Traveling Green

My daughter and I just got back from a short vacation to Michigan.  I am happy to say that we saw many opporutnities to travel green.  A very pleasing change to our airports is not only the internet access and places to plug in our portable phone charger, but they also were stocked with recycling bins.  We realized that even when you are away from home, you can be a little green.

We chose non stop flights for our trip.  It doesn't seem like much, but each time the plane touches down and takes off, not only is more fuel used, but it is more fuel into our atmosphere.  We also rode bikes or walked whenever we could to cut down on taking unnecessary car trips.

And I'd never heard of a locavore.  A locavore is a person eating foods produced within 100 miles from where you are at the time.  This can be great fun because when I travel I would rather feel the culture I am visiting so I can "absorb" the area by eating the local fanfare.  And if you haven't ever been to a farmer's market, you need to go, now.  It is a wonderfully fun experience.

The other thing we found that is so obvious and I believe makes a profound impact on our environment.  Invest in a water bottle.  You take it through security empty and fill it on the other side.  You save money.  You save the environment from the plastic.  You save the fuel trucks use to cart water from one area to another which is just ridiculous.  Don't even get me started on that one.

Traveling green can be fun and challenging which brings a little more interest and excitement to any vacation.

This is a sponsored post for Goal Zero, however, all the points and views are my own.