Tagged as: eco friendly
How eco friendly is your tour operator, really?
Is your eco friendly tour operator really environmentally friendly? And how do you recognise one? So many organisers of tours and trips these days attach the prefix 'eco' to their offering. How far reaching this 'umbrella' claim is depends on a number of is...
Drinking Responsibly – Drink ‘Green’ Wine Whilst You Travel
Choosing our food responsibly is the whole thrust of the burgeoning local food market scene. We've gone from being a solely supermarket-dependent nation, to one where people can make ethical decisions about where they get their food (those who have access t...
Planet Friendly Travel – Have Impact On People, Not The Earth
Green travel is not a new concept. But it does bring to mind a long list of prohibitions – don't buy take away food in plastic containers; don't buy water in plastic bottles (carry your own re-usable bottle) and don't pick the fynbos. All of this is rather ...
Green Map for Cape Town
Those who live in Cape Town are the envy of most of the country. It is one of the most spectacular settings on the planet, although its unique environment is also its most fragile asset. It lies in the heart of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, the smallest and most...
A green escape in the middle of the city – the Oude Molen Eco Village
When one thinks 'eco village' one imagines fields of hand planted vegetables, cob houses and hippy types endeavouring to carve a life outside of the run-of-the-mill - an alternative lifestyle sought by more and more people as they become disenchanted with mode...
Painting South Africa Pink
There’s no doubt that South African tourism has had a burst of colour of late, and I don’t mean in terms of our Rainbow Nation. Not only are we frontrunners in the arena of green, eco-friendly travel, but our pink tourism – a kind of niche tourism geared towar...