For my last blog post for this project I thought I would end on a positive note! As I have been doing research for this blog, I have come across many websites with environmentally friendly travel advice. I thought I would share a few things that I believe are the best tips to follow.
- Let Your Taste Buds Be Adventurous! - Eating locally grown foods can greatly reduce the packaging that imported food has to be stored in. Think about how far your food has had to travel, and how much plastic or paper you can save by buying fruits and veggies from a local market. Use a reusable shopping bag to carry them home!
- Avoid Bottled Water! - As we all know, plastic bottles count for a large portion of the worlds waste. Bring and use reusable bottles whenever you can!
- Travel Size Packages! - They may be small and convenient, but they have so much extra packaging for such a little amount of product. You can buy refillable small containers to use on vacation, instead of buying new ones each time.
- Booking Your Trip! - Many hotels and tour operators today have recycling initiatives and go that extra mile to be environmentally friendly. Try to choose these companies to use on your holidays, they can help you make a difference.
- Volunteer Your Time! - While on vacation, there are many things you can do to help. You can take it upon yourself to to a beach garbage cleanup, or just walk along a sidewalk and pick up and properly dispose of any garbage you encounter (of course be careful of anything that might be dangerous!) Surely there are companies that schedule these types of cleanups for different areas, and I'm certain they would greatly welcome any new volunteers! Check this out!
- And of course, Don't be a litter bug!! - Whenever you visit an area, always take your garbage with you if there are no garbage cans, such as on a bus. Or if the garbage cans are overflowing, take the garbage with you and dispose of it in a different way. It will feel good to do your part and not add garbage to the locations that you travel to.
Here are a few links to other environmentally friendly travel tips:
If everyone does their part, we can keep our world looking like this:
And not like this:
Thank you for coming on this journey with me! I enjoyed learning all about garbage and the effects it has on our world and the tourism industry. I hope you enjoyed reading and learning with me! Thanks!
Leonard says - Don`t be a littler bug like me! Goodbye!
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