Articles tagged “Green Air Travel”

By Team Planet Green IN Supper Club Jan 1 2009

CHEF MICHAEL CHIARELLO - Chef Michael Chiarello is the tastemaker behind NapaStyle, Chiarello Family Vineyards, the Emmy winning Food Network series Easy Entertaining, and six cookbooks. The Food Network's Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello, for which Michael co-produced, wrote and... + READ MORE

Skip the Helicopter Tour, Climb into a Biodiesel Balloon

By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 19 2008

Helicopters, although great in life-saving situations and catching pesky bad guys, aren't that great when it comes to the environment. Chaa Creek an eco-resort in Belize offers helicopter rides. Many were baffled by this. Pablo from TriplePundit reckoned that a helicopter ride pollutes about 3x more than driving. + READ MORE

Choose a Green Airline

By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 12 2008

Many of us will fly this holiday season. We will spend hundreds of dollars on tickets, stand in long lines at the airports, be delayed for hours in Midwestern cities all to see our family. And You?ll probably feel like some sort of eco-abuser. + READ MORE

Have An Eco-Friendly Layover

By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 5 2008

The holiday season is here, and many of us will find ourselves at the airport, hardly a magical place. The airport is an institutionalized den of bustle. You might spend a lot of time laid-over at the airport, and it's not an eco-friendly place to be. You'll have to keep your senses sharp in order to maintain greenness. + READ MORE

5 Ways to Green Your Business Trip

By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 4 2008

Today's business travelers tend to be a bit more savvy and tactful. Many of them keep social and environmental issues in the forefront of their minds. For these neo-business people, I present these tips. + READ MORE

Pony Up for Carbon Offsets When You Book Flights Online

By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Nov 14 2008

There's a new option that's cropped up in the now-familiar process of booking a flight or travel plans online—and it's a green one. Some of the biggest online travel agencies are now offering a carbon offset purchase when you arrange a flight/car rental/hotel reservation. And you should use it—we all should be considering our carbon footprint when we travel. + READ MORE

5 Easy Eco Travel Tips That Make a Difference

By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 4 2008

Traveling for leisure is being scrutinized because airplane fuel is bad for the environment. Should we stop traveling? Probably not. Many of us need to travel for educational and business purposes. What we need to do is travel smarter. + READ MORE

Globetrot to an Eco-Paradise—Make Plans for Panama

By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 1 2008

When the average American only gets about two weeks of vacation a year, that much needed r & r is nothing short of a necessity. You can bet that sacrificing comfort and luxury is a hard pill to swallow for a very stressed population. But eco-traveling doesn't have to include sacrificing at all. When you're planning this year's getaway try Punta Caracol Acqua Lodge in Panama. + READ MORE

3 Ways to Fly Green With Eco-Smarter Business Travel

By Megan Cohen IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 30 2008

Airplanes are major contributors to the global carbon emissions equation, so it's greenest to try and reduce your business travel. However, if you do have to hop a flight, there are steps that you can take to make your trip a big gentler on the planet. Sometimes a telephone call or a video link-up with a client or a vendor just won't do, and you need to be there in person to get things done. When that happens, you can still make some green choices about how you travel that will help reduce your carbon footprint. + READ MORE

Greener Skies for the Airlines?

By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2008

The air travel industry has long been deemed an un-green one, and for good reason. Traveling by plane requires the burning of a huge load of fuel?and as of now, there?s nothing really that can be done to avoid it. But change is in the air (too many bad puns to choose from there): A number of incoming green minded innovations may help to reshape the industry. + READ MORE

Winglets Save Fuel

By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Aug 1 2008

Today as it stands, there are over 900 orders from airlines for the new Dreamliner, yet there is not one in sight and probably won't be for another 18 months or so. With gas prices soaring we need an angel, err... perhaps a pair of angels winglets will do. + READ MORE

Make Greener Choices for Your Vacation Journey and Destination

By Collin Dunn IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 8 2008

Choosing vacation destinations -- and deciding how to get there -- often involve many different considerations: time and money budgets; different interests of kids, parents, and friends; and the relative greenness of all your plans. Considering the environment, though, can actually make your travel planning easier. + READ MORE

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is Awesome but is it Safe?

By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 7 2008

Boeing's new engine has been tested at approximately 30% more fuel efficiency than a regular jet engine and also spews less carbon emissions in the process. Close to 3 percent of the worlds greenhouse gases are from airplane exhaust and those numbers are set to double in the next few years. + READ MORE

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint While Travelling

By Lloyd Alter IN Travel & Outdoors May 21 2008

I travel to New York a couple of times per year to meet my associates at Planet Green, and use the opportunity to try out ways to reduce my carbon footprint. This time, I decided to travel on my Stride bike. + READ MORE

Visit The Golden, Green City On The Cheap!

By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 15 2008

This is one in a series of tips from the book Go Green, Live Rich, by David Bach, which shows how reducing your footprint can increase your wealth.Get around in green style: San Fran is a walkable city but the Muni (the San Francisco Municipal Railway) also offers cheap, energy efficient ways to cruise around including... + READ MORE

Take The Bus, Instead of Flying

By Lloyd Alter IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 20 2008

Air travel may once have been glamorous and efficient, but it certainly isn't any more, and it isn't particularly good for the environment, putting out a lot more carbon dioxide per person than any other form of transport, high in the atmosphere where it does a lot more damage. With the environmental controversy,... + READ MORE

Find a Carbon-Offset Company You Can Trust

By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Jan 16 2008

"Carbon offsets" and "carbon-neutral" are phrases you'll hear getting tossed around a lot these days, but whether they're actually all cracked up to be is another bone of contention. Online calculators can help you estimate the amount of carbon dioxide your jetsetting or road-warrior habits are responsible for... + READ MORE

Reduce Airline Waste, Bring Your Own

By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 2 2007

Airlines in the United States throw away enough aluminum cans every year to build 58 new 747s, according to the National Resources Defense Council. You can also tote along your own SIGG or other reusable bottle to fill up with water on the plane (so you don't have to rely on those little plastic cups to stay hydrated), + READ MORE

Ease Your Public Transit Riding with Google Maps

By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Oct 18 2007

Google has upgraded Google Maps, integrating their handy Google Transit search into the more popular Google Maps. Japan (All regional and national rail networks, domestic airlines and ferries) + READ MORE