Monday, October 12, 2009
My New Beat-Sustainable Travel
I seem drawn to irony so naturally I chose Sustainable Travel as my BGI beat. It currently is a failed internship I attempted to do with a group called, Sustainable Travel International. They developed a certification program for sustainable travel practice for the entire travel industry, hotels to travellers themselves. They facilitate carbon offsets, help connect people with philanthropic groups to help while traveling. While they offer many services, the general public has little concept of what sustainable is or looks like. My attempted internship project was to create a social media campaign to make the genreal public aware of the tenets of sustainable travel and whatthey can to do minimize their impact while roaming the globe.
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My gal M has been considering starting a blog at BreatheEasyTravel.com to review various places that are not just ecological or LEED, but also are careful about perfumes, laundry detergents, pesticides, and other chemicals that are under-regulated and can cause harm. M considers herself a canary in the coal mine and that although it bothers her first, that all of these chemicals can't be good for us.
ReplyDeletePart of the reason for the site is that though we've been to dozens of B&Bs and Hotels that are supposedly eco-oriented, they have little awareness of the chemicals they use. Maire would like to help make them aware, and to be a resource to others who are either chemically sensitive like she is, or have allergies, or just prefer fresh air.
-- Christopher Allen