Recent Posts Tagged With 'factors to consider'

• Going Carbon-Neutral: Pros and Cons of Carbon Offsets

  Posted on Wednesday October 31st, 2007 at 13:13 in carbon emissions, environmental issues, summary, inconvenient truth, carbon offsets, spending, carbon neutral, treehugger, feel good, factors to consider, evaluating choices, terrapass

  The New Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year for 2006 was “carbon-neutral,” which gives you some sense of the fad that is carbon offsets. With the success of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, there is a rising wave of guilt about the...

• Selecting an Environmentally-Friendly Hotel

  Posted on Friday October 12th, 2007 at 11:07 in hotels, lodging, factors to consider, evaluating choices

  Whereas the environmental impact of transportation is fairly clear-cut, other travel decisions can be significantly more fuzzy. Lodging is a good example. What is it that makes a hotel environmentally friendly? Sure, it’s great to give guests th...

• Choosing an Environmentally-friendly Destination

  Posted on Wednesday October 10th, 2007 at 03:11 in destinations, summary, factors to consider, evaluating choices

  Before you start planning a trip, you need to decide where you’re going, and since your choice of destination (and corresponding travel to/from) is a huge determining factor in the environmental impact of your trip, keep the following factors in mi...

• Rethinking Travel Budgets

  Posted on Monday October 8th, 2007 at 09:44 in budgets, factors to consider, evaluating choices

  So you’re planning a trip to Europe over the winter holidays, and you want to make sure you don’t have to cash out any of your 401K to do so (ouch!). Well, obviously a good idea might be to whip out an Excel spreadsheet and plan out a li...