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Jan 27, 20201 min read

Go heli-hiking from a polar vessel with a low eco-footprint

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Jan 24, 20201 min read

China becomes latest country to announce ban on single-use plastics

Jan 21, 20201 min read

Bruges' first electric tourist boat has set sail

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Jan 21, 20201 min read

Lonely Planet Experiences are a new way to explore the world

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Jan 20, 20202 min read

These ski chalets will reduce your bill if you make sustainable choices

Tourists and a passenger boat in shallow water at Moorea Island.

Jan 17, 20205 min read

A date with the ocean in Mo'orea, French Polynesia

People planting in between mountains

Jan 16, 20202 min read

Peru launches massive reforestation programme at Machu Picchu

A woman with a hat walking along a shopping street in Bangkok

Jan 15, 20202 min read

Thailand bans single-use plastic bags

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Jan 14, 20205 min read

The beautiful French Polynesian island you've never heard of

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Jan 9, 20202 min read

Barcelona is banning older vehicles from entering Europe’s largest low emissions zone

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Jan 8, 20201 min read

Travelling by train in Germany has just got cheaper

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Jan 7, 20207 min read

Astrotourists love these Dark Sky Communities for urban stargazing

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Jan 5, 20202 min read

Visit two new countries by train in 2020 with a Eurail Global Pass

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Jan 3, 20201 min read

Palau introduces ban on sunscreens that could harm coral reefs

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Dec 23, 20197 min read

How climate change is forcing the travel blogging industry to evolve

Dec 14, 20191 min read

You'll soon be able to munch on public fruits in Copenhagen

Dec 12, 20195 min read

Is Victoria Falls drying up?

A pair of Euro coins sits on a Etats Schengen visa along with a maroon passport stuffed with paper Euro bills.

Dec 11, 20195 min read

How to budget for a trip around the world

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Nov 29, 20191 min read

The Queen wants to hire a director of travel to help make royal journeys more eco-friendly

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Nov 26, 20192 min read

Stay in this Australian eco cabin designed by Matthew McConaughey

Nov 25, 20194 min read

Three sustainable ways to experience the Everglades

A condor flies in front of the moon in front of rock formations at the Pinnacles National Park.

Nov 24, 20195 min read

Call of nature: 9 rewilding schemes you can visit in the USA

Nov 21, 20192 min read

This budget airline plans to operate net-zero carbon flights by offsetting fuel emissions

Michinoku Shiokaze Trail in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

Nov 19, 20198 min read

Why Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail is the best hike I’ve ever done

Nov 19, 20192 min read

Now there's an easier way to explore Copenhagen's neighbourhoods

Visitor riding an elephant in front of Angkor Wat

Nov 19, 20192 min read

Cambodia is ending elephant rides at Angkor Wat

Nov 18, 20191 min read

How Eurostar plans to become more eco-friendly

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Nov 14, 20192 min read

Faroe Islands will (temporarily) close to tourists again in 2020 but here's how you can still visit

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Nov 14, 20191 min read

Greta Thunberg is hitching a ride across the Atlantic with a YouTube family

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Nov 13, 20191 min read

You might need to pay to visit one of Italy’s most famous beaches

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Nov 6, 20192 min read

Is this the greenest way to see the Northern Lights in Svalbard?

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Nov 1, 20193 min read

From Machu Picchu to Notre Dame: 25 of the world's at-risk cultural places

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Oct 25, 20192 min read

These new rules hope to reduce crowds on the Pacific Crest Trail

Oct 23, 20192 min read

San Francisco's busiest street is set to undergo a radical transformation

The biodomes of the Eden Project

Oct 18, 20192 min read

Cornwall's Eden Project to be powered by the 'hot rocks' beneath it

Oct 17, 20194 min read

How to minimise your impact when flying

Oct 16, 20197 min read

Talkin’ trash: 6 beach cleans you can join in cities around the world

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Oct 15, 20192 min read

These images highlight the terrible beauty of Greenland’s disappearing ice

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Oct 7, 20191 min read

Take a trip on the first hybrid electric cruise ship

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Oct 4, 20192 min read

Airbnb wants to help travellers interact ethically with animals

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Oct 4, 20195 min read

Guide to sustainable shopping on the Yucatán Peninsula

A gondola travels under the crowded Ponte della Paglia bridge in Venice.

Sep 27, 20197 min read

8 ways to avoid breaking Venice's tourist rules

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Sep 26, 20192 min read

New data helps carbon-conscious travellers choose when to take a train

Sep 24, 20192 min read

Airbnb is sending travellers on an all-expenses paid trip to Antarctica

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Sep 18, 20192 min read

Discover why this airline is replacing its Brussels flight with a high-speed train

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Sep 18, 20192 min read

You can reduce your carbon footprint and travel light with this self-cleaning t-shirt

Man fly fishing on the banks of river surrounded with the fall colours in Montana.

Sep 16, 20194 min read

Alone with the river: the world's best places for fly fishing

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Sep 11, 20193 min read

A more peaceful National Park experience could be coming soon

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Sep 8, 20192 min read

The couple travelling all over the world - without ever boarding a plane

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Sep 6, 20192 min read

Strap in: a "polar coaster" could be heading for the US

Sep 5, 20195 min read

Experience the mysteries of Chachapoya

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Sep 3, 20192 min read

Prince Harry defends use of private jets at the launch of his sustainable travel program

Aug 30, 20192 min read

Great Barrier Reef's outlook downgraded to 'very poor'

Aug 30, 20192 min read

What travellers need to know as Hurricane Dorian intensifies

A surfer, with board under his right arm, walks alone along a beach at Robertsport; the beach is backed by verdant forest, while rolling waves crash on the beach

Aug 29, 20196 min read

A guide to Liberia – West Africa's least explored state

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Aug 27, 20197 min read

Malawi's wildlife renaissance

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Aug 23, 20191 min read

California is building the world's biggest wildlife crossing

Aug 21, 20192 min read

French tourists could face six years in prison for taking sand from a Sardinian beach

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Aug 21, 20191 min read

Denmark's first electric ferry is now ready for action

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Aug 20, 20193 min read

Climbing Uluru in Australia is officially banned

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