation and manufacturing may help....
What is the Future of Eco Travel?
The future of eco travel is undoubtedly bright, and by putting pressure on the travel industry we can keep it burning....
Why Catch the Bus?
Looking at some of the environmental benefits of using the bus and how future developments, particularly in fuels, could make a real difference to transport in our towns and cities....
Why I Only Cycle to Work: A Case Study
For years, lecturer Lloyd Gruber lived too far away from his job to cycle to work. But when he moved to London, that all changed. Now he finds that his daily cycles have had a positive impact on his h...
Why is Eco Travel Important?
Eco travel is critical, helping to inform, conserve and support both people and places. Read on to find out how you can do your bit....
Why Plant a Tree?
The benefits of trees in collecting and locking up carbon, some of the criticisms of woodlands as a means of carbon offset and why tree-planting remains worthwhile....
Working Holidays
How working holidays can help reconcile caring for the environment with the desire to travel and some of the variety of opportunities available at home and overseas....