Resources

Resources for the Responsible Traveler:

Sustainable Travel International
Promoting responsible travel and ecotourism, supporting sustainable development, and helping travelers and travel providers protect the cultures and environments they visit.

Active Travel on msnbc.com
Green Travel Tips: How to leave nothing but a footprint in your travels

Central Cascades Geotourism Project
of Oregon & Washington

International Ecotourism Society
Uniting Conservation, Communities and Sustainable Travel

Travel Green
From the U.S. Travel Association

The Nature Conservancy
Ecotourism information

Resources for Sustainable Travel Businesses:

Calyx Sustainable Tourism
Calyx Sustainable Tourism works with tourism businesses, communities, businesses, and economic development groups to make tourism development and practices more sustainable.

Green Lodging News
The lodging industry’s leading environmental news source

Adventure Travel Trade Association
Adventure Travel News

Food Hub
Resource for buyers and sellers of regional foods.

Marine Stewardship Council
Certified Sustainable Seafood

Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria
Launched at the World Conservation Congress in October 2008, The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC) are a set of 37 voluntary standards representing the minimum that any tourism business should aspire to reach in order to protect and sustain the world’s natural and cultural resources while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for poverty alleviation.

USFI Greenworks
Green information, links, tips and products.

How Do You Measure Green Tourism?
From the New York Times

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