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Richard Hammond

Not the bloke on Top Gear (though I've got used to the disappointment when I turn up to review a hotel and the owners are expecting to meet the TV celebrity and not me). But anyway, here I am, the founder of greentraveller and generally the bloke who looks after the site.

I am also the travel editor of Green magazine (distributed by the Guardian), write a column (Go Green) in National Geographic Traveller magazine, and I co-wrote (with Jeremy Smith, the former editor of the Ecologist magazine) Clean Breaks – 500 New Ways to See the World (2009) and its smaller version, Great Escapes (2010) published by Rough Guides,.

Over the last 12 years, you may have read my weekly column in the Guardian newspaper, and my monthly column, The Responsible Traveller, for Geographical magazine (the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society), and articles I've written on green travel in BBC WildlifeBBC CountryfileCommunity CareThe EcologistEve Magazine, Green FuturesHarper's Bizarreivillage.co.ukLivewireMarie Claire, The ObserverResurgenceSunday Times Travel magazineThe TimesTimesonline and Wanderlust.

I've also written several analyst reports for Mintel, including ‘Redefining Ecotourism’, ‘Sustainable Tourism in the Travel Industry’ and ‘Tourism and Poverty Alleviation’, have been an inspector for the WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, am the special advisor on sustainable tourism to the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO). I was the editor of Green Places to Stay (published by Alastair Sawday) and I was the Contributing Editor to the Travel Channel's six part TV series How to Holiday Greener.
(pic of Richard Hammond, above, courtesy of VisitWales, see Green Holidays in Wales)

Richard Hammond's blog posts

Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:09 on Tuesday 30 April 2013
Richard Hammond stays in some spectacular treehouses on the Riviera in France, and relaxes by the property's wonderful natural swimming pool
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:10 on Tuesday 23 April 2013
Four sustainable travel schemes from the UK and Belgium have been announced as finalists in the 2013 Eurostar Ashden Awards for Sustainable Travel.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:31 on Friday 15 March 2013
We have teamed up with Powys County Council Tourism Services to produce a series of videos featuring green tourism businesses.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:05 on Friday 22 February 2013
We've launched a new family section featuring hundreds of family-friendly places to stay and activity breaks reachable by train and foot...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:20 on Wednesday 09 January 2013
We've updated our popular treehouse holiday page with our video of what it's like to stay in Keycamp's family-friendly treehouses in...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 12:33 on Saturday 05 January 2013
A selection of our favourite places to stay that have natural swimming pools. Compared with chlorinated pools, a dip in these pools is like swimming...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 02:38 on Friday 21 December 2012
Our Top 30 Experiences in 2012, by our team of reviewers & writers Paul Miles, Jane Dunford, Rhiannon Batten, Juliette Dyke, Anna Shepherd, Lucy...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:22 on Tuesday 04 December 2012
Eurostar is trialling a new direct service from London to Lyon and Aix-en-Provence in May and June 2013 to complement its existing direct summer...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:40 on Wednesday 21 November 2012
Thirteen finalists have been announced for the Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel in the UK, France and Belgium.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:30 on Wednesday 14 November 2012
We're delighted to hear that Greentraveller has been shortlisted for the annual British Travel Press Awards.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 04:08 on Saturday 10 November 2012
Richard Hammond reviews a family-friendly rebuilt 17th Century lodge near Llandovery in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:19 on Thursday 01 November 2012
A series of new volcano walking trails have been created on the island of Tenerife.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 08:45 on Friday 05 October 2012
Eurostar has launched a new weekly ski rail service via Lille to the Swiss Alps in partnership with international high-speed train service, TGV Lyria.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:23 on Thursday 20 September 2012
We've published a handy pocket-sized map guide featuring a selection of Brighton's local independent traders and green-minded businesses.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 08:00 on Tuesday 11 September 2012
Olympic hero Ben Ainslie is to ride through his home town of Lymington on the New Forest Tour bus later today.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:14 on Friday 07 September 2012
A five-day celebration of some of the best walks on the island.