Reading is FUNdamental - Travel Books for Your Soul
Yeah, I'm still waxing poetic on the travel tip...but this time offering up a few valuable resources to help you plan your own eco-rad vacation. The hottest thing in green travel is lovely, exotic trips that not only encourage responsible environmental action and minimize our earthy impact, but also arrange what's deemed "ethical" vacations. Ethical travel can mean that in addition to being environmentally responsible you may be also working in a far-flung exotic land helping to make wherever you are a more sustainable community.But I promise that just because you are traveling all eco-sensitively you will not have to use leaves as toilet paper or sleep in the dirt...although those are options too.
To that end, a little light, fun and informative reading for my fellow eco-adventurers:
- "Green Travel: The World's Best Eco-Lodges & Earth-Friendly Hotels" from the travel experts at Fodor's.
- "25 Ultimate Experiences: Ethical Travel" - this one even includes a zero-impact luxury ski camps in the freakin' Swiss Alps!
- "Code Green: Experiences of a Lifetime," published by Lonely Planet.
To find out more about eco-travel, for everyone from the hard-core, rough-it enthusiast to the kick-back, organic cocktail on the beach type, check THIS out. You don't have to be the ugly American on parade.
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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