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Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:29 on Thursday 30 July 2009
Clean Breaks – 500 new ways to see the world is published today.
Written by Richard Hammond (founder of greentraveller.co.uk and freelance travel writer) and Jeremy Smith (the former editor of The Ecologist magazine), it’s the result of over a... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 12:18 on Wednesday 01 April 2009
Tribes Travel, the ‘Fair Trade Travel’ company, has launched a website that showcases fixed itinerary holidays run by the company that are cheaper than its normal tailor made trips.
According to the company, the holidays featured on... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:43 on Friday 22 February 2008
To mark Fairtrade fortnight, GreenTraveller profiles ten holidays that can make a difference to the local community...
Featured on the labels of Fairtrade products are some of the world’s most exotic destinations – Costa Rica for... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:41 on Monday 11 February 2008
We think so. Here are four of GreenTraveller’s favourite ethical holidays:
India
Join a walking tour to the foothills of the Himalayas just south of the Tibetan border. After a few days acclimatising to the altitude, you’ll spend seven days... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 05:17 on Monday 07 January 2008
GreenTraveller’s tips for an ethical holiday in 2008…
Mozambique
After years of isolation, Mozambique is emerging as one of the Africa’s newest tourist destinations. With its 2,500 kilometres of Indian Ocean coastline (left), there... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:51 on Thursday 30 August 2007
Jonny Bealby – founder of Wild Frontiers adventure travel company – gives his view in today’s Guardian travelog.
See also GreenTraveller’s previous article: Is it ok to visit remote tribes? more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:48 on Saturday 25 August 2007
As a third series of Tribe gets underway, Bruce Parry and his crew describe their personal highlights from their latest extreme adventures, and GreenTraveller’s Richard Hammond gives tips on how you can have a similar experience with a... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:31 on Monday 05 March 2007
Fair Trade Fortnight is showing how producers in developing countries can get a fairer deal, but as there’s no such international certification system in the travel industry, you have to look carefully if you want to find a holiday that puts... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:47 on Saturday 07 January 2006
It can be the smallest detail that gives the game away, like a wonky wall hanging. That’s the only clue that it is the Bedouin who run a new desert lodge in southern Jordan. It’s a hangover from their traditional nomadic life in long,... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 06:20 on Saturday 15 October 2005
Real community-based tourism is increasingly popular in some of the world’s most adventurous destinations – from local homestays in the Himalayas to aboriginal bush treks in Western Australia.
The Indian government recently unveiled... more...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:50 on Saturday 22 May 2004
‘Tourism is 10 years behind other sectors in terms of social responsibility’ says Anita Roddick. Here she shares her views with GreenTraveller’s Richard Hammond on how it can clean up its act…
What is a ‘fair trade... more...
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