83341 314 Environment Green Living Green Travel & Outdoors true Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:01:48 -0800 /system/videos/6/41/33/08/83341.flv environment, green, carbon, emissions, lower, traveling, transportation, vacation, flying, holidays How To Travel Green http://www.howcast.com/videos/83341-How-To-Travel-Green http://www.howcast.com/videos/83341-How-To-Travel-Green/edit approved 142 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=83341"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=83341" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 12 mr_stewart http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/travel_green_hd_2_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 1462 false false false 49825 1 25 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/25.jpg Consider eco-friendly destinations Consider taking a vacation with a small carbon footprint. Options include traveling by rail to an area where you can get around without a car, staying in an eco-friendly resort that’s made of recycled building materials and uses renewable energy, or booking a working vacation through an organization like Ethical Volunteering.

]]> 49826 2 43 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/43.jpg Pack responsibly Pack as lightly as possible to minimize the fuel required for transportation. If every American packed 10 fewer pounds, it would save some 350 million gallons of fuel a year.

]]> 49827 3 54 Tip Bring along a canvas tote bag, a commuter coffee mug, and a water bottle so you don’t have to use plastic bags, Styrofoam cups, and bottled water on the road.

]]> 49828 4 62 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/62.jpg Turn off and turn down Unplug all your electronics and appliances when you leave home for your trip. Lower your thermostat and water heater.

]]> 49829 5 69 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/69.jpg Take public transportation Take public transportation wherever you can — to and from the airport or rail station, and at your destination. Or rent a hybrid car.

]]> 49830 6 78 Tip If you’re flying, go by day. Due to complicated scientific reasons, night flights actually produce a greater warming effect than day flights.

]]> 49831 7 85 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/85.jpg Pick a green hotel Reserve a room in an eco-friendly hotel. If there is no certified green lodging where you’re going, choose a nonsmoking hotel that allows guests to reuse their towels and linens, uses compact fluorescent lighting and nontoxic cleaning products, and helps guests recycle.

]]> 49832 8 101 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/101.jpg Use your own toiletries Ignore those little plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and lotion in favor of your own toiletries.

]]> 49833 9 108 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/108.jpg Turn off the lights Turn off every light when you leave your hotel. If you’re going to be gone all day, turn off the AC or lower the thermostat.

]]> 49834 10 116 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/116.jpg Don’t waste paper Take only the tourist pamphlets that you really want or need.

]]> 49835 11 120 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/83341/120.jpg Buy a carbon offset When you get home, counteract the carbon footprint you left by making a donation to a charity that helps reduce greenhouse gas, like climatetrust.org or nativeenergy.com.

]]> 49836 12 130 Fact Airplanes, with their carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and methane emissions, contribute up to 3% of the globe’s greenhouse gas pollution.

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