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HOW TO: Travel Around the World on $75 a Day

Leon Kaye, December 9th, 2011

Journalist Leon Kaye has traveled around the world on a shoestring budget. He shares his top travel secrets for big experiences that take little money and leave behind an even smaller footprint. Travel can be a chore and is a hassle for a host of reasons: long lines at airports, restrictive frequent flier programs that are difficult to redeem and expensive ... read more

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Tagged bathroom, cosmetics, food, greentravel, student

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Pack Lightly: Here’s How to Go Further on Your Next Trip

Mother Nature Network, October 25th, 2011

Written by Starre Vartan, MNN.com When I read about how travel isn’t fun anymore, I have to disagree. Embarking a boat, train, or preparing for a road trip is as enjoyable as it’s ever been; what’s changed is just how awful plane travel is. Besides packed jets and the excruciating process of a line that is TSA screening, one of the biggest ... read more

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Tagged clothingandtextile, food, greentravel

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Boeing 787 Will Be More Fuel Efficient

Mary Mazzoni, September 28th, 2011

Boeing has delivered its first 787 Dreamliner airplane, which the company said uses 20 percent less fuel and produces 20 percent fewer emissions than similarly sized planes. The Dreamliner touched down yesterday at All Nippon Airways (ANA) in Tokyo, which purchased 50 of the $200 million planes when the 787 program launched in 2004, according to Boeing. The plane’s ... read more

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Tagged fuel, gas, greentravel

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A Greenie’s Guide to the Open Road

Mary Mazzoni, September 27th, 2011

Hey, we know it's still the beginning of the week, but we're workin' for the weekend, and that means one thing: road trip. So we put together a guide for traveling the low impact way. Oh, and if you don't know where to go yet, check out our top green destinations within driving distance from where you're sitting right ... read more

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Tagged food, fuel, gas, greentravel, oil, reduce, smartphone, tires

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Man Travels the World in Recycled Bus

Mary Mazzoni, September 7th, 2011

Andy Pag – a self-proclaimed “eco-adventurer” from Croydon, London – was met with a little skepticism when he dreamt up the idea to take a junked school bus on a trip around the world in 2009. But two years later, Pag, 36, is about to prove all the nay-sayers wrong by ending his 19,000-mile, 25-country journey back in the U.K. on ... read more

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Tagged greentravel, recycled, reduce

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5 Last-Minute Green Labor Day Trips

Alexis Petru, September 2nd, 2011

If you ran out of time to make plans for the Labor Day weekend, it’s not too late to get away for the holiday and enjoy the last days of summer. Earth911 compiled this list of eco-friendly Labor Day trips – all within driving distance of major cities across the country. West Coast: Laguna Beach, California Distance from Los Angeles: 51 miles Distance from ... read more

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Tagged greentravel, reduce

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California’s Future Electric Highways?

Megan Dobransky, April 28th, 2011

A bill to conduct research into “piezoelectric generation,” which would turn California’s notoriously busy highways into electricity generators, was approved by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, introduced the bill and asserts that building transducers into highway beds could produce as much as 44 megawatts per year per six-tenths of a mile. ... read more

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Tagged energy, greentravel

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Report: Will EVs Ever Gain Traction?

Megan Dobransky, April 21st, 2011

In a Deloitte survey released yesterday, 78 percent of Americans said they would consider buying an electric car - but only if gas reached $5 a gallon, one of many indications that U.S. drivers still haven’t warmed up entirely to EVs. Of those that were surveyed as part of the global study, only 12 percent of U.S. consumers considered ... read more

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Tagged electricvehicle, fuel, greentravel

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Inside a Luxury Green Resort

Megan Dobransky, April 11th, 2011

SEE: Photo Slideshow of FireSky Resort and Spa Jim Hollister’s eyes shine when he peers into the compost bin in the kitchen at the FireSky Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz. “This is about a day and a half of food scraps,” he says and continues to explain how the organic waste is sealed in barrels and picked up weekly ... read more

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Tagged composting, greenbuilding, greentravel, recycle, reduce

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Battery Innovations Could Improve Charge Time in Electric Vehicles

Megan Dobransky, March 31st, 2011

3-D is all the rage these days - movies, televisions, video games and now 3-D lithium-ion batteries. A new, advanced 3-D battery that can recharge in 12 minutes, as opposed to two hours, could soon hit the market and find an especially illustrious use in electric vehicles. The battery’s internal construction is what makes it so advanced. Instead of arranging ... read more

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Tagged batteries, electricvehicle, energy, greentravel, rechargeablebatteries

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