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Review: Little White Alice
Lisa Stephens
31st May, 2012
The perfect country escape, Cornwall's Little White Alice is a green retreat that combines style and sustainability, says Lisa Stephens more...
Conserving the Wild West: Arizona’s green dream
Ruth Styles
29th May, 2012
The cowboys and Indians are still there but there’s more to America’s 48th state than reliving the glory days of the Wild West. Home to seven different ecosystems, it is leading the way in conservation and green tourism. Ruth Styles went to find out more more...
San vs wild: what the San people can teach us about living with climate change
Ruth Styles
23rd May, 2012
Once derided as backwards, the southern African San tribe’s love of nature is now bringing them real rewards, as well as offering an insight into how humans can survive with little or no water. Ruth Styles travelled to meet them in Namibiamore...
Can festivals ever be green?
Mark Briggs
17th May, 2012
From renewable energy to recycling, an increasing number of festivals are adding green initiatives to the line-up. Mark Briggs takes a look at whether their eco-friendly claims stack up more...
Review: Alde Garden
Rachael Stubbins
26th April, 2012
From the DIY ‘treebog’ to the solar powered fairy lights, bell tents and yurts, Suffolk’s Alde Garden is the perfect place for an eco-friendly weekend break. Rachael Stubbins paid a visit more...
PHOTO GALLERY: Fragile Earth app
Ruth Styles
25th April, 2012
From shrinking seas to devastated rainforests, a new app, Fragile Earth, is helping to chart humanity’s trail of destruction while challenging us to do something about it more...
Are straw bales the future of sustainable building?
Mark Briggs
20th April, 2012
Straw bale is a low impact, low carbon building material making strides towards mainstream acceptance. So is it about time we took notice? Mark Briggs reports more...
Five of the best... gypsy caravan breaks
Lisa Stephens
19th April, 2012
Forget My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding; the UK’s Romany caravans offer discreet luxury, emerald eco credentials and the chance to get back to nature in style. Lisa Stephens rounds up five of the best more...
On Stevenson’s trail: honey and horses in the Cévennes
Ruth Styles
11th April, 2012
Robert Louis Stevenson’s account of his epic 1879 journey through the Cévennes is one of the high points of travel literature but as Ruth Styles found out, there’s still plenty to be discovered more...
Five of the best… Easter walks
Simon Barnett
5th April, 2012
What better way to round off a slap-up Easter feast than with a walk through some of the UK’s finest countryside? Walking charity, Ramblers’ Simon Barnett rounds up five of the best more...
Beat the heat: how a new type of eco home is helping tackle global warming
Paul Miles
3rd April, 2012
As climate change speeds up, the question of how to adapt our homes to hotter temperatures is becoming increasingly important. Now, a pioneering project on the island of Tenerife has been set up to address those concerns. Paul Miles reports more...
Glorious Garda: olives, red wine and a biomass boiler by Italy’s largest lake
Ruth Styles
14th March, 2012
From wood chips to lights that turn themselves off, Lake Garda’s Lefay Resort and Spa offers an unusually green experience to travellers. What’s more, says Ruth Styles, the views of the lake and mountains are sensational more...
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Top 10… green travel blogs
Ruth Styles
2nd March, 2012
Need some destination inspiration? Ruth Styles rounds up the travel blogs that are making greener getaways coolmore...
See weed and eat it: a foraging break on the Scilly Isles
Kate Eshelby
23rd February, 2012
Seaweed, carrot flower and locally caught fish were all on the menu during Kate Eshelby’s gastronomic tour of the Scillies more...
Four of the best…eco-friendly February half term breaks
Ben Hudson
3rd February, 2012
Whether you’re in the market for an organic French farm or a spot of skiing in the Scottish Cairngorms, there’s an eco-friendly half term break for you and your family more...
Five ways to make this year's family break the greenest ever
Laurie Tuffrey
17th January, 2012
From taking the ferry to a budget version of the Orient Express, Greentraveller founder, Richard Hammond, shares his top five ways to holiday without harming the planetmore...
Let Live: A Bike Ride, Climate Change and the CIA
Daniel Copley
5th January, 2012
What could have been a rip-roaring yarn with an important message is spoiled by unlikely dialogue and overly simple characters, says Daniel Copley more...
Our Land: website champions sustainable holidays in English countryside
Ben Hudson
2nd December, 2011
Forget Lapland - a festive break in the English countryside is just as beautiful. New website Our Land will help you discover sustainable tourism in the Cotswolds, South Downs and New Forest, amongst others more...
Lions and eco luxury on South Africa’s Eastern Cape
Ruth Styles
1st December, 2011
Pristine wilderness and eco-friendly lodges have made the Kwandwe Reserve a key stop on South Africa's Garden Route. Ruth Styles went to visit more...
Kicking back in a green Eden: a weekend in the Yorkshire Dales
Matilda Lee
24th November, 2011
From the sedum roof to the wood burning stove, Yorkshire Dales Natural Retreats combines eco-friendly innovations with serious luxury more...
Five of the best… green weekend breaks
Holly Tuppen / Greentraveller
10th November, 2011
Getting away for a weekend with friends doesn’t have to cost the earth and it certainly doesn’t mean having to splash out. Greentraveller has some eco-friendly suggestions more...
Review: Pitcairlie House, Fife
Kristen Harding
21st October, 2011
Deep in the heart of Fife, Pitcairlie House is a magical place to spend a chilled out weekend getting back to nature, says Kristen Harding more...
Review: Cornish Tipi Holidays
Tom Watts
6th October, 2011
With its crystal clear spring water lake, countless outdoor activities and acres of woodland to explore, Cornish Tipi Holidays is the ideal setting in which to get reacquainted with nature, says Tom Watts more...
Review: Casal dei Fichi
Yvonne Gordon
25th August, 2011
Built and run with the environment in mind, Casal dei Fichi in the Le Marche region of Italy, is the perfect place to unwind, says Yvonne Gordon more...
The eco travel guide to England
Ruth Styles
25th August, 2011
Boasting vibrant cities, countless historical treasures and lush rolling countryside, England has much to offer green travellers, says Green Living Editor Ruth Stylesmore...
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