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Green Travel

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How to Travel Greener, When We Can Travel

Every choice you make has an impact. You and your family can make a difference in the environment when travelling, based on how you choose to spend your money, so you travel green(er)! Calgarian Tatiana Teevens, cofounder of Adventure With Purpose – a tour agency focused on conservation, education and
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4 Eco-Friendly Personal Care Products to Use Instead of Hotel Toiletries

It’s easy to be kinder to the environment while travelling if you and your family use eco-friendly personal care products instead of hotel toiletries. Notwithstanding the advantages of reduced plastic use, going natural benefits not just the environment, but people too. Here are five greener personal care products that can
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Chicago - The Crown Fountain in Millenium Park was in constant movement as the facial expressions changed. Photo Denise Davy
How Chicago Became a True Eco-Tourist Town

Chicago is well known for its gorgeous blue lakefront but a lesser-known fact is that it’s also gone green. Yes, the city with the third-largest population in the States, filled with magnificent architecture and a fascinating crime history is also at the forefront of eco-conscious tourism. Chicago committed to going
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Reduce Your Environmental Footprint While on Holiday
Reduce Your Environmental Footprint While on Holiday

For Calgarian Tatiana Teevens, there is nothing more magical and inspiring than going swimming with whale sharks and seeing how incredibly beautiful the oceans are. “That is going to move people to protect them. What is going to change the world is when individuals become fiercely passionate about protecting our
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Churchill Manitoba - Frontiers North Adventures Pop Up Lodge - Daytime tours on tundra buggies bring tourists to the bears - Photo Carol Patterson
The View Is White (and Green) at This Pop-up Lodge in Churchill’s Polar Bear Territory

People have heard of pop-up restaurants and pop-up boutiques but a pop-up lodge in Canada’s backcountry? That’s what happens each fall when Frontiers North Adventures (FNA) hauls its Tundra Buggies (think school bus crossed with dump truck) into the path of hungry polar bears near Churchill, Manitoba and sets up
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Tips for Keeping Your Cool When Travelling in Extreme Heat!

There’s a lot of wonky weather these days. Environment Canada has posted heat warnings in southeastern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, following similar warnings in Quebec and Ontario. Europe, the U.S. and the Arctic saw recent record-breaking heat, and July 2019 went down as Earth’s hottest month on record. How
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Travel Green How to Be an Eco-Friendlier Traveller
Travel Green: How to Be an Eco-Friendlier Traveller

  You’re getting ready to head off for a vacation in paradise. But you’re hopping on a fume-emitting jumbo jet to get there. If you want to travel green, you’ll probably re-use your hotel towel and bed sheets. What else can you do to be eco-friendly while away from home?
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