Like many cities all over the world, Barcelona is investing heavily in a public bicycle-sharing system. Called Bicing, it was inaugurated in 2007. Since then, it has won several awards and become an integral part of Barcelona’s public transport. Today’s 6,000 Bicing bikes are used for 100,000 daily trips, which represents a huge savings of carbon dioxide and other emissions what contrasted with that of motorised transport.
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Green Travel in Lithuania with The Beautiful Land of Nevermind
In Lithuania, the cities of Vilnius and Klaipeda are different in many ways, but they share one important goal with respect to the environment: Today, travellers can tread lightly when it comes to the impact of ground transportation. Thanks to The Beautiful Land of Nevermind and its responsible transfer services, corporate and leisure travellers can make eco-friendly transportation choices when visiting this beautiful country.
Read More >>Travelling Green in Southern Mediterranean Turkey with Unlimited Holidays
Turkey boasts a dynamic mix of cultural influences and unique range of natural landscapes, both in great need of protection. In keeping with that, Unlimited Holidays, a young tour operator based in Kalkan, in the southern Mediterranean region of Turkey, has signed on as a local partner of the Green Path Transfers global network of local eco-friendly airport transfer partners and ground transportation operators.
Read More >>Forests: Visit Them, Conserve Them
No fewer than 1.6 billion people — nearly a quarter of the world’s population — depend on forests for their livelihoods. Forests are also critical to maintaining biodiversity, mitigating climate change and enabling key ecosystem functions that regulate the biosphere. And yet about 45 per cent of the world’s forests have already been cleared. Here are some hard numbers to ponder that tell us how and why we should stop.
Read More >>Shea Butter Helps Drive Community Development and Ecotourism in Ghana
Mole National Park, Ghana’s largest protected ecosystem, is surrounded by nearly 30 indigenous rural communities that rely on the land for their livelihood. Addressing these fringe communities’ livelihood concerns is an important part of the work done in the area by one tour company, M&J Travel and Tours, committed to ecotourism in Ghana. It currently works with more than 350 women to support the local shea-butter production efforts for commercial trade.
Read More >>Green Hotels: What Really Makes Them Green?
To the well-intentioned traveler, ‘green’ labels can be a bit vague, a tinted title that has been taken to mean a host of things, not all of them positive. Faced with growing concerns about tongue-twisting turns of phrase like ‘sustainable eco nature adventures,’ the average person is left wondering what a green leaf means on hotel pamphlets. So what makes green hotels truly ‘green’?
Read More >>Germany’s Green Frankfurt Airport Transfers by Eco-Limo
Better than any ordinary Frankfurt airport transfer operator is Eco-Limo, a company dedicated to conducting its business in environmentally-friendly fashion. And now it’s finding new markets through a partnership with the Green Path Transfers global network of eco-friendly airport transfer partners.
Read More >>See Stylish Sydney the Green Way with Corporate Cars Australia
Finding a reliable transportation service in Sydney, Australia, is essential for discovering the many local gems, and one Sydney taxi company, now the Green Path Transfers local partner, has the experience, the expertise and, especially important, the green underpinnings to help all visitors make the most of their stay.
Read More >>Green Path Transfers Hits 50!
No, that’s not its age. That’s also not 50 miles or even kilometres an hour. Rather, just a few days ago the Green Path Transfers vision of competitively priced local transfer operators all across the globe committed to environmental sustainability, especially through the use of low-carbon-emission fuels or engines, surpassed 50 destinations in more than 30 countries.
Read More >>Travel the Colombia Coast the Green Way with Las Pleyades
The alluring city of Santa Marta is located on Colombia’s northeastern coast. Affectionately named ‘the pearl of the Colombian Caribbean,’ Santa Marta’s backdrop is blessed by gorgeous natural scenery, a powerful draw to travellers. Key to preserving the area’s beauty for future generations is a strong environmental conscience, like the one exhibited by Las Pleyades, a local tourism company setting green trends with its eco-conscious transfer and ground transportation services.
