Foot Butter.
Looking for green travel beauty products? We’re mountain travelers and have fallen in love with green bath and body products from Rocky Mountain Soap Company.
Refreshing and natural, we’ve found their products soothing after a long mountain hike or city walk.
The company says their products are made using 100% natural ingredients including essential oils, real grains and berries.
A couple enjoying a holiday in the Welsh borderlands.
Fancy a cycling holiday in Wales? Then check out cycling tour operator Wheely Wonderful Cycling.
The company has organized a new, three-day cycling holiday for Herefordshire Art Week, September 11-19.
Tour participants will take in workshops and 18 studios in the arts and crafts community of Herefordshire and the Welsh Borders.
California’s Sonoma County has family wineries, charming towns and local festivals.
No wonder, Sonoma’s summer and harvest calender seems to offer events for everyone.
Sonoma County is one of America’s best wine, spa and coastal destinations. The region, 30 miles from San Francisco, features more than 300 wineries and 50-plus miles of gorgeous Pacific coast.
Here are just 10 Reasons to Visit Sonoma County, California:
Dublin has been designated a UNESCO City of Literature, one of four cities in the world.
The Director General of UNESCO bestowed the honor on Dublin, recognizing it for its cultural profile and international standing as a city of literary excellence.
Do you know about rainforest certified products? Green video series WhatYouCanDo.com talks about them in their video Buy Rainforest Certified.
We’re big fans of this great green video series which shows how easy it is to make a difference in just 1 minute. So we’ve featured other videos from this series:
New York-based On the Leesh Productions creates the videos and collaborates with organizations including The International Ecotourism Society.
Video courtesy of On the Leesh Productions
A new mobile guide to Hong Kong is slated to launch in the city this fall.
The interactive, mobile device, ‘ask Ting Ting’, (above) is designed to introduce business and leisure travelers to the best of Hong Kong.
Available at premium Hong Kong hotels, the guide will offer 40+ video tours and suggestions for dining, shopping, entertainment and sports and recreation.
La Mirande.
Are you a passionate foodie and traveler? Then you might fancy new Michelin Food & Travel tours, Michelin-themed trips around the world.
Michelin, the world hotel and restaurant guide creator, works with niche tour operator Roadtrips Inc. to create Michelin Food & Travel experiences.
The luxury culinary travel tours feature unique experiences with chefs and establishments that have received the Michelin star-rating.
Edwardian garden at Geffrye Museum. Photo credit: Sunniva Harte
London’s new Overground railway line has lead 10 museums and galleries to launch CultureLine.
The new East London Line runs from West Croydon and Crystal Palace in south-east London to Dalston Junction in the north-east. Next year, the line will extend to Highbury and Islington.
Looking for a new, greener RV?
Then check out a new generation of all-composite, eco-friendly travel trailers and fifth wheels by Evergreen Recreational Vehicles.
Says Kelly Rose, company spokesperson,
“With the Ever-Lite brand, we set out to build an environmentally friendly RV that is second to none…Just making it ‘green’ is not enough, it’s also style, comfort, quality and durability that define Evergreen.”
Adrian Grenier, star of the hit HBO Series “Entourage,” swam with bluefin tuna in the Atlantic.
Grenier was partnering with Oceana in their bluefin tuna campaign Going Fast. Experts say, in the Western Atlantic, bluefin tuna populations have been reduced by more than 82 percent as a result of overfishing.
Says Grenier:
“I couldn’t sit back idly while this amazing predator is being pushed to the brink of extinction. We are fishing bluefin at alarming rates, and now their spawning grounds are also threatened by the oil spill in the Gulf. We need to take action and keep the bluefin from going fast.”
