Making a difference

Now that people are getting back out there and thinking about traveling abroad again, many are hoping that a more responsible tourism industry will emerge. Even if it doesn’t, there are a lot of steps and habits you can integrate that will make you a more responsible traveler who makes a difference. We can talk …

If you’re at all concerned about the state of your planet and how much garbage is floating around in our oceans, do your part and carry one of the best water purifiers for travelers when you hit the road. If you want to be a responsible traveler, the first step is one of the easiest: …

One silver lining from the virus lockdowns of 2020 was that Mother Earth got a slight reprieve from the damage we humans are doing. If you’d like to help a fellow traveler reduce their impact when we start moving around more, here are some sustainable gifts that are eco-friendly in some way or help reduce …

The “locavore” and “slow food” movements have taken off bigtime in the last decade, but budget travelers have been following them for ages for economic reasons. If you eat local and drink what’s made in the region, it’s much easier to be a budget traveler. Sure, there are high-minded environmental and social reasons for consuming …

The people who have set me up with a GRAYL water purifier twice probably don’t want me to start off this post with an ugly photo of garbage, so I’ll put that further down. When you look at that pile of plastic that will stick around for hundreds of years though, ask yourself a hard …