For anyone looking for a holiday plus something more, here is a great option – a volunteer vacation. From the Travel section of the Saturday, February 2, 2008, Toronto Star, front page and pages T8-T9, is this article about the rewards of a vacation based on volunteerism:
Volunteer Vacation – Cook Islands
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
Painting, helping kids to [...]
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Travelling With a Difference: Volunteering Vacation
Posted in community, giving back, peace, volunteering, tagged community, customs and culture, holiday, peace through service, travel, travel with a difference, volunteer vacation on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How to Fly Without Guilt
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green living, take action, what you can do, tagged air travel, airline industry, airlines, aviation, biofuels, business travel, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, climate change, CO2, environment, global warming, green, greenhouse gas emissions, Plane Stupid, train travel, travel, vacations, zero out on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Next Flight: Less than Carbon Zero?
by Ginny Figlar
Getting on that big-ol’ jet airliner is less of a guilt trip when your share of that jet’s carbon emissions is zero. Ante up for carbon offsets offered by some airlines and travel sites, and you’ll effectively “zero out” your portion of the carbon emissions that result from [...]
