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Enjoy a Greener Experience with a Staycation

Going on vacation is something that we all love to do. Some people head overseas every year for their annual trip. However, over recent years a new trend has emerged, with many preferring to explore their own country with a staycation. For those who want to enjoy a more eco-friendly vacation experience, a staycation is the ideal choice.

At the Four Seasons Casablanca? Learn about desert oases at risk

You are having an adventure of a lifetime.  But if you weren't at 5 Star Four Seasons Casablanca or Marrakech - what would you know about the local people in Morocco? A video produced by Greenpeace helps show some of what happens as a byproduct to climate change. The deserts are getting even drier. 

Amazon rainforest cruises will touch your heart and soul

Environmentalists agree: The mother of all cruises would never be a Princess Cruise to Venice or the Caribbean: it’s a cruise through one of the still wild places in the world – through the Amazon. 

Flip flops take over shores of the Seychelles

Your tuna is contributing to more than 80% of the plastic waste clogging up the Seychelles Islands. It would make David Attenborough cry. 

7 Must-Have Travel Tech Accessories

Once the most important travel tech was your film camera, a map, some cash and a compass. Now don't travel without a local SIM card, and a solar charger for your iPhone.

This Wadi Feynan eco hotel in Jordan is ideal for desert escapism

Looking for Covid escapism? There is a wonderful place to explore in Jordan in the Dana Biosphere Nature Reserve.

Does Eco-Friendly Travel Truly Exist?

The first rule of sustainable travel is finding ways to move about the local area that are as low-impact as possible. The best method of travel for the environment is two feet and a heartbeat. Walking does not require any carbon emissions, gasoline, or manufacturing.

A memorable night at the Sultan’s palace – exploring the Tidore festival

Tidore: a tiny island in the Indonesian Molucca Sea and one of the last remaining sultanates in the world. Forever overshadowed by its bigger brother and long-time rival, the neighboring island of Ternate, it is known by few and visited by even less people.

Top wildlife destinations in North Africa

North Africa is an unexplored nature lover's heaven.

Top things to do in Brisbane

Eco lovers will love Brisbane. Try renting bikes, finding second hand clothing shops or visit one of the science museums

How traveling slow led me to live a greener life

Instagramming influencers, who hop on and then off for the photo op are giving travel a bad name. Some cities in Europe don't even want these kinds of tourists. Krista shares how you can slow it down to change the world.

4 Ways to do Your Bit for Sustainable Travel

In today’s time of green awakening, it is needed by all to be conscious about living sustainably. It does not only mean leaving a...

Traveling Slow Benefits You, Local Communities and the Environment 

Travelling slow is the opposite of In and Out for the Instagram picture. There are no bus tours or itineraries. Or "we did this" and "we did that". Travelling slow is a way of life, and it might change yours and others'.

All You Need To Know About Flight Cancellation Compensation

#VanLife was the plan. You rented the VW, planned your itinerary around the most fabulous nature sites, and then oops suddenly you have to cancel. What do you do?

Next Mediterranean cruise, think of Croatia

If you are part of the international jetset you probably already own your own yacht and can take it for a spin around the world. For those of us who live more modestly and in accordance with buy less, experience more, you probably never dream about owning something like a yacht which requires thousands of dollars in upkeep. Why not just rent one instead. It's easier, cheaper and DEF greener.

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Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

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Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

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EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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